"HUAWEI nova 5T" quick impression

Single-lens reflex sub-camera, the first one for beginners

On November 29, Huawei Japan will release a SIM lock-free Android smartphone "HUAWEI nova 5T" was done.

nova 5T is an Android smartphone equipped with EMUI9.1 (Android 9). It is the middle range among Huawei's Android smartphones.

When you pick up the main unit, you will be surprised by the high quality of the main body even though it is a middle range model. The back has a transparent finish that looks beautiful, and the rounded edges make it easy to hold. It is easy to handle that does not make you feel that you are using a large 6.26-inch display. The fingerprint sensor is integrated with the power button, which is light and easy to use.

Power button. The push feeling is light and easy to handle

Even though it is a middle range, it uses the same chipset "Kirin 980" as the high-end model and is equipped with 8GB of memory. Switching between apps is quick, and even if you launch and use multiple apps at the same time, it's comfortable to use.

The biggest attraction of the nova 5T is the camera. This unit is equipped with a wide-angle, ultra-wide-angle, depth of field, and macro camera.

The main camera is 48 megapixels, and with "4in1 light fusion" that integrates four sub-pixels and enables efficient lighting, you can take clear pictures even in dark places that you wouldn't expect from a smartphone camera. .

Taken in "night view mode", which allows you to express clearly without blurring even when shooting in intense light and dark. It captures even distant light sources. However, I feel like I took it in a place that is not suitable for night view photography

The in-camera uses a punch hole method instead of a notch. Due to the placement close to the left edge of the screen, there are few scenes that are of interest during browsing. This is also a 32-megapixel f2.0 high-performance camera.

In-camera on the left end. I don't care about the presence at all

The point of interest is the abundance of camera settings. By selecting "Others" from the slide-type menu, you can shoot in a mode suitable for the situation from among various shooting modes. Among them, "Pro mode" is easy to handle with highly flexible settings.

This unit can set the EV value with the indicator. The numerical value can be set from -4.0 to 4.0, and the ISO value can be selected from 50 to 102400. In addition to manual white balance settings, presets such as cloudy, fluorescent, sunlight, and light bulbs were prepared in advance.

The following are pictures taken with full automatic and with the white balance set to a light bulb and the EV value set to about -2.0.

Left = fully automatic Right = WB bulb, EV value -2.0 Even with the same subject, you can create a different finish with a single setting.

Left = white balance "light bulb" Right = white balance "cloudy"

Below is not the professional mode, but the "aperture" mode, which makes it easy to create blur like a single-lens reflex camera.

The building in the background is properly blurred

This model can be said to be a smartphone with more than enough ability as a camera. This is the perfect model for those who already have a single-lens reflex camera as a sub-camera, or for those who do not want an expensive camera but want to take beautiful pictures.

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