Not just high quality.P40 PRO cameras often have to learn by other companies (Masaichi Honda)

Huawei's smartphone P series is a terminal that makes you want to do what you will do this year.Last year, it was equipped with a Telephoto Camera of the Bent Optical, an original Ryyb sensor, and a TOF sensor.The P40 Pro has inherited its configuration, but the ease of use, image quality, and painting have evolved significantly.Probably this time, there must be no opinion that "it was convenient but the image quality was preferred for P20 Pro."In addition, this time, the image quality at the time of video shooting has been greatly improved, and it has evolved significantly.

In the past, there may have been cameras that frowning on a habitual camera, such as bruising, but I was impressed that the camera was just a "well kneaded" camera in terms of P40 Pro.It's a pity that Google Play cannot be used, but this time I would like to ignore that part and focus on the evaluation of only the camera.

Four cameras chosen carefully

As soon as I started using the P40 Pro camera, I noticed that the paintings of each camera were installed.In addition, there is little drop in terms of quality, and it can be used without being aware of the shooting by switching the camera.You may think it's a matter of course, but there are many compound -eye smartphones that are not easy to do.For example, in Mi Note 10, I felt it was difficult to shoot due to painting and image quality of macro cameras, and Xperia 1 II because of the shortest fantastic distance of telephoto cameras.In fact, I felt the same difference in the P30 Pro, but the P40 Pro (although there are, of course) have no consciousness of using such a camera.

The P40 Pro is called 4 eyes, one of which is a so -called TOF sensor, which is for detecting the distance from the subject and the rough shape.This is the same as the P30 Pro, but the potential of each camera has advanced significantly.

The main camera is a 50 -million pixel CMOS sensor with a 35mm formula equivalent to 27mm.It is not a general bayer sequence RGGB, but also inherits the unique Ryyb color filter configuration.The advantage of the RYYB configuration is that the transparency of light increases by 40%and the effective sensitivity increases.

On the other hand, it is reasonable to consider it disadvantageous in terms of lighting characteristics.Therefore, Huawei creates one pixel using four pixels.In the P30 Pro, the setting to output 10 million pixels from 40 million pixels was the specified value, but the P40 PRO produced a video from 50 million pixels to 12.5 million pixels, and the noise is small and the amount of information is large in both light and dark and color phases.Can be taken out.In addition, not only is it just a high pixel, but the sensor itself has become larger from 1/1.7 inches to 1/1.28 inches.The image quality and resolution in the dark place are obtained more than expected from the specifications.Furthermore, even when autofocus, multiple pixels have been used.It is said that the dual PD (phase difference) AF was used as an octa PD AF using a four pixel sensor.

The ultra -wide -angle camera is equivalent to 18mm and is narrower than P30 Pro's 16mm equivalent, but there is also a clear intention here.Equipped with a 3: 2 sensor of 40 million pixels, this camera is selected by default when shooting a video.At 3: 2 o'clock, the angle of view is equivalent to 18mm, but when shooting a video of 16: 9 (because the top and bottom are cut), it is slightly narrower.However, the angle of view at 16: 9 is very easy to use for video shooting.The number of pixels is well kneaded, and the width has 4 times (7680) pixels of full HD.

At the time of still image shooting and when shooting 4K videos, four pixels are added to create a video, but when shooting a full HD video, the information density is extremely high because 1 pixel is created using 16 pixels with 4x4 pixels.Huawei recommend shooting with full HD instead of 4K.It was also effective in the transignation correction, and even if I walked while holding it by hand, I was able to get a stable video without a sense of blur.

Finally, about the telephoto camera of the flexion optical system with a angle of view of 125mm.In terms of the degree of improvement to P30 Pro, I guess this camera is the most prominent.The pixel added is 12 million pixels (8 million pixels in the P30 Pro), but the substantial image quality has improved, and the texture of the picture is aligned in the main camera.

Although the lens is 125mm, the shortest focus distance is short, there is little distortion, and the telemacro with a sufficient work distance can be taken.Of course, it will be a telephoto camera, but the image quality and usability of telemacro will be one of the advantages of this machine.

In the example, the clock dial was filmed, but both the entire clock and the entire dial -shaped logo close -up, the texture of the titanium case, laser etching, is a three -dimensional texture.It is captured.In addition, digital zoom can be expanded to 50 times, but is the practical range about 10 times?The camera shake correction function combining electronic correction and optical correction was powerful, and stable shooting was performed even at 50 times.

And the focal length of these cameras leads smoothly.Of course, the original angle of view of each camera is the best image quality, but for example, the main camera creates one pixel from four pixels.In other words, even if it expands to twice, there is no shortage of real drawing.

From ultra -wide -angle to wide -angle and wide -angle to telephoto, connecting without being aware of the difference in image quality may have been combined with multiple cameras at the time of zoom and creating one.I think the concept of outputting the final image by combining information of multiple pixels using a high -pixel sensor is well functioned.

Excellent AF control that does not make you aware of "focus"

Auto focus is also really good.It is not important whether it is an "octa PD AF", but it is important that the user experience is accurate and quick.

First, in the shooting area of the main wide -angle camera, the TOF sensor works effectively.Because the rough distance is grasped, you can refer to a lot of information in detecting phase differences and focusing.The subject within a 4-5 meter range, which can be captured by the TOF sensor, performs focus with the octa PD after grasping the three -dimensional shape.Since the scenes are imported in advance in advance, you can instantly judge which subject to focus on.

When the subject is clearly recognized, the AF frame is displayed in real time, so that the user can read the P40 Pro from the screen.This is only within the range where the infrared dot that irradiates the TOF sensor can be reached, but the octa PD works outside that range, so it is rarely confused by autofocus during use.

I was impressed by Sony's Xperia 1 II auto focus, but this unit is not flashy, but the experience level is more than that.Above all, I would like to evaluate the point that you can bring out the potential if you use it as a camera without switching the mode.

A clever making that does not make you aware of the joints of the camera

What I found out for a while is to add four pixels to create one pixel.Of course, this will improve the S/N ratio and the quality per pixel will increase, but it does not equip a high -pixel large COMS sensor with a standard 50 million and a wide -angle 40 million.I noticed.