Meizu 18 Pro Photo Experience: Why didn't you make a reputation with good hardware? You will understand after reading it.

Many mobile phones are on sale these two days. Have you chosen a product that suits you? Maybe many people are already struggling to buy Meizu 18 Pro. Generally speaking, this mobile phone is really good, but the camera optimization ability of Meizu mobile phone will always make some people doubt it. But this time Meizu 18 Pro is equipped with top-level hardware. Should the optimization be at least good? Then let's take a look at the picture quality of this mobile phone, which is known as the best camera in Meizu history.

Let's talk about the hardware configuration of the camera first. Meizu 18 Pro adopts a 5000W pixel main camera, which is Samsung GN 1. Ultra-wide-angle camera is 3200W pixel specification, and it is also equipped with 800W pixel telephoto and 3D depth detector. Then there is the technical content: Meizu has equipped Samsung GN 1 with optical image stabilization, and it is the only one. The traditional OIS module can't be used with GN 1, and SMA OIS, which can provide such a large CMOS optical image stabilization, has been monopolized by Huawei. Moreover, the ultra-wide angle of view of 130 degrees simply dominates the mobile phone circle.

In the software part, the functions provided by Meizu also look very rich, and it seems that everything should be available. So what is the effect of such photos? After repeated photo attempts, I have actually reached a general conclusion. Here, I will separate the advantages and disadvantages according to different scenes for your reference.

The first is the advantage. What can a huge 5000W pixel CMOS bring? The answer is, of course, the night shooting effect like night vision goggles, which is quite obvious when taking pictures and framing. Samsung GN 1 has a large size, low pixels and a large photosensitive area of a single pixel, which brings a huge amount of light. This advantage is most obvious when shooting at night, and it can even be said to be untrue. But the advantage of large light input is not only night shooting, but also compatible with more complex photo environment, especially in the case of strong contrast between light and dark.

For example, in this scene with strong contrast between light and dark, if it is other mobile phones, the background will be dark to a great extent due to the influence of strong light nearby, but it will not be like this with large-size CMOS, which will neither overexpose nor lose dark details.

Even in some cases, we can use Meizu 18 Pro to directly line up with the spotlight, without affecting the photo effect at all. However, Meizu is still relatively conservative. It still provides an HDR option in the phone, which is actually not used at all. When turned on, it will slow down the camera. But it may also be that this camera application has to take care of many other Meizu phones, so the option logic is a bit puzzling.

In terms of color, Meizu has also introduced AI optimization, but it is not as existential as other mobile phone brands. The actual imaging effect will be very bright, even if I look back, I feel a little too bright. Of course, I am relieved to look back at the computer monitor. Fortunately, it is a bit exaggerated but not serious. The trend of mobile phone photography is so great this year that even Apple's mobile phone has not been spared, so that some fans who just praised iPhone 1 1 for taking real photos suddenly became speechless after seeing iPhone 12.

Meizu's 130 degree ultra-wide angle is another extremely exaggerated specification. The equivalent focal length brought by this 3200W pixel super wide-angle camera is12 mm. You can compare how much the field of vision has been expanded. At present, Meizu 18 Pro ranks first, while Xiaomi 1 1 series and Xiaomi 10 series rank second with 123 degree ultra-wide field of vision. However, super wide angle does not mean that the bigger the field of view, the better. Regarding the shortcomings of Meizu 18 Pro, let's start with this super wide angle.

Why are many mobile phone brands restrained in ultra-wide angle? Because the thickness of the camera module of the mobile phone is so small, it is difficult to correct the distortion through the lens if the specifications are too exaggerated. So Meizu 18 Pro's exaggerated ultra-wide angle also brought exaggerated distortion. Therefore, Meizu 18 Pro's super wide-angle shooting sounds fierce, but it is also extremely difficult to control.

Meizu 18 Pro has a super wide angle, but forgot to use it to solve another practical problem, that is, to eliminate coma. Because the CMOS of the main camera is getting bigger and bigger, but the camera module can't use a better lens because of its size, so the image quality at the edge is worse than that in the middle. The most obvious phenomenon is that the center point is clear, but there will be a comet-like tail around it. Now the solution of mobile phone is to automatically switch to super wide angle according to the focal length, and then cut it to achieve better picture quality. Obviously, Meizu didn't do this, although it had a powerful enough super wide-angle camera.

Interestingly, Meizu also specially designed the macro mode, which is very suitable for close-up shooting subjects. However, in use, it is found that this mode is completely useless. Because if you switch directly to the super wide-angle camera, you can achieve the same effect. Why open the menu and choose macro shooting? Meizu 18 Pro operation logic is chaotic.

For example, you can't tell whether you shot it in macro mode or with a super wide-angle camera, because the effect is similar. This situation, including the HDR mode mentioned above, shows that Meizu is still struggling with the camera function, and the logical design of the camera function has not been clarified. It can be said that Meizu 18 Pro is a hardware that can score nine points, and the software can only score six points.

Speaking of this, some people may ask, the front 4400W pixel band autofocus is also very strong, why not put it in the article? Because I lost my first step. This camera is very strong, and Meizu also provides a full-power ultra-clear mode, but there is no beauty. The previous unpacking article mentioned that for female users, it means that the boat of friendship will turn over.

To sum up, Meizu 18 Pro has obvious advantages and disadvantages. It has extraordinary hardware, but Meizu doesn't understand the logic and habits of users when taking pictures, which leads to its good hardware, but the experience is not as good as HOVM, and the camera function of Flyme seems to need drastic adjustment. For other brands, the tuyere has already blown to vlog, and many brands have begun to exert their strength on video. Can Meizu catch up with competing products at the current speed?