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[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] scoubi23:
hello i just got my p30 pro finds the rendering of my photos weird the quality is bad.

it is a strange effects, you think the phone has a problem?

compared to my LG G7 rendering is better on the G7 thank you for your help

sorry for my english i use google translate
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] jacobtf:
Here is a comparison of video from a .124 firmware to .153 firmware. The very red tint is fixed.

It's not my posting, sadly my phone didn't get the .153 update yet.
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] desiregeek:
I took these 2 pictures with my P30 Pro

One with no zoom regular mode and one with zoom in night mode. Will not let me upload images for some reason
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] desiregeek:
Night with zoom of moon. Website having issues uploading images
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] Matroid:
firmware 153 still bad at color correction

cost of gain more light (with unnatural color sensor) is too much lol

P20p vs P30p 9.1.0.153
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] papavales:
This is not wrong color but more light from p30 pro because censor reads mid light. It's more pleasing to the eye but not as natural as p20 pro. Is it with AI on or off? I prefer p30 pro result though, as if you give me the p20 pro's photo first thing i do is to make it look like p30 pro in lightroom.
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] cert15z:
Master AI on.
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] coolhead:
Really love this phone

It's a shame that the photos are not being posted in high quality here.
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] ElectronicsOverhaul:
First photo is at night (very dark) where you can see the geese by the water. Others are macro shots at work.
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] olafsand:
Super macro with wide lens.
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] netbat:
P30 Pro - Digital zoom 10x (270mm equivalent), color boost on, frimware .153

Here you have real life test of 10x zoom feature from my trip to zoo. Ai support was off, colors are boosted. Pictures were selected for show but they were made without any special effort and repeats, just for myself. There is visible sacrifice in the photo details but overall "consumer satisfaction" is very good. Honestly, without zooming I would rather skip many photos entirely. Stabilization works surprisingly well, it is possible to use 10x zoom from free hands.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11r487ThtAet-msBfCRwy_wIqGApZK3l0?usp=sharing
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] tainka:
Hello!

When there is a yellow warm street lighting at night, the camera makes very yellow images, for example - the sidewalk color is grey but on the phone screen and on the photo taken the images are super yellow. My phone camera on standard colors, i tried to take photos on auto mode and on night mode- results are same. Can you please confirm if your phone does the same?
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] robbieismyname:
Hey all, I really like this phone and having fun with the camera.

Can anyone tell me if the picture taken when in night mode in a totally dark room will show any contents of the room as my picture comes up totally black.

The reason why I ask is that in a number of YouTube videos that I have watched, the pictures taken in a totally dark room show the content of the room, although the quality is not great.

I guess I want to know if something is wrong with my phone.

I am running old software (131)
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] ElectronicsOverhaul:
Yes, I took a few zoomed shots yesterday. 10x zoom does not look very good in my opinion. Wonder if tripod would improve results though. Kept reading about 10x so-called "lossless" zoom. These were in very cloudy conditions with not much sunlight. More sunlight would've probably helped.

10x

5x
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] papavales:
Every night mode device tries to multiply the existing light. If you try this in zero light, dark(pure black) room there is nothing to multiply. You need at least some light source, even if it is barely visible by your eyes.
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] giwta:
When i launch camera the 1st picture i get is crystal clear. When i zoom though quality gets messed up and i get loads of noise and grainy pictures. Is this a software issue or a faulty device? I posted two pictures so you can understand what am trying to say. 1st picture is as clear as it gets. Second picture isbso bluish and noisy
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] giwta:
And am not zooming in beyond 1.5x - 2x at the second picture.
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] Slash8915:
I mean... It's low light and you're zooming. What do you expect?
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] giwta:
I do realise that but when i switch back to 1x, picture is as grainy and noisey as the zoomed one.
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] johnnyman25:
Some photos taken with my p30 pro Ai off, no night mode View attachment 4761324View attachment 4761325View attachment 4761326View attachment 4761328View attachment 4761331View attachment 4761332

