Photo quality

[XDA_RealLifeReview]

Say "cheese", then rate this thread to express how photos taken with the Huawei P30 Pro come out. A higher rating indicates that photos offer rich color (without over-saturating), sharp detail (with all subjects in-focus), and appropriate exposure (with even lighting).

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!

 

[shem2409]

Here are quite a few sample photos that I have taken today with the P30 Pro. The camera is absolutely amazing.


Normal Mode (Auto):








Wide-Angle Lens




10x Zoom




Supermacro Mode:




Monochrome

 

[salva111549]

Mine

Gesendet von meinem VOG-L29 mit Tapatalk

 

[juliankk]

it looks to me that there is a difference in colour when i shoot in 1x vs. 2x/3x/4x/5x (probably due to different f-stops of the cameras?)

 

[ovidiubuligan]

I a having thr device since 1 week now and seeing the problems that should be addressed asap.
Photo quality is only good in verry low light.
Daylight ok.
Dusk is the lighting which it struggles.
I have compared this to a op6t and op6t is a lot better
.
This is my first post and Icannot link external images, so you will need to add https in front of the links
//ibb.co/858RyB0
(i think with night mode)
The midtones are nowhere to be found, and the pink artifacts on the watter are awfull
This is from op6t received image via facebook (i think with night mode)
//ibb.co/y8BN3BM

 

[TLJester]

I a having thr device since 1 week now and seeing the problems that should be addressed asap.
Photo quality is only good in verry low light.
Daylight ok.
Dusk is the lighting which it struggles.
I have compared this to a op6t and op6t is a lot better
.
This is my first post and Icannot link external images, so you will need to add https in front of the links
//ibb.co/858RyB0
(i think with night mode)
The midtones are nowhere to be found, and the pink artifacts on the watter are awfull
This is from op6t received image via facebook (i think with night mode)
//ibb.co/y8BN3BM

Try using PRO mode first.
Also try other settings. Try night mode off as well. you really need to take the same photo with all these settings to compare.
Auto is not always the best (im a photographer and often have to go to PRO mode to NOT get a bad photo in challenging light scenarios)

 

[Portor30]

here a couple form a gig i went to was quit fare back using the old firmware not the new one 124

 

[elgene]

Zoom Samples | From wideangle 0.6x to 50x digital zoom.

I made two videos to see performance in zooming. First one is made out of 12 photos of different zoom levels ( 0.6x, 1x, 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 7.5x, 10x, 20x, 30x, 40x, 50x) and it is made to looks fluently zooming. Second one video is for those, who want to see differences in zooming with P30 Pro and P20 Pro.

Zooming samples made into fluent video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi__GgLPWD4

P30 Pro vs P20 Pro zooming comparison
https://youtu.be/6AIQE4wkT48

 

[isko01]

I made two videos to see performance in zooming. First one is made out of 12 photos of different zoom levels ( 0.6x, 1x, 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 7.5x, 10x, 20x, 30x, 40x, 50x) and it is made to looks fluently zooming. Second one video is for those, who want to see differences in zooming with P30 Pro and P20 Pro.

Zooming samples made into fluent video:

P30 Pro vs P20 Pro zooming comparison

This is one of the best photo comparison on YT. Thx a lot bro i hooe you weill make with P30 Pro vs S10+ and P30 Pro Vs Mate 20 Pro.


And very weird thing, P30 Pro is bad at x3 and 4x zoom and P20 Pro is much more better. Why? Will this be fixed in future updates?

I know the P20 Pro have optical zoom up to x3 zoom but P30 Pro have uo to 5x. :/

 

[awojtas]

Bugs on v124 with p30 Pro vlog09:

- When in Pro mode, you have to tap for exposure before the Wide/1x/5x zoom on screen toggle appears.

- Wide in Pro mode has extremely aggressive noise reduction and over sharpening which makes the photos look rubbish. Compare to Wide in Photo mode which are less like a watercolour image. Wide in Photo mode is excellent.

