[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Nikorasu:
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Test 1: Dual vs Single lens.

Objective: To see if Dual lens make a difference.

Full size: http://img.pixady.com/2017/02/727998_hwm9_dual_lens_test.jpg

Result: Better dynamic range, sharper and more details with dual lens.

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Test 2: Dual lens vs Single lens @ 2X Zoom

Objective: To see if Dual lens is being used with Zoom

Full size: http://img.pixady.com/2017/02/665216_hwm9_2x_dual_lens_test2.jpg

Results: Same as Test 1. Gives better result when dual camera is used.

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Test 3: Crop vs Zoom 2X

Objective: To see if zooming at 2X is better than cropping from "no zoom".

Full size: http://img.pixady.com/2017/02/963384_hwm9_crop_vs_zoom_test.jpg

Result: Cropping from "no zoom" gives better results compared to zoom at 2X.

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Test 4: Crop vs Zoom 6X

Objective: To see if zooming at 6X is better than cropping from "no zoom".

Full size: http://img.pixady.com/2017/02/417709_hwm9_6x_crop_vs_zoom_test.jpg

Results: Unlike 2X zoom. 6X digital zoom gives better results than cropping.

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Test 5: Colour vs Monochrome OIS

Objective: To test if OIS is working in monocrhome

Animated full size: https://media.giphy.com/media/l3q2EYMtG5mru2Yvu/source.gif

Results: Proves that OIS is not working in monochrome mode.

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Test 5: Monochrome vs Colour->Mono.

Objective: To see how monochrome camera compares to colored photo converted to mono.

Full size: http://img.pixady.com/2017/02/858178_hwm9_2x_mono_vs_color2mono.jpg

(Nik collection silver plugin is used to convert colored photo to mono. Curve editor is then used to make it look similar to the monochrome pic.)

Results: Converted Colour to Mono looks sharper and has more details.

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Test 6: Low Light test - Normal vs HDR vs Night

Objective: Mode that is good for low light situations

Full size: http://img.pixady.com/2017/02/622057_hwm9_low_light_normal_vs_hdr_vs_night.jpg

Results: Obviously Night Mode produces the best result in the situation where you can stabilize the phone & the subjects are non-living things. Using HDR produces better results than normal mode when used in low light situations.

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Test 7: 20mp vs 12mp

Full size: http://img.pixady.com/2017/02/991377_hwm9_20vs12mp.jpg

Results: 20MP has slightly more details which can only be seen when pixel peeped.

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Test 8: Colour Test: Default vs Vivid vs Smooth

Objective: Which colour mode is best for everyday use?

Full size: http://img.pixady.com/2017/02/403146_hwm9_color_test.jpg

Results: Default colours are bland but retains the most details - useful for post editing.

Vivid is over-saturated while Smooth gives the most natural colors. Both looks good enough to share to social media without much edit.

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Test 9: BG Blur - Huawei Wide Aperture vs Google Camera Lens Blur vs AfterFocus Pro

Objective: Which is the best solution for BG blur?

Full size: http://img.pixady.com/2017/02/598490_hwm9_bg_blur.jpg

Results: Huawei Mate 9's Wide Aperture mode only takes pictures at 12MP but it's better than Google Camera (installed on Mate 9) which takes lens blur photo at 3.1MP. AfterFocus Pro is an app used to add manually draw and add bg blur to get similar effects but the process takes about 2-3 min minimum for each picture.

Huawei's Wide Aperture mode has the most pleasant bokeh (blur) especially in the highlights. However, both Wide Aperture mode and Google Lens Blur are often a hit and miss on which part of the background to blur. In this example, the blur is not applied between Goku's legs (and on google camera it's worse) as the softwares struggle against complicated subjects and backgrounds.

Good thing is, Huawei improved the Mate 9 over P9 by implementing live Wide Aperture View on the Mate 9 so users can shift the camera real time to get better results.

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Test 10: Zoom 6X(cropped) vs 10X (B158)

Objective: Is there a difference in quality?

Full size: http://img.pixady.com/2017/02/935701_hwm9_6x_vs_10x.jpg

Results: 10X zoom looks slightly more detailed than 6X zoom but only when pixel peeped.

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Test 11: How to test your camera for stucked pixels?

Objective: Are there stucked pixels in your camera sensor?

How: Start camera, swipe right and choose night mode. Cover the camera and take a picture which will last 20s.

Clusters of stucked pixels circled from my Mate 9. There are many other stucked pixels but are not as obvious.

Full size: http://img.pixady.com/2017/02/609314_hp.jpg

For some digital cameras, there are pixel remapping functions to attempt to get rid of stucked pixels. However, it's not possible to do that now for Huawei Mate 9. I have contacted the my local Huawei Support and at first, they have no idea what they are. After several emails, they gave 2 solutions: 1st to clear data/cache of the camera which doesn't work on my Mate 9, and 2nd, to factory reset my phone which I will not be able to do any time soon.

Please test to see if the same problem occurs on your Mate 9, and if there is, please contact Huawei Support and see if they have any solutions from your side. If someone is able to get rid of stucked pixels from by factory resetting (highly doubtful), please post as well.

Note that the stucked pixel clusters only shows up during long exposures like night mode and light painting.

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