P30 Pro 256gb Aurora Power
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] ElectronicsOverhaul:
Why are your image resolutions different? My zoomed and non-zoomed photos are the same resolution. Also the camera should be held steady for long exposure night shots. Your uploaded photos are compressed some, too. Your first photo is 5MP, and your second one is an odd 3.7MP. If I have time tonight, I may take a few more night shots. Have only tried night mode the first day of ownership.
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] ElectronicsOverhaul:
I shot a few night mode photos. Almost all zoomed ones looked terrible. Would not recommend using zoom with night mode. Some photos can look a bit blurry if you're not very steady. Insects at certain areas were kinda bothersome. Nearby street lights can impart a yellow-like effect. Heard some honking geese by the water but could not see them until after I viewed my photos later. A couple zoomed ones did fare okay though. Last two photos were 5x zoom.

Zoom 5x
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] desiregeek:
Went to dinner last night and restaurant was pretty dark.
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] eng3:
I've also noticed (in several reviews) that the phone's post processing seems to make photos appear more yellow or green.

However, if you go into to google photo or any image editing app and click "AUTO" will it correct the color? Even if auto doesnt, I assume you can edit it.

Have you tried a different camera app like A Better Camera or Open Camera? Is it able to access the built in night mode? Does it have the safe issue in those apps?

I'm trying to decide between the S10 series and the P30. I've very impressed with the night mode and I figure that one can easily fix the color in a phone but one can't add in missing detail.
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] tainka:
I did not try any other camera apps. The night shots are much better then s10, only when the street light is yellow the picture is yellow. I also have s9+ but dont remember how it takes pictures in those conditions. I will try both phones.
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] ROfficerBR2019:
Hey guys,

When there is no light at all and a picture is taken on 10mp, the ai makes photo very clear and nice ecdn without flash (not the night mode)

But when changing to 40mp and making the same picture in normal mode the picture has no light, all black.

That feature works only with 10mp? Can u guys confirm that?

Thanks!

Ps. I am not talking about the night mode.

taking a picture on 10MP
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] gm007:
https://www.ubergizmo.com/what-is/pixel-binning-camera/
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] ROfficerBR2019:
The Huawei P20 Pro opts for an extremely large sensor (for a phone) and a 40MP pixel resolution, so when binning is used, the final photo resolution is 10 MP, which is a much better trade-off than 4MP. Read our Full Huawei P20 Pro Camera Review.

OK I read the article. But I'm not sure about the binning working only when changing to 10mp or it should work even when changing to 40mp.
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] mangaboy190:
The lowlight zoom seems fine in my opinion based on your photos. The yellowish tint though, it's bothering me. Can you fix it in lightroom or any other photo editor?
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] scoubi23:
What standard colors, bright colors, soft colors do you use? thank you
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] RFD_Yesstyle:
is it just me or is the ultrawide mode photos are particularly dark around the sides
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] gm007:
Yes the ultrawide lens has vignette (dark corners) but it is compensated by software,when you switch from normal to wide mode you can see dark edges for 1 second after that it's fine.

What firmware version on ur phone?
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] RFD_Yesstyle:
still .138, waiting patiently for .140

i actually just got it fixed. instead of smooth/vivid colours, i switched to standard. its fine now.
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] gm007:
There is more updated firmware 153 and 161 they are even better.
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] RFD_Yesstyle:
anyway to update to those manually? this is something that depends on the carrier i got the phone from, right?
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] Hybrid Soldier:
I got my P30 PRO last week, I came from a S9+ and honestly... I didn't see a huge different from my old device with Gcam.

I mean, for a device one year newer than my S9+ and everyone talking about the camera, I was expecting more.

