Honor 400 Pro Camera and Video Quality
- Muhammad Rehman
- 4 hours ago
- 3 min read
The Honor 400 has a pretty versatile and promising camera setup, at least on paper. On the back is a 200MP Samsung ISOCELL HP3 snapper with OIS and plenty of resolution to pull off some good zoom shots. It is accompanied by a 12MP autofocusing ultrawide, which should be able to double as a macro camera.
Sadly, when it came to revealing its camera hardware, the Honor 400 was not particularly cooperative. We are only certain that the main camera is based on the Samsung ISOCELL HP3 sensor. It has a 1/1.4" size and 0.56 µm individual pixels.
The 12MP ultrawide camera is 112-degree wide and sits behind an f/2.2 lens, which is about the extent of the information we have on it. Additionally, it has autofocus. We don't know what particular sensor the 50MP selfie camera uses either, but as far as we know, it has 0.64 µm individual pixels, which is fairly common.
There is nothing particularly noteworthy about the camera UI of the Honor 400. Everything is laid out logically and makes sense. You get a powerful Pro mode with plenty of settings, which can be engaged on any of the phone's cameras.
The Honor 400's main camera has a resolution of 12.5 megapixels and produces some images of excellent quality overall. The processing is nice an natural without noticeable oversharpening. The colors also come through well and have a good dynamic range.
At 2x digital zoom, photos look very similar in overall quality to the regular 1x ones, which is great to see. In fact, they appear to be much better quality than the ones out of the Honor 400 Pro, which we reviewed recently.
The Honor 400 handles people and portraits quite well. There are quick toggles in the camera UI for portrait shots at 1x, 1.5x, 3x and 4x zoom. Subject detection and separation are nearly perfect, and the quality of the background blur is solid.
There is nothing to complain about regarding the ultrawide shots' quality. The detail is decent but not great, and there is heavy processing going on. Dynamic range and contrast are merely alright. At least the colors are well-matched to the main camera. The Honor 400 Pro's ultrawide camera is much better.
As mentioned, thanks to its autofocus, the ultrawide camera has an extra trick up its sleeve - macro shots. The ultrawide can focus surprisingly close to the subject and capture some pretty impressive close-ups. The Super Macro UI of Honor includes toggles for 0.6x, 1x, and 2x. All of these zoom levels are done with the ultrawide camera.
As expected, the 50MP selfie camera captures some excellent stills. There is great detail, and the skin texture looks nice and natural. Skin tones follow the same pattern. It is unfortunate that there is no autofocus, but the focal plane is wide and quite forgiving. The main camera captures quite decent low-light shots. The detail is good, and there is very little noise on surfaces. The dynamic range is nice and wide, with well-developed shadows and highlights. Light sources are well-contained. Overall - a good showing.
The ultrawide camera photos is not going to win any contests in low-light conditions. Still, the general image properties like contrast, colors and dynamic range (highlight retention in particular) are quite okay. From up close, however, it's evident that the sharpness is not stellar, and you can see a lot of noise and something that looks like compression artifacts.
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