Huawei P30 Pro hands-on test: On the crooked road of 50x telescope+night vision device?

Huawei finally announced P30 and P30 Pro at the global conference in Paris, in which P30 Pro represents a higher-end camera function. As predicted, P30 Pro uses periscope lens, which brings 5x optical zoom and 65,438+00x hybrid zoom. At the same time, both P30 and P30 Pro adopt new photosensitive elements, which bring brighter and higher-end hand-held night scenes, and even 10 times hand-held night shooting can be realized on P30 Pro, which solves two most difficult things in mobile phone photography: high-magnification lossless zooming and stable hand-held shooting in low light.

P30 and P30 Pro will be listed in China soon, and there will be a press conference next month. Although OPPO first released the technology of shooting 10 times hybrid zoom during MWC, according to the schedule, both will be launched in April, and whoever comes first will see if it is necessary to play.

After all, two models were released at a time. Let's sort out the differences between the two models first. Some detailed parameters are not obtained for the first time. We'll sort it out for you when the official parameters come out. (updated) Detailed parameter list and comparison with previous generation are shown in the figure.

▌ Reflect the light of nature.

The appearance of P series will emphasize fashion sense and youthfulness, which may be the reason why it has been released in Paris, the fashion capital.

The back material is all glass. In addition to the classic and safe black, the two P30s are available in five colors: pearl white, sky border (white, blue and purple gradient), black tea orange, aurora, bright black and * * *. What colors will be chosen in each market, and what colors will be introduced in China? I look forward to announcing it at the press conference in April.

The color focus of P30 this year is: reflected light from nature.

The original name of the sky realm is breathing crystal, which is taken from the clean luster of the blue sky reflected on the lake.

Black tea orange is called amber sunset. As the name implies, the designer wants to move the color of the sunset glow on the cloud to the mobile phone.

Aurora and pearl white also have corresponding natural luster. Aurora has different light stripes at different angles. At present, it is not clear what kind of coating is used to cause this effect, but it is visually special.

Although the colors are the same, it is easy to tell the difference between P30 and P30 Pro.

P30 is relatively small and Pro is relatively large. P30 is a flat screen and Pro is a dual curved surface screen. There are three lenses on the back of P30 and four on Pro.

Front (left P30 Pro, right P30)

Back (left P30 Pro, right P30)

P30 handheld

P30 Professional Handheld Equipment

P30 Pro has a large arc on the front and back. The advantage is that the screen ratio is relatively large, and the back feel is also called obedience, but there are still many students who are not used to touching by mistake, depending on how you choose.

The front is a full-screen organic light-emitting diode with blue water drops, and fingerprints are recognized under the screen.

There is another difference. There is a small receiver above P30, but not above P30 Pro, because P30 Pro uses electromagnetic levitation technology to vibrate the screen to make sound, not the receiver, and you can hear the sound when you speak. If someone asks you about this technology after the meeting, I'll supplement it for you.

▼P30 has an earpiece.

▼P30Pro has no receiver and the screen is ringing.

There is also a speaker under the P30 Pro, where media music, ringtones or sounds all come from. In addition, we can see that P30 has a 3.5mm headphone jack, and Pro has been cancelled.

The SIM card slot of P30 Pro is two out of three, and one slot can hold nano-SIM or Huawei's NM memory card.

P30 Pro card slot front

P30 Pro card slot reverse side

Take a brief look at the four sides of P30 Pro.

under

exceed

frontage

left

In terms of batteries.

P30 Pro has a built-in 4200mAh battery, which is larger than P20 Pro. Like Mate 20 Pro, P30 Pro also supports 40W wired fast charging. With Huawei's super fast charging head, it can charge 70% of electricity in 30 minutes. P30 Pro also supports 15W wireless fast charging and wireless reverse charging.

P30 has a built-in 3650mAh battery, which supports 22.5W wired fast charging and does not support wireless charging.

▌ High-end zoom and night shooting

This time, two P30 cameras and two video cameras are still calibrated in cooperation with Leica. These functions are as follows:

■ High zoom, but the two parts are different in degree, with P30 mixing 5 times and P30 Pro mixing 10 times.

■ The photosensitive element adopts RYYB pixel array, which improves the photosensitive capacity by 40% and improves the brightness during night shooting.

■ Hand-held night view for better brightness.

■ Low-light video with better brightness

■ AI brings HDR+

■ Two-picture video recording (P30 Pro only)

■ ToF camera brings more beautiful depth of field (P30 Pro only).

▌ High zoom: P30 Pro can achieve lossless zoom of 10 times.