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Did u see this thread?

https://xdaforums.com/huawei-p30-pro/how-to/huawei-p30-pro-updates-t3918354

There's a option to update manually, but it will reset your phone.
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] RFD_Yesstyle:
thx. will check it out. NOt in a rush to update tho.
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] eng3:
What do people think about the 5X zoom? Do you use it often? Do you wish the optical zoom was 3X? What situations do you find yourself using the 5X zoom the most? I have some concern that you are stuck with digital zoom in-between.

(I'm trying to decide between the P30 or P30 pro). The only times I ever remember trying to use zoom were when I tried to take a photo out of an airplane window or I was at a zoo or other type of place where you can't get close. The only other place I can think of is at a concert (where I am perhaps in the first 10 rows). I usually bring my regular camera that has a 3X zoom.
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] gm007:
You are right 3x would have been a better option to start with but there is 2 big difference between the pro and the normal p30,one is the optical stabilization on the main lens and second is the aperture 1.6 not 1.8
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] eng3:
Yes, I have wondered about that too. Have been been able to try both phones to compare if OIS makes much of a difference? I figure that it is probably more helpful in night photos since you have to hold the phone more steady during long exposures. I'm not sure how much of a difference it makes during the day with shorter exposures. Some reviews have mentioned this but it is hard to tell in test photos.

Or is it the aperture what is making the difference? Do you notice a difference in the depth of field?
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] Hybrid Soldier:
This is unacceptable

How a Redmi Note 7 with GCam has better pictures than a P30 PRO?

Look this pictures that a friend took with Redmi Note 7 + Gcam, the details of hair, skin...:

https://i.ibb.co/x5Wcwwg/IMG-20190506-143114-01.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/0nTqWDd/IMG-20190526-004957.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/Y8tQdNk/IMG-20190526-014448.jpg

Now look that pictures that I took with the fw .161:

https://i.ibb.co/61yPRDM/IMG-20190606-130745.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/cDvHnCH/IMG-20190606-130739.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/qrKbFZz/IMG-20190606-130216.jpg

Poor details on hair, skin looking like wax ... I turned off all skin filters.

There is no sharpness in the photos.
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] eng3:
It would be better if the photos were of the same thing at the same time
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] ROfficerBR2019:
What is gcam?
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] gm007:
Seems you uploaded low resolution photos from p30 pro

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It's a port for Google pixel camera, next time Google is faster to answer ur questions ;)
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] Hybrid Soldier:
The problem is that I didn't...

Look:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qBgAottO1DXwKZ5zjfr3Yd085jS4QESB/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cohbkZl2SlmGeErSvIqj4R_wPYaaddl1/view?usp=sharing
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] skullmurdoc:
I am about to exchange my S10+ for the P30 Pro solely because I read on every review that the P30 Pro was the better camera phone.

I also owned a P20 Pro before and liked it better than the S10+ for photography. Except it didn't have wide-angle which I like.

But now I read the forum that the camera is not that good. . . I'm confuse . . .

Am I making a mistake doing this exchange?
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] eng3:
I'm trying to decide myself. Based on reviews I've read, the pro is better with zoom and night mode. The S10+ might be better or same with dynamic range/daylight. S10+ seems better with video and most other things about the phone.
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] ROfficerBR2019:
P30 Pro has better battery life

S10+ has batter display quality
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] dannejanne:
P30 Pro is not the "sharpest" camera around. It is the most complete camera experience on any phone though and that's why you want it. It gives you options for creativity that no other phone can match yet.
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] gm007:
I have swapped my p30 pro for p30 just to let you know i don't miss anything even the screen is better on the smaller phone.
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] skullmurdoc:
I currently have both phone. I tried various scenario and sometimes the s10+ take better picture sometimes the p30 pro. But when I zoom on any picture. I can see that the p30 pro has a lot more detail information on the photo. HDR is better on the s10+, bokeh are better on the p30 pro. Overall the p30 pro his better by a good margin in my opinion and my application.

The phone itself I don't see much difference display wise. Black level seems better on the s10+ but shadow detail is better on the p30 pro.

