Huawei P30 Pro camera review

Post by rickdeckard » Fri, May 24, 2019, 12:59 PM UTC

cs702 wrote: post #28

> If you still needed a reason to spend money on a compact camera, it would have been for zoom reach, as even the best smartphone cameras could not provide usable zoom image quality beyond a 5x factor. This has now changed with the Huawei P30 Pro and its innovative zoom system that uses folded optics and a super-resolution algorithm, which finally makes usable 10x zoom on smartphones a reality. The zoom on its own wi…

Post by hellisothers » Fri, May 24, 2019, 1:18 PM UTC

baybal2 wrote: post #40

mrec wrote: post #38

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Ignorant question: at what point does the limiting factor for useful zoom become stabilization rather than optics? I looked briefly into ridiculous-zoom-level compacts a while back and consensus seemed to be that while the tech specs look good on paper you're just going to get a blurry mess unless you put it on a tripod, at which point you've lost the main advantage of a compact.

if done properly, software stabilisation can genuinely rival hardware

Post by londons_explore » Fri, May 24, 2019, 1:26 PM UTC

rickdeckard wrote: post #37

odiroot wrote: post #25

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As long as you can root it and put LineageOS on it we're good.

Without platform-level support from HiSilicon for the Kirin CPU you won't get that far with community-OS either. And as a wholly owned Huawei subsidiary, HiSilicon is also on that sanction list.

Post by mosselman » Fri, May 24, 2019, 1:48 PM UTC

bufferoverflow wrote: post #31

mosselman wrote: post #6

It is crazy how much the quality of the camera's has changed. I haven't looked into DSLR camera's for a few years, since I have one and am not really in the market for one now, but have there been similar advances in that tech? As in, ground breaking higher quality, more compact form factors, etc? You'd imagine if you can get this type of quality from a phone's camera, you'd be able to make truly amazing things happe…

Yes, there have been massive changes in DSLR/mirrorless world. The main ones are: 1) Autofocus. Check out Sony A7 III or A9 reviews, it's absolutely mindblowing. It focuses perfectly and is insanely fast. 2) Low-light sensitivity. You can get a used Sony A7s, which goes to ISO 490,000, and quite usable up to ISO 50K. At its highest ISO and with a relatively cheap f1.4 lens it's much more sensitive than my eyes - it c…

Post by alkonaut » Fri, May 24, 2019, 2:38 PM UTC

solitus wrote: post #26

alkonaut wrote: post #14

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The leap in recent years isn't really in sensor tech so much as in phone manufacturers racing to get the best cameras by increasing the sensor size. E.g. the iPhone5/6 had an image sensor around 15sq mm, and the iPhone XS has a 25sq mm one. This one is over 40sq mm (1/1.7"). The nokia 1020 has a 2/3" sensor (same as the larger compact cameras) which is 58sq mm(!). So while there is are small incremental improvements…

Fujifilm now offers a medium format camera for a price close to the full frame cameras of its competitors (sometimes cheaper).