In terms of camera, Meilan E3 has re used the Sony IMX362 sensor on Meilan Note6 as the main camera. The sensor is designed with 12 million pixels and has a unit pixel area of 1.4 μ m, which is one of the most widely used high-end sensors in the flagship at present. Its stable performance has been verified by many models. Meilan Note6 just uses this sensor, Meilan claims that E3 performs better than Note6. In addition, Meizu is also equipped with an IMX350 of 20 million pixels as a sub camera, which can not only bring a dual camera effect, but also provide 2.5 times of lossless zoom. Let's take a look at the performance of Meizu E3.
Daytime proof sheet
Top Left - Nokia 7 Plus Top Right - Red Rice Note 5
Bottom left - Magic blue E3 bottom right - Samsung Note8
The main cameras of the models participating in this photo test are all 12 million pixel sensors. Although the models are different, the unit pixel area is the same, so there is no difference in daytime performance.
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In addition to a few differences in exposure control, the white balance shows surprising consistency, and there are only slight differences in details. The performance of this generation of high-end Sony/Samsung sensors is quite mature. However, different brands still have different adjustments in color. Samsung Note8 is obviously bright in color. The other three are basically close, probably because their sensors are very close.
Top Left - Nokia 7 Plus Top Right - Red Rice Note 5
Bottom left - Magic blue E3 bottom right - Samsung Note8
In this group of twilight samples, the overall appearance is still similar, but the white balance and exposure are slightly different. The exposure of the red rice Note 5 is similar to that of the Samsung Note 8, and the white balance is also similar. However, the overall appearance of the picture is slightly better than that of the Samsung Note 8, followed by the Nokia 7 Plus. The exposure is slightly too high, and the overall brightness is high, but it makes the picture bright and a bit lose the sense of twilight. Magenta blue E3 is close to Nokia 7 Plus, and its brightness is slightly lower.
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In terms of details, although it is also a 12 million pixel sensor, there are still some gaps when the light is not very bright. Samsung Note8 undoubtedly performs best in details, which is also our control group as a benchmark. The second is the red rice note 5. The details are almost at the same level and relatively clear, but the part of the text on the roof is sharp. Nokia 7 Plus is closely followed. The whole is a little white, and the details are a little vague. As for the Magic Blue E3, it is a tragedy. The glass of the building on the left is almost completely fused. Normally, the IMX362 should not behave like this during the day.
Top Left - Nokia 7 Plus Top Right - Red Rice Note 5
Bottom left - Magic blue E3 bottom right - Samsung Note8
On the whole, there is little difference between the four. The white balance is close, and the color orientation is quite similar. However, Nokia's tolerance performance is average. The brightness of the dark part of the four mobile phones is the lowest, so some details are lost.
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After 100% magnification, Nokia's performance is very close to that of the Red Rice Note 5. The Samsung Note 8 is actually at the same level, but the picture is more pure and the brightness is also higher, so it is slightly better. In contrast, the performance of Meilan E3 is a little general. The overall performance is somewhat white, and the details are slightly different from the other three.
Top Left - Nokia 7 Plus Top Right - Red Rice Note 5
Bottom left - Magic blue E3 bottom right - Samsung Note8
The overall picture brightness is obviously the highest in Nokia, but the sky is a little too bright. In order to improve the brightness of the subject, its exposure adjustment is very radical, even at the expense of the overall appearance of the picture. Among the other three, Samsung, which has the highest overall brightness, still has a good overall appearance after ensuring the brightness of the dark part, which to some extent indicates that its tolerance is higher than the other three mobile phones.
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After 100% magnification, the details are shown as follows: Nokia, Samsung, Red Rice Note 5 and Magic Blue E3. In terms of local brightness and details, Nokia is obviously the most prominent, followed by Note8. The sharpening of Red Rice Note 5 is also good, and Magic Blue E3 is slightly weaker in this regard.
Light scene
Top Left - Nokia 7 Plus Top Right - Red Rice Note 5
Bottom left - Magic blue E3 bottom right - Samsung Note8
In terms of appearance, it seems that Nokia 7 Plus has the highest brightness at first sight, which also continues the overblown image of Nokia in this horizontal review. After entering the relatively dim light environment, the differences in algorithms between the three models show up. The other three models are somewhat different from Note8 in terms of overall appearance and details. The performance of Hongmi Note5 is relatively good, the picture looks comfortable, and the exposure is also well controlled. Magic blue E3 is still a little white, and the color is relatively faint.
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After partial magnification, Nokia is still the most violent one exposed, even a little too popular. Therefore, the leaf vein of the bright part is no longer visible. This is not the first time that Nokia has shown the tendency of being too popular. The most perfect picture is obviously the Samsung Note8. Both the exposure control and detail retention are just right, and the color is also the most eye-catching. The performance of Hongmi Note 5 can also be regarded as standard. Although it is not as outstanding as Note8, it is also excellent in 2000. The worst overall performance is still the Magic Blue E3, which is not only underexposed, but also worried about the purity of the picture, with a little too much noise.
Top Left - Nokia 7 Plus Top Right - Red Rice Note 5
Bottom left - Magic blue E3 bottom right - Samsung Note8
Under normal indoor light, the performance of the four mobile phones is relatively good. The color of Samsung Note 8 is slightly richer, and the red rice Note 5 is slightly warmer, which may be related to the use of Samsung sensors.
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In addition to the Magic Blue E3, the other three stations all performed well, with clear and sharp text, and the sharpening effect was Samsung Note8, Red Rice Note 5, and Nokia 7 Plus in turn. Meilan E3 still has the problem of overall whitening, and its analytical power is also average. In the light and dark scenes, Meilan may have a long way to go.
