In recent years, major domestic mobile phone manufacturers have been fully developing mobile phone images. Not only are hardware parameters such as sensors constantly upgrading and improving, but they are also actively cooperating with traditional camera manufacturers to carry out algorithm research and development and image quality and color adjustment. For example, vivo joined hands with Zeis , OPPO OnePlus and Hasselblad , Xiaomi and Leica also reached a cooperation. Pixel development is also running wildly. 100 million pixels have long been popularized and placed in mid-range phones, and many manufacturers have used 200 million pixels. Thanks to the two-way development of hardware and software, the imaging strength of Android phones has reached an extremely high level.
Although many mobile phone manufacturers no longer send flagship phones to test DxOMark, institutions still purchase current mainstream flagship models through their own channels for testing. Of course, the final results may not necessarily reflect the strength of a product's image strength, but it also provides certain reference value to consumers. Recently, DxOMark announced the rating results of Huawei Mate50 Pro front camera, tied for first place with iPhone 14 Pro with a score of 145. At the same time, its rear camera also won the world's first place with a high score of 149. So far, Huawei Mate50 Pro has won the first place in the front and rear cameras.
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Huawei P series and Mate series have always been frequent visitors to the DxO list, and it is no surprise that Xiao Lei can get such a result. However, while other manufacturers are struggling to catch up and co-brand with camera manufacturers, it is more unexpected that Huawei can still maintain such outstanding performance after breaking up with Leica. So, what is the specific imaging strength of Huawei Mate50 Pro equipped with XMAGE system?
Why did Huawei win the first place in the image double?
In terms of hardware, the rear of Huawei Mate50 Pro is equipped with a 50-megapixel ultra-optical change camera (RYYB, f/1.4-f/4.0, supporting OIS optical anti-shake ); a 13-megapixel ultra-wide-angle camera (f/2.2, supporting ultra-macro shooting); a 64-megapixel periscope telephoto camera (RYYB, f/3.5, supporting 3.5x optical zoom and OIS optical anti-shake), which can achieve 200x zoom. In addition, the machine also supports 10 adjustable physical apertures, which can adjust the aperture size according to the actual shooting scene to obtain better blur or depth of field effects. In terms of front, Huawei Mate50 Pro is equipped with an intelligent ultra-large wide-angle imaging system, consisting of a 13-megapixel camera and a 3D ToF depth camera, supporting intelligent variable ultra-wide-angle 78~100 degrees, etc.
(Photo source: Huawei official)
From the perspective of hardware parameters, the several lenses of Huawei Mate50 Pro may not be the strongest at the moment, but overall it is definitely the first echelon level. After Huawei and Leica's cooperation ended, it developed its own XMAGE imaging system and made its debut on the Huawei Mate50 series. During the process of taking and recording photos, you can directly select three modes: primary color, brightness, and brightness, so as to easily take photos that are closer to the naked eye or highlight the saturation of the picture, meeting the aesthetic requirements of different photography enthusiasts.
Xiao Lei's colleague gave this comment in the review of Huawei Mate50 Pro: "Screen details, contrast control, etc. all have Huawei-style characteristics, the imaging system has full focal length, and has long-term development potential." In the video reviews of six flagships, Huawei Mate50 Pro, vivo X80 Pro, Xiaomi 12S Ultra, iPhone 14 Pro, Honor Magic 4 Pro, and OPPO Find X5 Pro, Xiao Lei’s colleague once commented on Huawei Mate50 Pro in this way.
Huawei and Honor have the widest perspective and contain more pictures, but the distortion is not serious and deserves praise.
Huawei Mate50 Pro's overall performance is very stable. Although it has lost Leica's support, the image quality performance is still the industry benchmark. In terms of main photography, it has good performance regardless of day or night.
The main shortcoming is the telephoto lens. The instability of the algorithm makes its imaging performance a bit erratic, sometimes outstanding and sometimes mediocre. These problems can be solved through system upgrades and algorithm optimization.
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From this we can see that even though Huawei is separated from Leica, relying on its own technical accumulation in recent years and new understanding of mobile phone images, through a complete set of excellent hardware and self-developed XMAGE imaging system, it can still maintain the first-class and super-high level in the industry. DxOMark score first in both categories is one of the best evidence. Of course, many people may think that DxOMark has lost its reference value, but objectively speaking, putting several products under the same standards for testing, and finally getting high scores does show that the product has the strength that is better than others.
Do we still need to read the DxO score?
