Astrophotography mode takes a 4 minute night sight exposure
this post was submitted on 18 Sep 2025
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I'm so far not impressed with the northern lights photography on my new Pixel 9 Pro XL. I'm coming from Xiaomi 12, the photos were better than with Pixel. It is rather dark.
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Did you let the astrophotography mode go through? Make sure the moon on the phone turns into an icon with a few stars. You'll know you've done it correctly if it starts a timer that is up to four minutes
Astrophotography on, Night mode.
HDR+ on?
I suppose you can't turn HDR+ off on stock Pixel, or am I wrong? I'll try Gcam, maybe it will produce better results.
Guess not. You can turn off Ultra HDR though.
You need to use a special long exposure mode