- Photo mode doesn't let you change to Wide/1x/5x when the main camera resolution is 40mp instead of 10mp which is silly. It should let you change anytime. However, you can work around this by changing to Wide in Pro then back to Photo, and it will stay Wide. It will keep it at 20mp for wide too. This trick doesn't work for 5x zoom unfortunately.

Not bugs but observations:
The raw files for the 40mp main sensor have tremendous latitude and dynamic range. You can pull back highlights like nothing else. I'm used to shooting on full frame cameras (5d, 5dmk2, 6d) and m43 for context, and this has me impressed. There's not much noise, and the noise I see is quite pleasant, like a Samsung isocell sensor where it is a nice texture rather than distracting.

However the white balance is completely screwed on the 40mp raws. The balance is different from the centre to the edges so near impossible to get right in Lightroom. There's some weird green tint going on with shadows, and it's very difficult to get a warm yellow hue to an image (think: golden dusk sunlight reflecting off an old white painted villa) without it turning either sickly green or magenta.
And if you do get the white balance how you like it, too bad, the edges will now be green or magenta because of the aforementioned colour shift between centre and edges.
Note, the jpgs are fine, so Huawei are doing some serious processing to fix that up. Also saying that so you don't think my p30 Pro is bung, if that was true, then the jpgs would also be out of whack but they're spot on.
It'd be nice if Adobe figured out a calibration/process profile that fixed this up.

The raw files for the wide sensor have a huge amount of vignetting. Easy to fix however. The raw files have much richer greens in particular than the jpgs. Sharpness is very good. This sensor is a bit noisier than the 40mp one, but still really impressive. No white or colour balance issues.

The raw files for the 5x sensor barely need adjusting. There's some pincushion to tweak and a bit of contrast to add but that's it. Sharpness is impressive. Again white balance is fine.



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[spring80]

50x zoom

 

[olafsand]

Also 50x zoom

 

[Arni99]

And very weird thing, P30 Pro is bad at x3 and 4x zoom and P20 Pro is much more better. Why? Will this be fixed in future updates?
I know the P20 Pro have optical zoom up to x3 zoom but P30 Pro have uo to 5x. :/

The primary camera is used for up to 2x zoom, and the tele-camera for 5x and longer. For intermediate zoom factors, the P30 Pro combines image data from both cameras.
https://www.dxomark.com/huawei-p30-pro-camera-review/

 

[isko01]

The primary camera is used for up to 2x zoom, and the tele-camera for 5x and longer. For intermediate zoom factors, the P30 Pro combines image data from both cameras.
https://www.dxomark.com/huawei-p30-pro-camera-review/

That is good and bad thing. So if I want to make portrait mode x3 or x4 the photo will be bad quality

 

[nikolaus_]

Can we see night mode on front camera in the future updates ? İ have both pixel 3 xl and p30 pro , i need to sell one of these , if i sell pixel 3 xl i am gonna miss night sight on front camera.

 

[olafsand]

Can we see night mode on front camera in the future updates ? İ have both pixel 3 xl and p30 pro , i need to sell one of these , if i sell pixel 3 xl i am gonna miss night sight on front camera.

No

 

[Arni99]

Am using AI-OFF mode only due to the very naturally looking not artificially saturated greens, reds and blues.
AI-OFF is more Fuji/Canon like colorwise. More true to life compared to the popping photos AIs or Samsungs scene enhancer usually produce.
In reviews it seems that 99% of us have already been brainwashed/conditioned over the years thinking non-popping colors = bad photo.
The real world is not as colorful as it is being presented on photos all over the internet .

 

[Vihru]

what is best mode for good pictures? 40mpix or 10mpix?

 

[AntonyW999]

10

what is best mode for good pictures? 40mpix or 10mpix?

If you switch to 40mpix you lose out on Huawei's AI processing which is way better than it was on the P20 Pro. I'm getting better photos leaving the setting on 10. I used to get fluorescent green grass all the time on the P20. They've come a long way in a very short time.

 

[AntonyW999]

The Zoom is amazing!

Normal, 5X & 10X. This is hands down the best camera on a smartphone right now.