Ask a HUAWEI professional photographer! How to master the double lens camera of "HUAWEI P9"

(Credit: Huawei)

"Huawei Communication", which conveys the appeal of Huawei terminals such as SIM-free smartphones and mobile routers. This time, we will introduce how to use the flagship "HUAWEI P9", which is a topic of double lens camera in collaboration with Leica, with examples and explanations by professional photographers.

The HUAWEI P9 is an attractive Leica collaboration double lens camera. A professional photographer talks about how to use it!

A professional photographer who admired Leica checks out the HUAWEI P9 camera in collaboration with Leica!

A variety of unique SIM fleece smartphones are sold in stores these days, but Huawei's flagship model, HUAWEI P9, is one of the most highly rated.

Along with the double lens camera, it has high performance as a smartphone

The biggest feature of the HUAWEI P9 is the double-lens camera in collaboration with Leica, a long-established camera manufacturer. This time, I will send it to the purpose of what kind of evaluation it will be if this HUAWEI P9 is used by a shooting professional. Mr. Kiyotaka Okada, a professional photographer familiar with ASCII.jp and Weekly ASCII, cooperated with us.

Mr. Okada, who came across the "Leitz Minolta CL" when he was in photography school and has been yearning for "someday a Leica", and it's been 10 years. She is also active in digital camera reviews for various ASCII media, and has a reputation for her knowledge and accuracy of commentary.

HUAWEI P9 is equipped with two "SUMMARIT H 1: 2.2/27 ASPH" lenses arranged in parallel on the back of the main unit. This lens was designed for this camera, and has a special specification with a 12-megapixel RGB sensor on one lens and a 12-megapixel monochrome sensor on the other. As a shooting function unique to a dual lens camera, there is also a "wide aperture shooting" realized by a digital aperture with an F value in the range of 0.95 to 16.

About this special specification, Mr. Okada evaluates, "Even with a smartphone camera with a fixed F value, the double lens makes it possible to express images using the aperture effect. This idea is wonderful." He also commented, "The monochrome sensor is reminiscent of Leica's famous M Monochrome." He also talks about the appeal of black-and-white photography, saying, ``Black-and-white photography, which reproduces only the gradation of black and white, eliminates the information of color, and can capture the essence of the subject itself.''

From a professional point of view, the operability of the camera app is also an important evaluation point. Regarding this point, Mr. Okada evaluated, "It is excellent that you can immediately switch to manual shooting (PRO mode) simply by swiping up the bottom of the screen." Even from a professional's point of view, the easy access to PRO mode, which allows you to set ISO sensitivity, shutter speed, exposure compensation, AF switching, and white balance settings, seems to be a good impression.

"PRO mode" that allows you to freely set ISO sensitivity and shutter speed. Also pay attention to the font of the menu

Also, Mr. Okada seems to have been concerned about the shutter sound, saying, "It's like the horizontally running focal plane shutter that was installed in the M-type Leica in the silver salt era, and it's comfortable to shoot." Furthermore, regarding the font of the shooting menu, "The same font as the current Leica digital camera. From this very simple font, you can feel Leica's aesthetics that pursues lean functional beauty." . This is a part that appeals to the user's sensibility, but it seems to be an important detail for professionals.

Previous 123Next

Display format: PC ⁄ smartphone