Low light scene
Top Left - Nokia 7 Plus Top Right - Red Rice Note 5
Bottom left - Magic blue E3 bottom right - Samsung Note8
In terms of extremely weak light scenes, except for the red rice Note 5 (the red rice is in the automatic mode, and the automatic HDR has been enabled, neither the night scene mode nor the HDR has been activated), all of them have activated the night scene mode, so the red rice Note 5 has temporarily withdrawn from the competition in this scene. The overall picture brightness of Nokia 7 Plus is the brightest, but the picture purity is average. Nokia is really persistent in improving the picture brightness... Next is Samsung Note8. The exposure is moderate, which not only takes care of the dark part, but also does not let the bright part explode too much, and the painting is very clean. The brightness of Magenta E3 is low, but the outline can be seen clearly in the dark, but the noise is generally controlled, and the sky has a strong sense of particles.
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In terms of details, except for the Red Rice Note 5, the other three sets are similar. Samsung is relatively sharp at the edge of the building, and the exposure of bright parts should be handled better; Meilan E3 is close to Nokia, slightly better, but the gap is not big, and the bright parts of both have a certain degree of explosion.
Top Left - Nokia 7 Plus Top Right - Red Rice Note 5
Bottom left - Magic blue E3 bottom right - Samsung Note8
In the other group of dark scenes, the overall brightness of Samsung Note8 is the brightest, and there is almost no problem that Samsung is red at night. The second is Nokia 7 Plus, which is also a rare example of whether Nokia has a tendency to explode. Meilan E3 is close to Nokia, but slightly darker. Red rice Note 5 continues to be underexposed.
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The picture of Samsung Note8 with the highest brightness is of average purity, but it is applied evenly. Although it also has a certain graininess, it is not obvious. Meilan E3 and Nokia 7 Plus have obvious noise points, but their graininess is slightly different. Compared with Meilan E3, the purity of Meilan E3 is better. Hongmi Note 5 also performs well in most aspects, but inherits the ancestral noise of Xiaomi family.
Proof of telephoto lens
In terms of telephoto lens, the solutions of the three are slightly different. The Nokia 7 Plus is a 1200W wide-angle main camera+13 million telephoto sub camera; Meilan E3 is 12 million wide-angle main camera+20 million telephoto sub camera; Samsung Note8 is a 1200W wide-angle main camera+12 million telephoto sub camera, but both cameras have optical anti shake, which is not available for the other two models in this comparison.
Left Nokia 7 Plus vs Middle Magic Blue E3 vs Right Samsung Note8
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In this set of scenes, the performance of Meilan E3 slightly rebounds. Although it is still not as good as Samsung Note 8, it is basically at the same level as Nokia 7 Plus, and the picture purity is slightly better. It should be noted that although the official promotion of Meilan E3 is 2.5 times zoom, the telephoto button provided in the camera application is 2 times by default. Users who want to use 2.5 times zoom need to manually focus.
Left Nokia 7 Plus vs Middle Magic Blue E3 vs Right Samsung Note8
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In terms of overall imaging effect, Samsung Note8 still has a big advantage. The details are best preserved. The joints of both the balcony and the rear glass exterior wall are very clear. The second is Nokia 7 Plus. Although the joint of the glass exterior wall is slightly blurred, the edge of the joint can be distinguished. However, Magic Blue E3 is not ideal. It can only vaguely see traces, and most of the seams have been smeared out, which may be related to the solution of Magic Blue. We checked the EXIF information of the conventional short and long focus segments. The conventional focus segment is equivalent to 24mm, and the long focus segment is equivalent to 36mm, both of which are 12.00MP. That is to say, the actual optical focal length of the sub camera is 1.5 times, while the 20 million pixel digital cutting is 12 million pixels, resulting in an equivalent focal length of 1.6 times, and the optical anxiety+pixel equivalent focal length is about 2.4 times zoom. That is to say, the telephoto shooting of Magic Blue E3 is not pure optics, but small telephoto+interpolation. Therefore, compared with pure optics, it will suffer some losses.
Portrait mode/dummy effect proof
Top Left - Nokia 7 Plus Top Right - Red Rice Note 5
Bottom left - Magic blue E3 bottom right - Samsung Note8
In terms of the virtualization effect, the four mobile phones differ in use, especially in the effective excitation distance, due to the different configurations of dual cameras. However, they are all similar in terms of the virtualization effect, and strong background virtualization is achieved through algorithms. In this test, several mobile phones all performed well, except that the picture brightness of Hongmi was low, the other three were close. Among them, Samsung Note8 is the most gentle. Although Nokia 7 Plus also performs well, the edge of the shooting subject has a certain degree of excessive sharpening, and the transition is slightly abrupt.
summary
In general, the performance of Meilan E3 in photographing is somewhat disappointing. From the perspective of the positioning of the machine, its target PK model is Hongmi Note 5, but except for the weak light scene, its performance is slightly better than that of Hongmi Note 5 in more commonly used daytime and light scenes. If there is any absolute advantage over Red Rice, it is only 2.5 times telephoto. After all, Red Rice does not support telephoto
In addition to the imaging effect, the overall photography experience is also a sub item. For a 2k mobile phone, it is really rare that there is no automatic HDR mode. What's more impressive is that after the HDR mode is manually turned on, the shooting experience is still difficult to call excellent. In the evening light, HDR takes about 2 seconds to shoot, which greatly affects the film rate. The impact is even greater at night. Users who have used Xiaomi's previous generations of products should be able to deeply feel the experience of waiting for HDR to take pictures.
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