The only thing I find weird on the p30 pro. When I play csr 2 racing the cars has a lot of jaggies Wich is not present on the s10.

Battery life is way better on the p30 pro but the s10+ is more than enough for a day.

The Gui is better on the s10 but I don't mind the one on thep30 pro.

I'll be keeping the p30 pro and returning the s10+
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] eng3:
The P30 pro has a bigger aperture and OIS on the main camera, I would think night photos would be brighter and better able to focus? Did you notice any difference? What difference in battery life have you noticed? The non-pro is 2mm less wide and less than 1mm thinner. Do you notice the difference when holding in? or is it mainly the height (and weight)

Do you have the snapdragon model?

I'm definitely leaning more towards huawei. The only things that make me consider the S10+ more are: wider angle camera, weight, and perhaps better camera2 api support? Also I would think with the snapdragon, you'd have a better chance of getting a better working Gcam.

Also, the S10 forum seems far more active in the custom rom area. I may not need it now, but down the line, I definitely will need it if I want to hold on to the phone for more years.

Have you tried open camera and A Better Camera? I'd be curious to know what works and what doesnt and how the cameras compare.
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] awojtas:
I did some comparisons between the P30 Pro and S10, both on latest firmware. Posts at bottom of page here: https://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=97&topicid=245529&page_no=59#2255641

TL;DR - The P30 Pro has amazing detail in the 40mp raws, but that RYYB sensor has colour defects that no software seems to work around.

The S10 gives more pleasing photos generally. I find it quite handy having a 50mm (52mm exactly) equivalent 2x zoom lens on the phone, much more so than the party trick 5x zoom.

One thing I noted and not shown in that link, is that the bokeh mode on the S10 *looks* worse on screen, but when you actually take the photo it is better than expected. The P30 Pro looks better on screen (and the interface is better imho) but the bokeh turns out to be pretty darn good on the S10. Originally I thought the P30 was much better, after comparing, I now feel they are evenly matched in that area.

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Random replies from a P30 Pro and S10 owner:

- Note that the wide angle on the P30 Pro is much better than the S10's. It isn't using the RYYB sensor so no colour issues, and the sharpness is quite impressive. The RAW files are also very capable and allow you to pull back a reasonable amount of exposure with plenty of detail. The S10 is ultra wide and has a wider field of view than the P30 Pro, too wide in my opinion, and it leads to fairly obvious smearing and distortion.

- It's very convenient on the S10 being able to flash updates without wiping, and the updates seem to be reasonably accessible even if your region/carrier doesn't have them.

- I have an Exynos and found GCam a frustrating endeavour. The stock camera is reasonably good, although the JPG compression is enthusiastic (but I haven't found this to be an issue so far, the JPG images hold up to mild tweaking in Lightroom just fine).
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] skullmurdoc:
Yes the S10+ is the snapdragon version. I did not use the camera app you mention. I used the stock app and Gcam. Gcam yeild better result most of the time.
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] b9mobile:
If sharpness and maximum amount of details in daylight photos are my priority, is the P30 Pro for me?
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] dannejanne:
I don't think you can go wrong with it honestly. It has the option for 40mp photos also for added details.

However, no phone I've ever had beats my old trusty LG V10 when it comes to sharpness and details in daylight. I will never get rid of that phone.
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] b9mobile:
Ok, thanks. I noted your comment "P30 Pro is not the "sharpest" camera around", and maximum sharness/detail in daylight photos is my priority, so...
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] dannejanne:
It's an extraordinary complete camera experience that no other phone fully gives you yet. It makes photography fun. Sharpness is good enough.
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] b9mobile:
Do anyone have the P30 Pro and OnePlus 6 or 6t and can comment about sharpness/detail in daylight photos when compared?
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] Anicane:
Guys before i buy this phone, i see in reviews on youtube, that there is slide problem with orange/red.. I noticed on 1 guys youtube video compression. where the other phones were showing it orange, the p30 was showing it red. Is it fixed?
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] awojtas:
No, better on v161 firmware, not fixed.
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] Hybrid Soldier:
For people and animals, S10+ is better (w/ GCam is even better).

