Hands-on with the Honor Magic8 Pro camera in Shenzhen, China | Infinium-tech

Honor Magic8 Pro was launched in China last month and is coming to the global platform soon. But we had a rare opportunity to get a quick tour of it, so we traveled straight east towards the source.

The camera system has been slightly modified, but no changes have been made to it. The main camera is still a 50MP 1/1.3-inch sensor, but its lens is a fixed f/1.6 and no longer an f/1.4-2.0 unit. We can live with that – the variable aperture system in wide-angle phone cameras is more of a gimmick than anything else. The lens is now slightly wider at 23mm compared to 24mm on last year’s model.

The zoom camera, which is arguably the star of the show, is on paper the same as last year, the 200MP 1/1.4-inch Samsung ISOCELL HP3 found in many flagship cameras. However, the lens is slightly different – ​​it’s an 85mm f/2.6 instead of the Magic7 Pro’s 72mm f/2.6.

The ultrawide and selfie cameras seem to be the same as last year.

• wide (main): 50 MP, f/1.6, 23mm, 1/1.3″, 1.2µm, multi-directional PDAF, laser AF, OIS; 4K@120fps.
• telephoto 3.7x: 200 MP, f/2.6, 1/1.4″, 0.56µm, multi-directional PDAF, OIS, 3.7x optical zoom; 4K@120fps.
• ultra wide angle: 50 MP, f/2.0, 12mm, 122˚, 1/2.88″, 0.61µm, Dual Pixel PDAF; 4K@60fps
• Front Camera: 50 MP, f/2.0, 21mm (wide), 1/2.93″, 0.6µm, PDAF, 4K@60fps, ToF sensor.

photo samples

We won’t pass any judgment regarding image quality until we get back and put the phone through its paces. We just love to show you the camera samples we have. We’ll start with samples from the main cam.

Main Camera Samples (1x)

Low light main camera samples (1x)

We also have limited direct comparisons with the iPhone 17 Pro in low light. You will see both shots from the main camera and one from the zoom camera.

Low-light camera comparison: Magic8 Pro • iPhone 17 Pro

Main Camera Samples (2x)

Next are pictures of the zoom camera of the Honor Magic8 Pro.

Telephoto camera samples (3.7x)

Lowlight telephoto camera samples (3.7x)

This camera can focus effectively even at close range.

Telephoto Camera Samples (Closeup)

Zooming beyond what’s available as optical zoom is, of course, an option. Honor claims that they have optimized their reconstruction algorithms to provide better zoom up to 10x and beyond.

Telephoto Camera Samples (10x)

ultrawide camera samples

video samples

All cameras can capture 4K video. Below, we have a selection of several videos collected in a YouTube playlist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=videoseries

The Honor Magic8 Pro retains the DNA of its predecessor. It’s a camera-focused phone with top-shelf specs and a great build, but it’s not completely flat and angular and there are some curves built into it.

We’ll tell you more about this in the coming weeks.