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At 16mm equivalent, the maximum field of view is not the widest we have seen, and at both the default 16mm setting and between 18 and 21mm, undersaturated color renders both outdoor and indoor shots a little flat. Still, the Honor 20 Pro remains an easy recommendation, especially for those who are looking for good camera performance at a relatively affordable price point.
The Honor 20 Pro ranks in the bottom half of our scores for wide-angle shooters, with fairly average results using the default wide setting and no ultra-wide field of view to boost the score. Despite generally accurate target exposures, dynamic range is limited and a noticeable lack of color saturation lets down the shots.
Results are broadly similar with a small amount of pinch zoom extending the focal length to between 18 and 21mm, where the same color saturation problems are evident. The analysis of the exposure of indoor wide-angle shots is broadly similar, with reasonable brightness evident; and although darker areas are a touch underexposed, the bright areas in high dynamic scenes are fairly well-preserved. Color desaturation remains a problem, however, with some white balance casts under artificial lighting start to become evident.
In low-light cityscapes in auto flash mode, exposures are generally accurate and dynamic range is acceptable, with only slight clipping evident in the very brightest lights. With the flash turned off, night exposures are a little darker, and overall detail is low, with fairly strong luminance noise often visible in flat areas of color like the sky. White balance tips towards the cold side, but remains acceptable, and overall color saturation is pleasant. The flash usually triggers in auto flash mode for night portraits, rendering the subject in sharp focus with high levels of fine detail preserved.
Exposure could be improved, since the subject is often slightly overexposed, and the limited dynamic range renders the background very dark. White balance is again on the cool side for night portraits using flash, with skin tones a little undersaturated as well. Subjects are slightly underexposed as the camera employs less flash, and detail on faces is often low, with strong ghosting on moving elements also evident, but it generally produces a nicer overall result.
There is also a 16Mp ultra-wide-angle option and a 2Mp dedicated macro camera, both of which fall outside our current testing protocol. This article is designed to highlight the most important results of our testing. More details on how we score smartphone cameras are available here. Securing an excellent overall DxOMark mobile score of points, the Honor 20 Pro muscles its way into joint second place in our database of smartphone image quality alongside the recently released OnePlus 7 Pro.
At just one point behind the devices currently at the top of the table, the Honor 20 Pro put in a sterling performance across most of our tested categories. Its color algorithms are well-tuned when tested in the lab; and although occasionally a blue white balance can affect rendering on outdoor images, the Honor 20 Pro is capable of vibrant and pleasant color.
Noise is also another key strength, with smooth files in low light and barely any luminance noise in areas of uniform color like the sky in outdoor images. The trade-off is a loss of fine detail in very intricate areas, however, which can start to look a bit smudgy under close inspection. Zoom is another key strength for the Honor 20 Pro, with its 3x telephoto lens providing good detail at medium range.
Stabilization is also a strength and is very efficient at counteracting walking motion and camera shake alike. Video detail is decent but could be better, considering that the camera records at 4K resolution footage by default. Overall, though, the Honor 20 Pro is a great smartphone for video capture. Achieving the joint top score for exposure in our database, the Honor 20 Pro scores well in all lighting conditions, recording generally accurate target exposures in our lab measurements. In natural test scenes, target exposure is usually accurate in outdoor images and dynamic range is wide, ensuring good preservation of both highlights and shadows in high-contrast scenes.
Dynamic range remains good in indoor images; and in our backlit portrait shot, target exposure on the face is accurate and bright details outside remain extremely well-exposed. We observed some slightly low target exposures in some indoor images, however. Quite a strong score for color, thanks to good measurements in our lab analysis, but some white balance and rendering issues in natural test scene images affected the overall score.
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White balance can be accurate, such as in the first example below, but a cold or bluish color cast was also evident in several images shot outdoors, and there was a slight pinkish cast also visible in indoor shots. Color shading is also slightly visible in some outdoor images, with a noticeable shift in hues between the center and the edges of the frame.
We also observed some color rendering issues, with slightly desaturated and inaccurate colors. In the sample below, you can see a slightly blue cast, and the reds have a slightly pink touch to them. The advantage of this strategy is extremely well-controlled noise in all lighting conditions. In bright light, areas of uniform color such as the sky are free from luminance noise, and although some noise is visible in darker areas of indoor and low-light images, some Honor 20 Pro results are comparable to those of the best performers.