For landscapes and other things, P30 PRO is better.

In my mind, P30 PRO gives you a lot of options to take a picture, you just have to think.
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] eng3:
I'm starting to agree on the 5X being more of a party trick. I've tried zooming digitally 5X on my current phone in many situations just to see how useful it is and in nearly every case it is too much. Even on an airplane trying to zoom in on a landmark.

I'm thinking the P30 non-pro might be a better choice at this point, but I hesitate with the worse aperture and lack of OIS on the main. I'm coming from a 4.6in phone anyways

Between the P30 and the S10 series, I wonder about better support for snapdragon (Gcam), Camera 2 api. If I do get a P30, I'm basically gambling that someone will create and maintain a custom rom in the next 2 years so that the phone can have some longevity.
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] gm007:
I'm sure you won't notice any difference between the 2 phones in daylight and night pics,the battery would last at least one day in any situation with 30% remaining but the pro is little better,I like the smaller size easier to hold in hand and lighter.

So overall I'm happy to switch to the smaller phone.
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] eng3:
With my current phone, I often will hold it one handed and turn counter-clockwise to landscape to take a photo since I might be holding something in the other hand. I hope I'll still be able to do this with the larger phones
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] olafsand:
For me colors are accurate. 10mpx and wide
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] haneefkhan96:
I think p30 pro did what we want. The best camera
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] SilviuO:
You're right. I think that with a few more camera improvements in the next batch of firmwares it will be what we've wanted from this camera phone before we've bought the device.
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] Hybrid Soldier:
I don't think that P30 PRO has the better camera yet, it's on the way... I still missing some details from GCam.
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] T0tti10:
Only complaint is it struggles to focus on close objects, unless i use the ulta wide lens..

I'm not talking about super close objects though
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] skullmurdoc:
Yes I notice that yesterday! Was trying to take a close-up of my kid eating a chocolate and it had trouble focusing.

Hopefully this will be fix.
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] Hybrid Soldier:
Yes, I took a pic from my cat and the camera also focused the wall!
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] imapfsr:
I love this camera!
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] Hybrid Soldier:
Look this picture...

Beautiful, isn't?

Now, look this one:

The first one is a normal picture, with AI "on" and the second is after I corrected the color, tone and contrast in Photoshop. It's a simple thing that everyone can do, just 3 clicks.

When u look for the first picture without looking the second one, it looks beautiful... But when you see the second one corrected you notice that the picture is with a lot of green tone. It doens't look natural at all...
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] regu44:
P30 pro camera problem

Hello there. Does your P30 Pro also consist of dark stripes when shooting with the camera in high light environments. have you tried?
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] Maximus41:
My thoughts on the p30 camera..

Night mode is great but too over done..

Optical zoom to 5x is very handy as is wide.

Overall I don't think the picture quality is all that good. Very soft images which is surprising as leica glass has always been sharp and top notch.

Quite often focus is pretty dia and not sharp.

Colours to me are too bland. I find the colours are not as saturated as the colours of the landscape I am shooting (apart from reds they are overpowering)

I like the phone overall but compared with image quality from my LG V30 with gcam it's a bit of a let down
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] Magnus3D:
I saw some complaints about the 5x tele being nothing more than a gimmick in this thread, which is incorrect. It's a fully usable camera which although a bit slow to focus can achieve great image results if you know how to work with it. This is just one of many examples i have shot, a concert photo at a small stage in pretty mediocre stage lighting as it usually is at concerts. Shot with the P30 Pro in RAW using the 5x tele lens. Then processed to clean up the shot.

/ Magnus
[Huawei P30 Pro Real Life Review] Hybrid Soldier:
Is definitely usable but I don't think that this pic is the perfect example to show, is a good art but the guy looks a drawing to me, not a photography.