I really wanna buy this 10pro but i have some concerns about low light performance and 'ai' speed. I have lg g4 and i like this phone camera, that's why i choose 10pro to buy but does it worth to upgrade? And second question : does ai slows the camera? Should i wait for it to detect the scene or can i take a photo even if it doesn't detect?
Ty in advance and good day
I came from a G4 and LOVED the camera on it (Note: I ran stock Android 7 with the updated stock camera app on it). Before I gave away my G4, I extensively tested both cameras side by side. Verdict:
The G4 captures more detail in most scenarios, sometimes by a wide margin. The aggressive post processing on the Mate is a real problem in many scenes. Faces usually look more natural on the G4. Also the Mate lacks higher resolution 16:9 shots (12 and 20 MP are 4:3 only), which might bother you. Video on the G4 is leagues better than on the Mate 10 (stabilized 4k videos, very smooth zoom).
On the other hand the Mate is way more reliable in getting the focus right (and being much faster at that). Shutter lag is much lower, but stabilization suffers (in low light I find myself using the 2 second timer to get a steady shot). The Mate also is much better at handling scenes with challenging lighting (high contrast, etc) - even with the Mate in standard mode and the G4 with HDR always on. And zooming up to 2x works surprisingly well.
One thing to note is the monochrome mode though. This is something really special and way different from filters or b/w in post. Even in lower light scenes, images are INCREDIBLY detailed with amazingly low noise and a really unique feel to them. F.e. a simple shot down the subway feels like an image from a high level magazine. But this is not for everyone.
Using the zoom workaround on the Mate (zooming to 1.1x) is a good workaround to get WAY more details and more natural pictures in normal mode. But even then it usually just manages to get on par with the G4, if that.
All in all I expected more of the Mate 10's camera. Were it just for the camera, I wouldn't have made the switch. But I needed a dual SIM phone (with both SIMs LTE capable) and wanted a fingerprint reader. Also although I had my G4 on stock Android 7, it felt a bit sluggish. And naturally the battery life on the Mate 10 is astounding. So, apart from the camera, the Mate 10 Pro is a BIG upgrade from the G4. The camera can best the G4 in some areas, but mostly it is on par or clearly weaker. If you are not interested in nice zoom capability and amazing b/w images, don't switch just for the camera!
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The mate 10 pro is my first dual lens phone, and my first with AI, and to be honest I get more bad photos with this than I have my last two phones.
I was expecting this camera to be the absolute best, but it isn't.
Sometimes the shots are very good, but fairly regularly outdoor shots get massively underexposed, sometimes making faces undistinguishable. It seems to be worse on sunny / bright days, even when making effort to press the face on screen first to readjust the brightness and being sure to be in the opposite direction to the sun. The faces still come out as dark blobs.
When the software gets it right it's good. But there's still a way to go and the camera isn't as awesome as all the reviews would suggest in my experience.
Do you use the feature that lets you adjust the light-metering after focusing? I mean where you tap and hold the thing to focus on and then drag the finger to an other point of the scene to pick the brightness and color metering (you have to leave the finger on the screen for this)? This saved many pictures for me.
