Switching to 3x optical zoom when pressing its button is not instant. You can check that : when pressing the 3x the camera applies a digital zoom and when it gets stabilized that is when camera had switched to optical lens. By night the optical zoom will no longer be working, maybe due to aperture of telefoto lens limitation.
3x times zoom lens can't be used closer than about 30cm either as it has quite a long minimum focus distance.
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Can you confirm that there is no paranomic mode with the front camera. When I select this mode it will automatically change to the rear camera.
Yes, there is no paranomic mode with the front camera.
Just verified also, hit 'panorama' when selfie is on, it switches to rear camera.
some knows how to activate this mode with front camera?
in new update pie 9.0
now take video 4k in zoom mode cant smooth , why?
is just me or ?
*sorry for my bad english
ronaldods said:
in new update pie 9.0
now take video 4k in zoom mode cant smooth , why?
is just me or ?
*sorry for my bad english
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Same here, after upgrading the phone tele lens does not work 4k video zoom 5x-10x, quality poor.
8.1 Oreo worked better (not complaining about it)
TKA77 said:
Same here, after upgrading the phone tele lens does not work 4k video zoom 5x-10x, quality poor.
8.1 Oreo worked better (not complaining about it)
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Any resolution for this problem?
Or waiting huawei fix this ?
I downgrade my phone back to version 8.1.0.161 and the tele lens (zoom) works again when video is taken 4k uhd quality.
I don't know is it feature or some bug for version 9.
Now I am waiting for the OTA upgrade to 9 so i can see how the camera works.
Previous 9 update came through FF.
Hi all, I've upgraded to pie yesterday by OTA and sadly the 4k mode does not allow optical zoom anymore. It has even more bugs than the Android 8. I honestly don't even know what Huawei's programmers even do apart from crippling these phones with every update.
Now upgraded to 9 version (ota update) and 4k video zoom does not work with the telephoto lens.
Hopefully Huawei people will fix in future updates that the telephoto lens will work with 4k video as in version 8.1.
TKA77 said:
Same here, after upgrading the phone tele lens does not work 4k video zoom 5x-10x, quality poor.
8.1 Oreo worked better (not complaining about it)
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Hi,
I have downloaded and installed android 9 build 195 and there the zoom works on 4k
Robert_1968_ said:
Hi,
I have downloaded and installed android 9 build 195 and there the zoom works on 4k
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Nice! ??
Hopefully this update will quickly come to my phone.
Robert_1968_ said:
Hi,
I have downloaded and installed android 9 build 195 and there the zoom works on 4k
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Where you download it?
Yes, where you downloaded, and it's not clear if for you in 4k works the zoom with tele lenses... Or only works zoom.....
Yep, have p20 pro, went out to do some 4k video and found the 3x zoom no longer works also, had to downsize the video to full hd. The phone's not even a year old it seems and they're already neglecting it. I'm disappointed.
Createataco said:
Yep, have p20 pro, went out to do some 4k video and found the 3x zoom no longer works also, had to downsize the video to full hd. The phone's not even a year old it seems and they're already neglecting it. I'm disappointed.
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Let's hope that future updates will fix the "bug"......
problem with the camera is, no more tele cam for 4k, and no more video stabilization (both optical and electrical) for any resolutions. That sucks.
spiderx_mm said:
problem with the camera is, no more tele cam for 4k, and no more video stabilization (both optical and electrical) for any resolutions. That sucks.
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Sorry, but I'm on 9.0.0.163 and no issues like you. I can zoom in every resolution, we have got a 1x 3x 5x switch in every mode video, camera and front camera, and of course they work. The stabilization is always on and you cannot turn off in every mode also 4k but I can't say if ois or eis... Or both
Just some shaking added in some situations when you keep the camera steady in video mode.
saisallo said:
Sorry, but I'm on 9.0.0.163 and no issues like you. I can zoom in every resolution, we have got a 1x 3x 5x switch in every mode video, camera and front camera, and of course they work. The stabilization is always on and you cannot turn off in every mode also 4k but I can't say if ois or eis... Or both
Just some shaking added in some situations when you keep the camera steady in video mode.
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Are you sure?
Bcs if you just test zoom in 4k is working, but if you start record/press button record in zoom 3x or 5x nah thats problem, the quality video didnt smooth/tele cam didnt work if you start recording
about my post I'm sure 100%
I've tried also,right now, recording in 4k : it works if i press 3x or 5x I get an instant zoom.
About tele : i've done many tests the results are that :
using 3x 5x switch to tele sensor if you point to distant subject like you are outdoor
if you are indoor it'll stay on main sensor at any zoom level.
sometimes indoor gives you a switch to tele but this happens few times only.
Now after these tests I'm very happy more than before !! PIE = great camera evolution ( and also for selfies).
what they really miss is a BW video mode with BW sensor and a real slow motion..
Here's a screenshot video of my phone screen where the telephoto lens problem appears when recording 4k video.
https://youtu.be/tRmcEWkhzNI
You use 10x zoom, its digital zoom. Of course it is bad quality. Tele lens is 3x zoom.
olafsand said:
You use 10x zoom, its digital zoom. Of course it is bad quality. Tele lens is 3x zoom.
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Fault is in the pie update, version 8.1 worked perfectly. Do the same with 3x and 5x zoom, the telephoto lens does not work when recording in 4k quality. Lower quality (1080p) works with telephoto lens when recording video.
TKA77 said:
Fault is in the pie update, version 8.1 worked perfectly. Do the same with 3x and 5x zoom, the telephoto lens does not work when recording in 4k quality. Lower quality (1080p) works with telephoto lens when recording video.
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I'm sorry for you, but after update, mine works OK as I told you.
Also I find fantastic that it recognizes indoor scene (no tele sensor) from outdoor or very far objects (switch to Tele sensor)
Just I can say that sometimes we may want Tele sensor indoor and we cannot change it manually...
I'm on 9.0.0.163......
Hi guys,
A couple of weeks ago I realized that my telephoto Note9 camera is behaving weird in Photo Mode.
When I switch the tele on (by zooming or by that little button) the focus is not clear and it looks like the focus module is working hard on the back on my phone. I can hear a constant vibration coming from the camera module.
This is not happening all the time.
It started to appear after I installed a SW update that brought in the night mode also.
This does not happen in Pro mode. In PRO mode all is fine, no noise, no autofocus issue with tele camera. Only in Photo mode.
I think it is a software bug.
Any idea?