The Honor Magic7 RSR Porsche Design is a particular version cellphone born out of the cooperation between Honor and Porsche Design. Nonetheless, past the tweaks to {hardware} and software program design, there are a few intriguing variations within the digital camera {hardware} that may probably elevate the picture high quality even additional than the nice degree that the common Honor Magic7 Professional already gives.
Initially, we did not spend an excessive amount of time inspecting the picture high quality in our Honor Magic7 RSR assessment as a result of we thought the digital camera high quality was already adequate and it is completely past the purpose if you find yourself getting a designer cellphone, however we bought so many requests about this comparability by our assessment readers that right here it’s.
Honor Magic7 Professional • Honor Magic7 RSR Porsche Design
Each telephones have an analogous triple digital camera setup. A 50MP predominant digital camera with a variable aperture, a 200MP 3x digital camera, and a 50MP ultrawide digital camera with AF. The entrance digital camera is a 50MP AF unit with a 3D ToF system. Nonetheless, the satan is within the particulars, as they are saying.
- Broad (predominant): 50MP Omnivision OV50K (1/1.3″, 1.2µm- 2.4µm), f/1.4-f/2.0, 24mm, multi-directional PDAF, OIS; 4K@60fps, LiDAR autofocus
- Telephoto: 200MP Samsung ISOCELL HP3 (S5KHP3, 1/1.4″, 0.56µm – 2.24µm), f/1.88, 72mm (70mm native), multi-directional PDAF, OIS; 4K@60fps
- Ultrawide: 50MP Omnivision OV50D (1/2.88″, 0.61µm – 1.22µm), f/2.0, 12mm (122˚), PDAF; 4K@60fps
- Entrance digital camera: 50MP Sony IMX 816 (LYT500?, 1/2.93″ 0.6µm – 1.2µm), f/2.0, 21mm, PDAF; 4K@60fps
First off, Honor has modified the principle digital camera sensor on the Magic7 RSR. It is presupposed to be Omnivision OV50K as an alternative of the OV50H. Honor did the identical sensor swap for the Magic6 Professional/Magic6 RSR. The OV50K has the identical optical format (measurement), however it’s supposed to supply a greater dynamic vary – as much as 15EV, in keeping with Omnivision.
Moreover, the 200MP 3x periscope zoom digital camera on the Magic7 RSR now comes with a bigger f/1.88 aperture, which works out to a complete cease of sunshine of distinction in comparison with the Magic7 Professional’s f/2.6 aperture. This additionally means the lens’ depth of discipline must be shallower now, too, providing you with stronger background defocus (bokeh).
We have been additionally stunned to find that the Magic7 RSR’s lens has a special native focal size (70mm) than the Magic7 Professional’s (60mm). No matter this, each telephones produce images at 72mm focal size (the so-called 3x zoom), which implies the Magic7 Professional does a bit extra upscaling to get there than the Magic7 RSR. You possibly can solely get the images on the native focal size once you shoot within the full-res mode (200MP) – this has been the default method for the reason that Magic6 Professional collection.
And at last, Honor has additionally added a LiDAR sensor on the Magic7 RSR to assist with video autofocusing – they are saying it is a lot better with high-framerate movies of as much as 60fps however that one is kind of laborious to check objectively so we’ll skip it within the part under.
Digital camera samples
Listed here are just a few scenes shot with the principle cameras of the 2 telephones in attempting to gauge if there was any distinction in dynamic vary, though it is not like the usual Magic7 Professional was missing in that respect. We intentionally shot some difficult high-contrast scenes in our hopes to let the RSR model shine. Because it turned out, making out variations between the 2 telephones in dynamic vary particularly proved fairly troublesome.
This was already the case once we in contrast the Magic6 Professional to the Magic6 RSR so there is no such thing as a shock right here.
Daylight picture samples, 1x: Magic7 RSR PD • Magic7 Professional
The broader aperture on the Magic7 RSR digital camera was not anticipated to do a lot for picture high quality in the course of the day, and certainly, we struggled to see any constant variations between the 2 cameras. A number of pictures got here out with barely totally different definition or micro-contrast, however we did not observe it in different images, so it is laborious to attract conclusions.
Daylight picture samples, 3x: Magic7 RSR PD • Magic7 Professional
The distinction within the lens apertures, nevertheless, turns into extra apparent with close-ups – the depth of discipline is shallower on the Magic7 RSR, and the background blur degree is increased.
Daylight picture samples, 3x: Magic7 RSR PD • Magic7 Professional
That does make the Magic7 RSR higher suited to portraiture because of the improved separation between topic and background.
Individuals pictures, 3x: Magic7 RSR PD • Magic7 Professional
You are welcome to go forward and do some pixel-peeping within the 6x pictures under as nicely.
Daylight picture samples, 6x: Magic7 RSR PD • Magic7 Professional
We additionally went out for some low-light samples – here is a comparability between the principle cameras.
Low-light picture samples, 1x: Magic7 RSR PD • Magic7 Professional
You may as well try how the 3x telephotos evaluate at nighttime. This telephoto digital camera comparability was anticipated to be most fascinating.
Low-light picture samples, 3x: Magic7 RSR PD • Magic7 Professional
And at last, just a few side-by-side pictures at 6x.
Low-light picture samples, 6x: Magic7 RSR PD • Magic7 Professional
Digital camera verdict
General, we did not see any significant distinction between the 2 telephones’ predominant cameras. For what that is value, we even discovered the Magic7 Professional’s predominant cam sharper after darkish.
The broader aperture on the Magic7 RSR telephoto digital camera held the higher potential for producing significant enhancements. We definitely loved the shallower depth of discipline because it produced way more pronounced background defocus and topics stand out higher. Nonetheless, in low gentle, we struggled to search out any variations in picture rendition. Despite the fact that the Magic7 RSR’s digital camera persistently had the luxurious of utilizing a decrease ISO worth, each cameras resolved an equivalent degree of element and had equivalent noise ranges.
Ultimately, we actually loved the Magic7 RSR design (as polarizing because it may be), the longer battery life and the broad aperture telephoto. We expect the Honor Magic7 RSR Porsche Design can truly be thought-about an upgraded model of the Magic7 Professional (a Plus mannequin, if you’ll) – it is the query we have been asking ourselves this entire time.
The Honor Magic7 RSR Porsche Design launches at €1,799 (£1,549 within the UK) and whether or not these options can justify the RSR’s worth premium over the already fairly strong (and never too inexpensive) Magic7 Professional will probably be as much as you. In any case, this bigger aperture telephoto digital camera is admittedly one thing, and we want we may see it in additional mainstream gadgets too – possibly subsequent yr, Honor?