The three shots of P30, from left to right, are

About 8 million pixels telephoto, F2.4/3x optical zoom, OIS.

~ 40 megapixel main camera, f 1.8, without OIS.

~16 megapixel super wide angle, f2.2

The four lenses of P30 Pro are from left to right.

0 ~ 8 million pixel telephoto, f3.4, equivalent focal length 125mm, with OIS.

~ 40 megapixel main camera, f 1.6, equivalent focal length 27mm, with OIS.

~ 20 million pixels super wide angle, f2.2, equivalent focal length16 mm.

~ there is a ToF sensor and lens next to the fill light, which can measure the distance between the subject, background and space.

The appearance of telephoto lens is quite similar to the design of 10x zoom lens produced by OPPO in MWC.

The zoom lens of P30 is universal design, but the telephoto of P30 Pro is periscope design. After entering the lens, the light will be refracted through the prism to the vertically placed lens and photosensitive element, which will make the focal length longer and will not increase the thickness of the mobile phone.

The thickness of P30 Pro is normal (8.4 1mm). Here I also thought of ZenFone Zoom launched by ASUS on 20 15. Although the mobile phone looks very thick now, as a pioneer of periscope design, I still want to pay tribute.

But the multiples of the two parts are different.

P30 telephoto lens can take 3 times optical zoom, 3~5 times mixed zoom and 5 times digital zoom, up to 30 times.

P30 Pro lens itself can take 5 times optical zoom, 5~ 10 times mixed lossless zoom and 10 times digital zoom, up to 50 times. Zoom in and take pictures of the moon, which is the result of 50 times magnification. However, you need to switch to the size of 10M to shoot 10x and 50x zoom.

As for 1~5 times, it is also the result of calculation after shooting with the main camera and telephoto lens.

In addition, it can also be used with ultra-wide-angle, 5x and10x zoom when recording.

You can also switch to 5x, 10x when holding a night shot.

It is understood that the mobile phone will automatically judge the light and choose the one with better image quality for zooming. There is no problem with sufficient light during the day, but when it is necessary to zoom 5 times at night and in low light, a telephoto lens with a small aperture but optical zoom will be used. Still shooting with 40 million main cameras, large aperture but mixed zoom? What is the effect of hand-held night shooting 10x? This is also an opportunity for later confirmation and replenishment.

Press the numbers on the screen to switch between super wide angle, 5x, 10x and double fingers, and continuously enlarge the screen, with the maximum zoom up to 50 times.

Super wide angle

1x

5x optical zoom

10x hybrid zoom

50x digital zoom

What is hybrid zoom?

Its original text is mixed scaling. P30 Pro is the result of 8 million telephoto when shooting at 5~ 10 times, and the main camera with 40 million pixels works together. On the basis of 8-megapixel zoom shooting, a lot of image information shot by 40-megapixel camera is added to calculate better image quality. Lossless 5 ~ 10x zoom photos.

Bruce Lee, vice president of Huawei's mobile phone products, mentioned: In fact, when taking zoom photos, the main camera will shoot together in both low light and normal light, and the information taken by the two lenses will be fused and calculated to get the final phase. Exif data shows a shot, but it is often taken by two cameras together, so it is difficult to say which camera is the main camera in low light.

However, shooting at high magnification is most afraid of shaking. Both P30 Pro main camera and telephoto camera have OIS anti-shake, and P30 telephoto camera also has OIS, both of which also support AI anti-shake. However, the effect of enlarging the night light to 10 times or even 50 times remains to be tested.

▌RYYB photosensitive element: Turn off the light and then turn on the light.

This is found in both P30s, mainly the photosensitive element used in the 40-megapixel main camera, which adopts RYYB/ red, yellow, yellow, blue and green chip array.

Most photosensitive elements are red, green and blue (RGB) color filters, and most are red, blue and two green arrays (RGGB). P30' s main camera replaces two green pixels with yellow pixels, which can increase the exposure by 40% and improve the brightness of taking pictures at night.

In addition to the RYYB sensor, the size of the sensor is11.7 inches, and the aperture of the main camera is also enlarged. These improvements have brought brighter hand-held night scenes and better low-light video recording for the two P30s.

Many examples were given at the press conference. For example, in a dimly lit room where children sleep at night, P30 people take pictures with their hands, just like turning on the lights.

Under the starry sky where other mobile phones can't shoot anything, P30 can also shoot the scenery in front of us. Standing on a tripod, choose a long exposure, and even take pictures of the Milky Way.

