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Mate 9 series smart phones are Huawei's flagship models launched at the end of 2016, equipped with a new generation of Kirin 960SoC, 12 million pixels (IMX286)+20 million pixels dual camera configuration, and also equipped with optical anti shake, which can be said to be a domestic flagship with considerable attention. Mate 9 series adopts a dual camera scheme different from the previous generation P9. Although the main camera is still an IMX286 with 12 million pixels, the black and white camera has been upgraded to 20 million pixels. Through 20 million pixels of black and white camera stroke+12 million pixels of color filling, a 2x algorithm zoom close to the optical zoom effect has been achieved. Mobile phones are limited by their size and cannot use the same high specification CMOS as high-end cards and micro phones. Fortunately, smart phones have strong processing chips, and manufacturers can also improve the imaging quality through continuous improvement of algorithms. That is why smart phones are now small and big, and some high-end flagship phones have been able to own such cards Even the imaging level of high-end card machines.

Specifications

The entire Mate 9 series, including Mate 9, Mate 9 Pro, and Mate 9 Porsche designs, all use the same camera specifications. We use Mate 9 Pro in this evaluation, compared with the flagship Galaxy S7 edge iPhone 7 Plus、Pixel XL。 It can be seen that these four photography flagship ships all adopt the same 12 million main cameras, but they are all sensors of different models. Although the Pixel XL has the largest pixel size, it is optically anti shake. Although the Mate 9 Pro does not have an advantage in unit pixel size and aperture, the only one uses dual cameras.

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Dual zoom

Top left: iPhone 7 Plus Top right: iPhone 7 Plus telephoto Bottom left: Mate 9 Pro 12 million Bottom right: Mate 9 Pro double zoom

Left: iPhone 7 Plus telephoto Right: Mate 9 Pro double zoom

Left: Mate 9 Pro 20 million Right: Mate 9 Pro double zoom

I believe that many people who pay attention to Mate 9 Pro are as curious as we are about its double algorithm zoom, but there is no harm without comparison. Therefore, we will certainly add the iPhone 7 Plus, which uses a telephoto lens to realize optical double zoom, to compare with it. In the first group of samples, we can see that the resolution of Huawei Mate 9 Pro's double zoom is much better than the straight out effect of 20 million pixels. In addition, under the condition of double zoom, the analytical power of Mate 9 Pro is not as good as the telephoto effect of iPhone 7 Plus. It can be seen that the background noise of the telephoto lens of iPhone 7 Plus is more than that of Mate 9 Pro.

Top left: iPhone 7 Plus Top right: iPhone 7 Plus telephoto Bottom left: Mate 9 Pro 12 million Bottom right: Mate 9 Pro double zoom

Left: iPhone 7 Plus telephoto Right: Mate 9 Pro double zoom

However, in the case of low light at night, the telephoto effect of the iPhone 7 Plus and the double zoom effect of the Mate 9 Pro are not as friendly as in the daytime, and the two do not have a big gap with the proof of the main camera.

Mate 9 Pro The dual focus zoom scheme of black and white+color is adopted. Regardless of the light intensity, the analytical power of the 2x zoom is better than that of the 20 million pixels. Although excessive sharpening will lead to white edges on the font edges, except for the strong light scenes, which cannot be compared with the iPhone telephoto lens, the analytical power of most scenes after zooming is higher than that of the iPhone telephoto lens, with high availability.

daytime

Top left: Pixel XL Top right: iPhone 7 Plus Bottom left: Mate 9 Pro Bottom right: Galaxy S7 edge

In terms of daytime photography, there is not much difference between the four mobile phones. The main difference between them is still in some sharpening and smearing. For example, in this group of daytime proofs, when we zoom to 500%, we can see that the background of Pixel XL is not pure enough, and Mate 9 Pro is the most serious one among the four mobile phones that has lost font details. On the contrary, Mate 9 Pro has the most pure background.

Top left: Pixel XL Top right: iPhone 7 Plus Bottom left: Mate 9 Pro Bottom right: Galaxy S7 edge

In this group of samples, we can see that after 300% of the exhibition, the font details of Mate 9 Pro are lost. Although Pixel XL has the best interpretation, the background is not pure enough.

Top left: Pixel XL Top right: iPhone 7 Plus Bottom left: Mate 9 Pro Bottom right: Galaxy S7 edge

In the daytime, if it is not magnified many times, the effect of four mobile phones is actually not different. It can only be said that after HDR+is turned on, Pixel XL has a high degree of saturation, tolerance and color, but the light measurement is darker, so even in the same daytime scene, Pixel XL's samples will be darker. Pixel XL's samples pay more attention to sharpening and strong resolution, but they do have more noise than the other three; Mate 9 Pro focuses on smudging, with less noise than the other three, but it weakens the resolution; The performance of iPhone 7 Plus and S7 edge is relatively balanced.

at night

Top left: Pixel XL Top right: iPhone 7 Plus Bottom left: Mate 9 Pro Bottom right: Galaxy S7 edge

At present, the weak light photography is still the weak light photography of smart phones. We have previously conducted several photo evaluations on the iPhone 7 Plus, S7 edge, and Pixel XL. This time, we added Mate 9 Pro to compare with the three international flagship phones. From the perspective of effect, Pixel XL is quite different from the four flagship models. Even if we turn on HDR+in the whole process, it still has many weak light and noise points, and the picture is not pure enough, but its tolerance and analytical power are unquestionable. We are glad to see that the flagship of Huawei has finally made great progress in photographing. In the case of ultra weak light, its noise control and image purity are not significantly different from those of several international flagship. The main problem is that the light measurement is slightly bright, the image contrast is lower than other machines, and the noise reduction and painting efforts are heavy, which will erase some details.

In terms of functionality, Mate 9 Pro not only has 2x algorithm zoom and dual camera virtualization, but also its black and white mode, super night view, Leica filter, etc. are very interesting. At this stage, mobile phone photography is indeed approaching the bottleneck, and manufacturers are trying to attract users' attention by increasing the playing methods and diversity of photography. Huawei's practice of "algorithmic lossless" zoom with dual photography is commendable, but unfortunately its performance in weak light will be weaker.

summary

Mate series and P series are Huawei's flagship product lines. Mate series follow the path of high-end business people, while P series are young users who prefer fashion. Last year, Mate 8 failed to catch up with Leica's dual camera due to its untimely life. This year, Mate 9 fully integrates the dual camera virtualization and "lossless zoom" functions. At the same time, its main camera's own photographic quality can also achieve basically satisfactory results. Previously, we said that algorithm is an easily ignored factor in mobile phone photography. There are some mobile phones with the same CMOS sensor on the market, but their imaging effects can be very different, which is caused by the algorithm. We can clearly see that although Huawei's efforts in photography algorithms are still not perfect, they are indeed significant progress compared with the previous ones. The Mate 9 series is a photographic breakthrough in Huawei's mobile phone history.

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