Huawei P40 Pro Plus camera review By Android Central

It's been half a decade since the first telephoto zoom cameras brought extra versatility to smartphone photography and since then, advancements in tiny telephoto technology has given us three times and five times: zoom x', which let high-end smartphones imitate the range of a point-and-shoot camera pretty well. The next evolution of these bleeding edge optics is the centerpiece of Huawei's top-tier camera phone for 20/20, the p40 Pro Plus. This is real optical 10 times zoom in a phone and once you've tried it. It'll ruin you for just about every other phone camera I've been using it for just over a week now. So here's what you need to know, let's all, were the fundamentals of the people do pro plus, as the name suggests, it's a souped-up version of the p40 pro that's been on sale for a couple of months now. Major differences include a bump up to 512, gigs of storage and a luxurious and reassuringly hefty ceramic back in black or white and on the inside.

The plus can also charge Wireless lead up to 40 watts, using a proprietary Huawei charger. With that, out of the way, let's talk optics, the YP party pro plus shares its siblings main and ultra-wide cameras, as well as the dual selfie shooters punched into the display, but instead of a single five times, optical zoom camera capable of ten times hybrid zoom, the plus swaps, in three times and ten times, optical telephoto modules, that's a smartphone first and gives the p40 pro plus the bragging rights of going all the way up to 20 times in hybrid zoom mode. This super zoom lens is unique in the smartphone market and a big part of what makes the p40 pro plus special, the 10 x cameras. Internal periscope, reflects light a total of five times to hit that impressive number, all of which makes this an incredibly versatile shooter. Now you absolutely do need to take a look at more care with this ten times compared to the average five times zoom setup hand, motion will be amplified in your shots, more than you're probably used to making a muddy or blurry capture a possibility.

If you're, not careful, but Huawei has also employed some heavy-duty stabilization to ensure smooth captures as much as possible, the only time I really struggle with motion blur was when shooting from a moving vehicle, which is hardly ideal for any kind of photography. Other times, I saw some shuttering and video modem very, very heavy way, which is what you can see here, there's a definite learning curve involved in mastering the ten times lens. Nevertheless, the power to bring decent terrain interview or to get closer shots of kids pets or wildlife without spooking them is a huge attraction, that's basically impossible anywhere else in the smartphone space. For the most part, the people do Pro Plus is able to zoom in all the way up to ten times and sometimes beyond, while maintaining the fidelity, color accuracy and dynamic range of its other cameras. As I mentioned, though, a steady hand is important, particularly when shooting distant objects, and the same goes for zooming past twenty times.

We're straying into digital zoom territory can result in blotchy watercolor like pictures autofocus, though much more challenging at ten times than with the phones. Other cameras are dependable enough at that higher zoom level, where it does get confused a little of jabbing on the viewfinder usually sets it right, though, in video shot at 10 times with a lot of motion expect a little of focus hunting here and there the v40 Pro Plus is 10 times. Camera complements what was already an impressive photographic load out. The 40 megapixel ultra-wide sinner sensor, first debuted in the main 30 pro both captures wider scenes in photo mode and boost the phone's video capabilities with a wider field of view and better low-light movies. Thanks to its large sensor, size understand a telephoto at three times lets you punch into take a closer portrait, shot or capture a closer perspective of a landscape or skyline.

The primary camera, frankly, is just bonkers. It uses a one of a one point: two eight inch 50 megapixel quad by a sensor to spit out 12, megapixel images and the gigantic sensor size makes four shots with luxurious both, whether you're, shooting stills or video, and in low-light expect bright and clear pictures without having to resort to the software night mode. Now, speaking of which I found that even the 10 times, camera holds up pretty well in darker conditions, with that software night mode, doing a decent job of pulling out detail and reducing noise. That was an area of relative weakness in last ESP 30 pro 5 times camera. So it's really great to see progress in its successor, the p40 Pro Plus is still smart enough to juggle between all four of its main cameras on the fly as needed.

For example, if your subject is too close for the primary camera to focus, the AI macro mode will automatically switch to the ultra-wide sinner sensor same deal for the three times telephone, if you're, too close for it to focus reliably it'll stick with a hybrid zoomed crop of that 50 megapixel main sensor, one area where I really appreciate this versatility is when shooting video. If you followed our mate 30 Pro coverage, you'll know how the center sensor can produce effortlessly, smooth pans and moving shots, but the main sensor with its much larger size and natural both, can also create the kind of shots that you think might have come from. A standalone camera and the ten times, though it's not as forgiving of hand motion enables the kind of up close and personal video that just isn't possible with any other smartphone next year. Other big names in the Android world, like Samsung and Opp, I sure to develop their own versions of ten times optical zoom in a phone, but the Huawei p4 t pro plus is here today the versatility on offer in this phone's camera system just can't be matched right now and probably won't be matched until 2021. But we also can't talk about a Huawei phone in 2020 without touching on a software side of things like all new Huawei handsets for the past year, the p40 pro plus can't run Google mobile services, boys app gallery stores growing all the time and other workarounds exist where the companies made it easier to pull down apps from developers official website.

Nevertheless, unless you're completely divorced from the Google ecosystem, you'll find it to be a major pain point, that's all due to circumstances outside of Huawei's control, and it doesn't detract from the immense achievement that is this phone's camera system. But if you want the very best smartphone cameras in 2020 just be aware that it may involve some serious software trade-offs. That's it for now. Let us know what you think of ten times zoom in the phone down the comments stay tuned to subscribe for our hands-on coverage of the next wave of Android phones over the summer. In the meantime, thanks for watching, and I'll see you next time you.

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