I believe that the hand-held night scene is brighter. At the same time, the official said that the quality of low-light video has been improved because of RYYB photosensitive elements, but to what extent? What is the anti-shake effect of AIS? Can you switch to 5x picture and brightness? ... and so on, the exam is coming.

By the way, we can see from the two P30s that the maximum video is still 4K/ 30fps, and each clip is 10 minutes when limited ... why not 4K/ 60fps ... but AIS anti-shake can be applied to any resolution, including 4K and 1080p/60fps. In addition to 1x video, I also want to try the anti-shake effect of zoom video.

In addition, in professional mode, the maximum ISO of P30 can be adjusted to 204,800, and the maximum ISO of P30 Pro can be adjusted to 409,600. However, the performance of noise reduction and image quality will soon be shown to everyone.

▌HDR+, adjust the dynamic range separately according to the content.

In many PK photos, Mate 20 Pro has a good dynamic range performance, and with multi-Zhang Hecheng calculus, light and dark details can be presented in a balanced way.

This time, on two P30s, AI recognition was introduced into HDR function, which brought high-end HDR+.

It will use AI to identify the content in the photo and adjust the exposure separately. The identification includes what kind of light source is this? What color is this object? By analogy, the exposure is adjusted according to the existing tone and brightness. If someone is detected in the picture, the exposure of the face will also be increased, thus better balancing the brightness of the background and foreground.

For example, for a backlit portrait with a sunset background, HDR+ will reduce the brightness of the sun and the background exposure, but increase the exposure of the face and clothes, but keep the normal color.

This function seems to improve the face when standing in front of the window and shooting a big backlit portrait. Looking forward to the future exam!

▌ Double-picture video recording

This is a function of P30 Pro, but it will not be added until the software is updated.

When shooting video, you can make the super wide-angle camera and the main camera record at the same time and present it as a split picture. On the other side of the main camera, you can zoom in and make a 4K movie at most, so when recording, you can shoot two different perspectives at the same time, especially when there are people in the picture, you can shoot the scenery and the expressions of the people at the same time.

The feeling of jitter is not obvious during ultra-wide-angle video recording. When the main camera is recording, P30 has AIS(AI Anti-shake) and P30 Pro has AIS+OIS anti-shake function. What is the actual effect? Come and have a look at it during the test.

▌ToF lens brings better depth of field.

Although both P30s have large aperture mode, only P30 Pro uses a separate ToF (Time of Flight) lens to measure depth information.

This ToF lens group consists of two parts, one is that there is a floodlight next to/below the fill light, and the other is the lens below.

The floodlight emits light signals to the surface of the object, and the camera below receives the reflected light. According to the time difference and speed of reflected light, the distance between the object and the camera can be calculated, and the ToF camera group can describe the position of any object in this space more accurately and how far it is from the camera.

This brings two functions to P30 Pro. First, when shooting a portrait with a large aperture, you can know which is the subject and which is the background, so that the subject will remain clear and the background will make the shooting effect more layered according to the distance. After that, you can take a portrait with a messy background to test it.

In addition, we can see that P30 Pro can adjust the blur degree in real time, and can also apply fancy blur such as heart-shaped, rotating focus and studio lighting effect.

The second is to bring the function of AR measurement, which should be familiar to everyone. The height, length, distance and even volume of people and things can be measured through the lens.

The front lenses of the other two P30s have been upgraded to 32 megapixels, and it is mentioned that the performance of SuperHDR and low-light photography has been enhanced.

▌EMUI 9. 1

Two P30s will have built-in EMUI 9. 1 based on Android 9. We may open another article for details later, otherwise it will be too long. However, because Kirin 980 has greatly improved the computing power of AI, at this year's MWC, we saw applications such as "story sign" and "track". AI ",using in-device AI and Huawei's HiAI platform, provides help for hearing-impaired and visually-impaired children.

EMUI 9. 1 What other AI enhancements have to be explained in detail in the subsequent evaluation. ...

It seems that apart from 10x and 5x zoom, the two P30 cameras have made many enhancements on the basis of their original functions. However, judging from the demonstration photos at the press conference, the enhancement effects are considerable, such as better brightness, more balanced and beautiful HDR effect, more accurate subject detection and more hierarchical shooting in low-light photography (via.mobile0 1).

These are all waiting for the next test to see the performance, especially the video recording and high-magnification anti-shake. ...

Some netizens said that this is Huawei's pursuit of the ultimate deviation, blindly pursuing one end and forgetting to be black at night; But on the other hand, don't you think it's black if you want, and bright if you want?