In the past few years, DxOMark's score still had high credibility and reference value in the industry. When it was fashionable and in the climbing period of mobile phone development, everyone was still in the exploration stage. At this time, there is a fair test platform that can indeed help everyone understand the photography level of a product more clearly and intuitively. However, in recent years, DxOMark's credibility has been declining. Not only is it because a large number of consumers no longer trust its score results, but many mobile phone manufacturers have also directly stated that they will not be given a test for DxOMark in the future. What is going on?
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DxOMark cannot be trusted by most people, Xiao Lei thinks there are two main reasons. first. Nowadays, the image strength of high-end flagships of major brands is getting stronger and stronger, and they are gradually forming their own imaging style. Everyone is also quite confident in their own strength and no longer needs external institutions to prove or judge. Second, some DxOMark tests lack objectivity and fairness, and may be biased against a certain brand. Before , news broke out on the Internet that the DxOMark list can be recharged as long as it is recharged, and the more you charge, the higher the ranking. Of course, these are all unproven rumors, so just listen to them as a joke. Frederick Gicshare, CEO of
DxOMark, said in an interview that they do not sell scores or lists, and scores are just the tip of the iceberg. However, this response was refuted by former OPPO vice president Shen Yiren . He posted on Weibo saying, "It is true, the scores are not sold, but selling 'services' is high according to feedback and debugging, and the rankings are also high." To put it bluntly, mobile phone manufacturers can take money to let DxOMark help you adjust the image, which makes it easier to get high scores. It is indeed not that you directly sell scores and rankings, but is there any difference between the two?
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Of course, if the tuning level of DxOMark is high, it can really significantly improve the imaging strength of the mobile phone. Even with such "unspoken rules", everyone is still willing to accept it. But the reality is that the photography effect of a mobile phone with high ratings may not necessarily be recognized by consumers, it is simply to get high scores. Because of this, mobile phone manufacturers are no longer keen on testing and scoring, and return to serving consumers. They choose to cooperate with traditional camera manufacturers for image adjustment. These manufacturers can stand for decades and last for hundreds of years, but their strength is the most credible.
The current DxOMark score cannot be said to have no reference value at all, it can only be that the value is not as great as before. Its rating can still reflect the photography strength of a product in its set scene, but taking photos is a complex and uncontrollable process. Being strong in some scenarios does not mean that the same performance can be achieved in other scenarios. Any running score is actually the same, and it can only serve as a reference value. It is not recommended that you use this as a basis for purchasing products.
How to judge whether the photos are good or bad for mobile phones?
DxOMark is gradually losing credibility and the ratings are no longer of high reference value. So how should ordinary consumers buy a good phone for taking photos? Many netizens will feel that they can’t understand the hardware parameters on their phones. They all buy them when they see the high score. The scores are not credible now, so what should I use as a reference in the future?
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In fact, the good or bad effect of taking photos on a mobile phone is a relatively subjective view, and it is difficult to frame and judge with some objective constraints. Just like some people like high saturation effects, they think that bright colors are suitable for posting on WeChat Moments; while some people prefer imaging effects that are close to the naked eye, thinking that this can better record the real world; some people like black and white, retro imaging effects, and think that such photos are more flavorful, etc. Everyone has different aesthetics about taking photos, and there is no way to measure and judge with a set of standards, and there is no need for this.
As for how to choose a mobile phone that you think is good at taking photos, Xiao Lei’s suggestion is that you can go to offline stores of major brands to experience it yourself and experience the imaging effect of the phone in different modes and scenarios, so that it is easier to find products that suit your aesthetics. The training direction of several major brands this year, Apple continues to restore the real style, OPPO/OnePlus/vivo/Honor will tend to increase saturation style, Xiaomi Leica classic mode tends to retro, Leica bright mode colors will be more likable, vivo will have better performance in portraits, etc. You can rely on your own needs to make choices.
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is not only a photo, but also an evaluation of the appearance design of the mobile phone. Therefore, when choosing a mobile phone, you have to experience it offline before making a decision. You don’t need to pay too much attention to other people’s evaluations and opinions, just follow your own hearts. Of course, if you don’t care about the design and image of your phone, but only focus on performance, you can refer to the review results of major media, after all, they will be more professional.
summary
In the early stages of the development of smartphones, consumers did not have a deep understanding of various hardware parameters, and did not have enough understanding of mobile phone performance and photography strength. Therefore, they need to rely on running scores to judge the level, and manufacturers also need to use running scores to promote them. However, the performance of mobile phones is seriously overflowing, and the imaging strength of each company has reached an extremely high level. Although the running score test is meaningful, its reference value is far less than before. Today's smartphones, hardware parameters are no longer the first key factor, and they also rely on software-level optimization, algorithm growth, etc. In the next few years, the importance of hardware configuration may continue to be weakened, and everything will return to the essence of user experience. So, the test score is really not that important.
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