HUAWEI P9 REINVENTING PHOTOGRAPHY

I know that every time I write an article related to mobile photography I raise blisters, more than one or one is removed in their seats and there are even those who decide to say goodbye to the blog. Well, opinions are there for all and all equally respectable. I am convinced that it is another tool, that the photo is taken by the person behind and not the camera. I already opened a debate about it and I will not repeat myself like garlic. But in summary, the smartphone is always on top (or not?), While the camera is not easy to transport anywhere. Especially if it is a reflex. If we limit ourselves to the moments in which we carry the camera we can lose moments very worthy of photographing. I must admit that, some of my best photos in these last three years I have taken them with my smartphone. And it is that moving with a small paste all day to your skirts does not facilitate loading with a reflex. Now we can enter qualities and others. Of course not, the sharpness you can achieve with a SLR is not the same as with a telephone. But the sensor size is not comparable. Now, there are different qualities within the smartphone. Some take better photos than others, as there are manufacturers who, aware of this love for photography, take special care to improve their cameras. Today I bring you one of these examples: Huawei P9.

WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT THE HUAWEI P9?

In this case, the mobile manufacturer Huawei has teamed up with Leica photographic technology to create a phone with two cameras. Why two cameras? Although there are other phones with two cameras, the function here is quite different. In this case, a camera collects information in color and another in monochrome. The combination of these two cameras achieves much more vibrant colors , sharper images and more precise black and white. In addition, it is created to be able to photograph in low light conditions. Its technology (which I will not describe here) facilitates faster images, with better focus and depth. The front camera is also very careful, so if you are to take selfies, this is your ideal phone;). Allows you to modify the aperture to achieve background blurs, as well as other manual adjustments.

Play with depth of field

If this has convinced you, read on that we will go into more detail.

CHARACTERISTICS

I will not describe the phone beyond the data that interests us as a photography blog, so I will focus on dimensions and weight and the details related to the camera, which are relevant to us:

- Dimensions: 145mm / Length 70.9 / Width 6.95 / Thickness

- Weight: 144 grams approx.

- Screen: 5.2 inches

- Internal memory: 32GB
- External memory: SD card

- Camera: Dual Dual Camera 12MP f / 2.2 Leica BSI CMOS Dual-tone flash. 8MP Front Camera, f / 2.4. Here we stop because among all these these rare names and acronyms that seem hieroglyphic, we find a rear camera with 12 MP and an aperture of f / 2.2, what does this translate into? In which you can achieve better photos with less light and with greater background blur. And the front camera has nothing more and nothing less than 8MP and an aperture of f / 2.4. In the case of a front camera it is a pass, because it is much better than many rear, so I said before that if yours are selfies or self-portraits, this detail should fall in love instantly.

- Video: 1080p 720p at 120fps

- Sensor size: 1 / 2.9 ?

- Optics stabilization: No

- Camera filters: Original, Sentimental, Impact, DN, Valencia, Sad, Halo, Nostalgia, Dawn (7 in color and two in black and white)

- Modes: Beauty (With levels from 0 to 10 to soften facial features), Video with Beauty Function (the same but on video), Light Painting * (for long exposure photographs such as lightpainting, light trails, stars or silky effect of water), Watermark (enter location, temperature and date), Monochromatic, HDR (very useful when there is a lot of light difference in the different areas of the image), Night Shot (a longer exposure to capture more light), Slow Motion, Photo, Video (Full HD), Pan, Fast Camera, Document Scanning, Audio Note (allows you to take a picture and record a sound up to 10s). (* for this mode you need a yes or yes tripod )

- Camera resolution: 12 MP (4: 3), 9 MP (16: 9), 9 MP (1: 1), 8 MP (4: 3), 6 MP (16: 9)
- Movie mode: standard, vibrant colors, crisp colors

- Lets you automatically add Leica watermark

- Camera grid option : different types of grid to help you compose the image

- Silent mode: so that the shutter does not sound when you shoot a photo

- Timer: Off, 2, 5 and 10 s

- Press to capture option: you can activate this function to press on the screen and shoot or disable it to only focus when you press on it +

- Capture smiles: automatically fires when a smile is detected in the frame
- Object tracking: to focus on a moving subject

- Press and hold the shutter: for burst photography

- Volume key function: you can set it as shutter, zoom or focus

- Image settings: saturation, contrast and brightness
- Professional mode (or manual mode): aperture, measurement mode, ISO (up to 3200), exposure compensation (-4.0 EV, + 4.0 EV), AF-S / AF-C / MF (manual focus or simple autofocus or continuous), white balance.

Photo Editor: It has an integrated photo editor that includes functions such as Rotate, Crop, Filters, Colors (to highlight a single color of the image, for example), Illusion (this is what they call blur: circular, linear or blurry), Settings ( brightness, contrast, saturation, sharpness, reflections, shadows, hue, black and white), Beauty (soften, whiten, remove stains, lose weight, enlarge eyes, shine of eyes, whiter teeth ...), Mosaic (with pencil and rubber erase), paint brush, watermark, labeling (to add snacks and other drawings)

YOUR STRENGTHS

For my liking, the strengths of this smartphone are its double camera that allows greater definition and sharpness of image, its ability to manually control many photographic parameters, which is very intuitive to handle and that for black and white photography is what Better than now on smartphone.

DRAWBACKS

As there is always a catch, I have to say that it is not one of the best in screen resolution and that it does not record in 4k , but in Full HD. But of course it is not something so relevant as to stop thinking about it, these technologies change so fast ... The Full HD was nothing but the last shout and now we are going through 4K, maybe in a camera camera it is more relevant but I do not think you're going to record professional videos with a smartphone, right?

DESIGN

The truth is that the design has been worked out, it is beautiful and elegant. Of smooth lines and with an aesthetic that enters immediately through the eye. The details are very careful visually and tactfully.

PRICE

You can find it on Amazon for € 269.04

GALLERY

As we are talking about a smartphone to take pictures, it is best to show you what you know how to do, yes, it is clear that a Huawei P9 is not enough to achieve images like the ones I show you, the photographer or the photographer have to put all of their part, but these are some examples of what you can get with this terminal

OFFICIAL VIDEO

You know, if you are looking for a smartphone that will help you shoot when you do not have your SLR handy, or as a second camera for “emergencies”, or for whatever reason but that achieves good images, I hope this article has clarified some ideas. If so, I will thank you infinitely for a "Like" or share it on your favorite social network. Thank you and see you soon!

Huawei P9 - 5.2 '' Smartphone (4G, 3 GB of RAM, 32 GB Internal Memory, 12 MP camera, Android 6.0), Silver Color - [Western European version] * - Electronics

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Price: € 269.04