In low light, the Honor 20 Pro still controls noise well, but the lack of fine detail is quite noticeable. The Honor 20 Pro implements a very good flash system and secures a joint top score in this category alongside the Huawei P30 Pro and the OnePlus 7 Pro. The results were very pleasant for both flash-only and flash mixed with additional lighting, thanks to good exposures with minimal corner or color shading, as well as to very acceptable levels of detail for flash photos.
There are some slight differences in color, with the flash-only shot displaying fairly neutral white balance but also desaturated skin tones. By comparison, the mixed-light shot shows a slightly pink color cast but improved saturation and skin tones. The Honor 20 Pro controls artifacts generally well, but there are a couple of issues that are quite obvious in some images. The most problematic is a loss of sharpness towards the edges of the frame, which can seriously affect the level of detail preservation in the corners. A strong flare effect is also visible when shooting directly into the sun or a light source , causing distracting light streaks across the image and a rainbow color haze effect around the light source.
The Honor 20 Pro is a top performer for zoom, with its score of 79 placing the device in second position behind the outstanding periscope-style 5x telephoto lens of the Huawei P30 Pro. The device scored well for close-range zoom shots in all lighting conditions, including in low light, where it maintained detail well and kept noise low.
Shooting handheld in low-light conditions 20 lux with the DxOMark chart positioned at cm from the camera, and zooming in to fill the frame, the loss of fine detail is clear. This said, although the Huawei P30 Pro is slightly sharper, the Honor 20 Pro handles the noise and color a little better. The Xiaomi Mi 9 is visibly noisier.
The overall video score is derived from performance and results across a range of attributes in the same way as the Photo score: Exposure 82 , Color 91 , Autofocus 92 , Texture 70 , Noise 71 , Artifacts 82 , and Stabilization Honor 20 Pro video footage shows good target exposure in bright light and in typical indoor lighting conditions. In lower light under lux , target exposure is a little darker than most competitors, but still within acceptable limits.
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In line with the competition, target exposure drops noticeably at light levels below 10 lux. We saw some slight stepping during exposure convergence in changing light levels, as well as somewhat limited dynamic range, resulting in highlight clipping in some high-contrast scenes. Colors are bright and vivid in indoor and outdoor conditions, and are only slightly more subdued when filming in low light. We occasionally noticed a bluish white balance cast when recording outdoors, but otherwise color rendering is accurate. It triggers quickly, and adjusts to changing subject distances smoothly and swiftly in bright light.
It slows down a little in low light, but is no worse than the competition in this respect. We observed no focus breathing nor other instabilities.
Noise is well-controlled in bright light, but becomes more intrusive when filming indoors and in low light. Overall, the 20 Pro does very well for texture, but given its 4K default resolution, there is still room for improvement. Artifacts are generally very well under control in 20 Pro video footage, but we applied some penalty points for frame rate shifts which occur predominantly in lower light , for ringing, and for a judder effect that can be noticeable during panning movements.
It efficiently stabilizes low-frequency motion generated when walking while recording, as well as high-frequency vibration caused by hand-shake when holding the device still. The Honor 20 Pro makes it very close to the top of our DxOMark Mobile ranking, thanks to good Photo and Video performances across the board and no significant areas of weakness.
You can open the native camera app directly from the lock screen, by swiping up from the bottom right hand corner of the screen. It is a flexible camera app, giving you lots of different options depending on how you want to shoot. By default, it opens in the standard Photo mode, which is an automatic mode that you can use for the majority of your pictures. Other options found here include switching on moving picture, switching on flash and accessing further settings hidden behind a cog icon.
The additional settings include options such as adding a watermark, turning off sounds and so on. However, most useful is the ability to change image resolution, and switch on the 48 megapixel Ultra Clarity mode. This mode works by taking a series of images in quick succession, merging the best detail from each to create a single 48 megapixel image. As standard, resolution is set at 12 megapixels — which is a good option for most situations.
You can also shoot at 48 megapixels, without the Ultra Clarity option, which is useful for subjects which might move between shots. It works in exactly the same way on the Honor View 20, essentially, taking a set of short exposures and then blending them together in camera to give the effect of a much longer exposure. It imitates the use of a DSLR by creating a shallow depth of field effect. You can choose to have out of focus areas rendered in different shapes, including hearts, circles and diamonds. With this, you can adjust the aperture effect — and you can even adjust it afterwards in playback, as well as choosing an alternative focus point.