Black and White Shooting+Large Aperture Experience Leica Gene of Huawei P9

IT 168 Evaluation Huawei P9 has been officially listed in China. It is equipped with dual cameras jointly developed by Huawei and Leica, and the camera effect has naturally become the focus of attention in the industry. As we all know, in the field of professional photography, Leica camera has been making steady progress, and its unique black-and-white photos, large aperture blur and German-style color matching style have attracted much attention in the photography field. What are the fine traditions of Leica in Huawei P9 this time? After experiencing Huawei P9 for a period of time, the author will analyze the Leica gene in Huawei P9 through some proofs.

Leica blessing, good hardware

This time, Huawei P9 innovatively adopted12 megapixel dual camera design, and cooperated with century-old photography brand Leica, which became the first Leica dual camera mobile phone. Of course, we still need to emphasize once again that although Huawei P9 is their joint design work, these two lenses are not produced by Leica, and there is no so-called Leica special certification. Instead, Huawei and Leica jointly debugged the software and hardware to complete the whole set of process operation standards.

As the lens of Huawei P9 has been adjusted in both software and hardware, we can see some hardware highlights. For example, two SUMMARIT H series lenses designed jointly with Leica are adopted, with an actual focal length of 27mm and a large aperture of F/2.2, equipped with Sony's latest IMX286 processor, and the single pixel size reaches 1.25μm, which also enables Huawei P9 to shoot Leica-level shooting effects with the highest12 million pixels.

As for the dual lens, one camera is responsible for recording the color of the subject and the other is responsible for recording the black and white information. For the first time, a dual-core image processing chip independently serving for depth calculation of dual cameras is introduced, which can be specially used for depth information calculation, and the focusing speed and imaging operation process are smoother.

Black and white shooting, exquisite presentation

Leica's monochrome black-and-white camera has always been regarded as a classic in the industry, with exquisite details and remarkable light and shadow effects. This lineage has also been passed down on Huawei P9. When the black and white camera mode is turned on, the system will call the auxiliary camera responsible for black and white information. In this mode, the purity of the picture will be higher, especially in the dark environment, and many more artistic photos can be taken by some photographers who like creativity. Compared with the black-and-white filters in ordinary cameras, the black-and-white photos of P9 are quite different in saturation, contrast and expressiveness. Let's take a look at the comparison sample.

Abandoning the interference of color, black and white cameras can focus more on the expression of light and shadow shapes. From the proofs, because the black-and-white camera adopts the sub-camera that can only recognize black-and-white information, it can truly restore its original color effect, with delicate gray transition and strong theme texture. But the saturation of the last two photos taken with the filter is too high and too low, and the definition of the actual photos is not as good as the former.

▲ Black and white proofs

The large aperture is blurred and the details are prominent.

The dual-lens Huawei P9 can take photos before focusing. The working principle is simple: Huawei P9' s secondary camera has the ability to identify the depth of field, and can obtain wider depth of field information than the main camera when taking pictures. Using this depth of field data, the focal length can be adjusted later to obtain different background blur effects. This is a big advantage of dual-camera mobile phone over single-camera mobile phone in function.

It can be seen from the proofs that at least four focus points can be selected when adjusting the proofs in the later stage, and the focus position and background blur range are more accurate. It is worth mentioning that in the mode of focusing after taking pictures first, Huawei P9 can change the focus at will in the later stage, and can also adjust the aperture size, thus freely controlling the degree of background blur.

German style, rich style

The lens used by Huawei P9 was completed in cooperation with Leica. The camera has three color modes, namely soft, bright and standard. Among them, the standard mode is what you take, while brightness and softness are adjusted by Leica from the bottom of the chip. Users can choose a better photo mode for different scenes to make the proofs more realistic and beautiful.

In addition, Huawei P9 can add a unique Leica watermark under the photo to show its distinctive pedigree. Let's take a closer look at the proofs of Huawei P9.

Overall, Huawei P9 is equipped with dual cameras with good imaging capability. Thanks to Leica's technical support, it has certain advantages in black and white photos and large aperture blur. With the unique Leica watermark, the German style can be reproduced. In the context of the rapid growth of mobile social platforms, if you want to get favorable comments with unique photos, Huawei P9 with Leica pedigree is undoubtedly the first choice.