Nubia Z70S Ultra Camera Quality
- Muhammad Rehman
- 2 hours ago
- 3 min read
nubias have been iterating on the concept of a 35mm main camera and the Z70S Ultra is another step on that path, now with a larger sensor than what the Z70 Ultra had. The underdisplay camera, another staple of the lineup, has also received a minor hardware upgrade. On the back, the telephoto and ultrawide remain unchanged.
The new main camera employs an OmniVision OV50H sensor - it has a 50MP resolution and a 1/1.3" optical format - up from the 1/1.56" imager they used before and more or less on par with what the vivo X200 Ultra has on its own 35mm camera. The nubia has lost the variable aperture in the process, though we don't really see anyone missing that.
The hardware of the telephoto and ultrawide remain unchanged, and on paper, it appears to be pretty decent hardware. What's also been left the same is the weird software implementation where the viewfinder defaults to 85mm and 18mm for those two camera, while their native focal lengths are 70mm and 13mm, so it takes some cycling through the zoom levels (85-140-70 and 18-24-13) to get to those - it's annoying.
The company's standard Street mode can also be activated via the viewfinder mode switcher or the slider on the left side of the phone. It displays the parameters of the exposure, can focus manually, and has a few more preset zoom levels (but no 13mm or 70mm).
The tiny two-stage shutter release button is mechanical (unlike the Oppo/vivo solution and akin to the Xperia's) and it can also be used as a shortcut to launch the camera. When it comes to shortcuts and control options, more is often better; however, we are not entirely convinced that smartphone cameras require physical buttons.
During the day, the new main camera takes pretty good pictures. It has foliage that is a little too digitally rendered, but it isn't too bad, and noise is nonexistent and detail is generally excellent. White balance is mostly accurate and colors have plenty of pop, though reds can be a little off on occasion.The dynamic range is superb.
The nubia's software peculiarities continue into taking pictures of people. In the regular Photo mode, the phone will recognize when you have a human subject and controls for blur, simulated lighting, and beautification will pop up, in addition to a suggestion to go into the dedicated Portrait mode.
In backlit situations, Portrait mode (with or without bokeh) will have better dynamic range than Photo mode, so that might be something to think about. The large sensor and 35mm lens will team up to make pretty decent subject separation on their own without simulated blur, though the made up bokeh is quite conservative by default and very convincing, so we wouldn't necessarily avoid it.
You'd want to switch to the telephoto camera if you're going beyond 35mm and its native 70mm focal length will give you great results. Again, you'll need to go through some hoops to get to 70mm, but the effort will be rewarded with sharp and detailed 16MP shots.
Shifting gears to the ultrawide camera, the native 13mm focal length will get you extreme coverage and decent detail overall. WE'd say dynamic range has been improved a little compared to the Z70 Ultra, and colors are quite pleasing too.
The subpar selfies are the other concession you'll have to make. Not having a punch hole in the display means less detail in your selfies, but we'll be quick to point out that there's a somewhat significant improvement over the Z70 Ultra. It's almost approaching a point where these will be good enough not to be complained about.
The ultrawide does reasonably well at night at its native focal length. In scenes with better lighting, the level of detail is decent to good. Dynamic range is good, with only torture scenes throwing things off balance - that fourth sample is seemingly out of focus more than anything else. The color rendition and auto-white balance are quite good.
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