Original camera selfie challenge: Apple, Huawei, Samsung, who is better?

We have ushered in an era of selfie fever, and people all over the world have fallen in love with selfies. Driven by "Meitu Xiuxiu", Chinese people's selfies are naturally at the forefront of the times. There are countless beauty and photo editing software born around selfies, which brings people the pleasure of "beauty", but also makes many people unable to look directly at themselves in the original camera.

In people's past cognition, the native camera is equivalent to a "magic mirror". In order to cater to the needs of consumers, mobile phone manufacturers have also continuously improved the selfie experience through software and hardware upgrades, but the styles of each company are very different. The editor conducted an experiment to compare the native cameras of iPhone, Huawei, and Samsung in the same environment to see whose selfie effect is better?

1. General environment

When you turn on the selfie mode, you can see that an eye focus frame appears on the P40 Pro interface, while the iPhone 11 Pro Max and Samsung S20 Ultra both focus on the face. How is the film output?

The P40 Pro and S20 Ultra have both optimized facial lighting and shadows, while the iPhone 11 Pro Max uses a straight-out effect, which is "real" enough but also looks dull.

2. Complex background environment

We chose a more complex background, which posed a challenge to the S20 Ultra with only a single camera, but even the iPhone 11 Pro Max with a 3D depth of field camera had very weak background blur. The P40 Pro with an IR infrared camera showed a strong blur effect, but unfortunately part of the background on the left was not recognized.

3. Bright background environment

The color accuracy of the S20 Ultra obviously needs to be improved, both the background wall and the model's skin color are obviously yellowish. The background of the iPhone 11 Pro Max is closer to the real color, while the skin color of the P40 Pro is closer to the actual skin color of the model.

4. Backlight environment

We added a fill light in the background to simulate a backlit environment and test the dynamic balance of the phone.

The P40 Pro automatically adjusts a ring fill light similar to the "anchor light", which also magnifies its advantage. The bright background is well suppressed and the facial details of the model are clear; the effect of the S20 Ultra is second, and the effect of the iPhone 11 Pro Max is very poor. It feels that it is difficult to restore it even with photo editing.

5. Low-light photography

Next, the fill light is turned off. In extremely dark environments, the fill light capability of the phone will be tested. The S20 Ultra and iPhone 11 Pro Max use screen flash, while the P40 Pro uses a ring fill light.

It can be seen that the S20 Ultra's face exposure is low, and the facial highlights produced by the flash are obvious. The P40 Pro presents a very clear picture, and it also has the flavor of a Polaroid camera. Although the iPhone 11 Pro Max has good control over the highlights of the face, it still looks blurry.

After a day of testing, the editor believes that the P40 Pro has a greater advantage, especially in backlit and dark environments. It not only has better hardware and algorithms, but also has just the right adjustments for color and texture. This test result is also very consistent with DXOMark's score. The selfie scores of Huawei P40 Pro, Samsung S20 Ultra, and iPhone 11 Pro Max are 103, 100, and 92 points respectively.

When it comes to selfies, people from different regions and countries have different tastes, just like different painters in ancient times painted portraits in different styles. Aesthetics change with the times, and there is no good or bad in itself. The beauty processed by the beauty camera and the beauty directly output by the native camera are both worthy of acceptance, and the photos taken by the native camera today are also pleasing to our eyes.

Maybe after reading today's review, you will accept the native camera selfie challenge and post beautiful native photos like Miss Tan Songyun!