5G smartphone "HUAWEI P40 PRO" Review 2nd -Camera is not enemies!?

The latest flagship smartphone "P40" series announced by Huawei.Last time, we introduced mainly the appearance of the P40 PRO, which is the core model of the P40 series, but this time we will look at the camera function of the P40 Pro, which is the biggest feature (as of the end of April 2020, the release of Japan is undecided.)

The biggest feature of the P series is the camera function.From the "P9" series that appeared in 2016, we started collaborating with the German camera brand "Leica" (Leica).Since then, the camera function of the P series has been greatly upgraded, such as installing multiple lenses and evolving AI processing.And the P40 series camera has evolved further from the conventional model.

Among the P40 series, the camera function has evolved particularly is the P40 Pro+, the top model.The main camera of the P40 Pro+is a five -eye specification: ultra -wide -angle lens, wide -angle lens, 3x telephoto lens, 10x telephoto lens, and depth measurement camera.This is the first P40 Pro+for the 5 -eye specification of the P series.

On the other hand, the main camera of the P40 PRO of the medium model that I tried this time is a four -eye specification of ultra -wide -angle lenses, wide -angle lenses, 5 times telephoto lenses, and depth measurement cameras.This combination is the same as the conventional model P30 Pro, but the imaging elements mounted on each lens are enhanced.The arrangement of the camera is in the vertical position, from the upper left to the bottom, a ultra -wide -angle lens, a wide -angle lens, a 5x telephoto lens, a deep measurement camera, an LED flash, a laser sensor, a color temperature sensor, etc. on the right.

The focal length is 23mm, F value 1.9. The largest smartphone for a wide -angle lens compatible with optical hand blurring 1/1 1/1.A 28 -inch large sensor was adopted.The number of pixels is 50 million pixels.In addition, the RYYB specification, which was first adopted in the P30 series, has been inherited.With P30 Pro, 1/1 of 40 million pixels.Because it was a 7 -inch RYYB sensor, both the sensor size and the number of pixels were enhanced.

In addition, a new function "OCTA PD AF" function using 8 pixels is newly installed.By utilizing eight pixels that are four times that of dual pixel AF, high -speed AFs are possible even in low illuminance (dark) environments.

The focal length is 18mm, F value 1.1/1 for the super wide -angle lens of 8.Adopts a 54 -inch 40 million pixel sensor.Not only is the number of pixels doubled compared to the P30 Pro, but the sensor size is larger, which is also greatly enhanced.

This ultra -wide -angle lens camera is called "Ultra Wice Cine Camera" and has improved video shooting functions.In addition to shooting 4K60P videos and 4K HDR videos, 4x4 16 pixels are used as one pixel, and by supporting ultra -high -sensitivity video shooting with a maximum ISO sensitivity, video shooting performance in a low -light environment.Has up.It also has a "Directional Audio Zoom" function that uses the three microphones in the main unit to zoom in the sound according to the zoom operation.

The focal length is 125mm, F value 3.4. A 5x telephoto lens that supports optical hand blurring is a 12 million pixel sensor.This sensor size has not been published, but it has been highly pixeled from 8 million pixels of P30 Pro.The 5x telephoto lens, like P30 PRO, is a flexion optical lens (so -called periscope lens) that relays light to the sensor by refraction 90 degrees.The telephoto shooting function is up to 50 times that combines a hybrid zoom that narrows the area of the sensor used for shooting from 5 to 10 times, and a digital zoom after 10 times.

The in -camera mounted on the display surface is the same as the P30, but the in -camera is also compatible with AF and 4K video shooting.Beside the in -camera is also equipped with an infrared 3D camera, which is also used for 3D face authentication.As a result, two types of biometric authentication, a 3D face authentication and a displayed fingerprint authentication sensor, are available, and convenience is increased.

The camera function of the P series is one of the features not only in collaboration with Germany Leica, but also in various AI shooting modes such as scene recognition and night view mode.Although the keyword AI keyword is no longer appealing, the P40 Pro has various AI shooting modes.

For example, automatic scene recognition, night view mode, face recognition, beauty mode, and apcha mode that blures the background.In addition, some new features have been added, one of which is "AI Golden Snap".

In AI Golden Snap, when shooting a moving person, "AI Best Moment", which recommends the best cut from continuous cut cuts, and "Remove Passersby" that erases people reflected in the background., There is a function such as "Remove Reflection" that erases the reflection on the glass surface.Remove Passersby and Remove Reflection seem to be realized in editing after shooting, but they are all useful.

Unfortunately, this AI Golden Snap was not yet implemented as of the end of April, and could not be tried this time.When I contacted Huawei, it was said that it would be compatible in the future version upgrade, but it was a pity that the P40 PRO camera function was a featured and could not be tried.