Honor Magic4 Pro and Magic V hands-on review

Triple camera "Eye of Muse"

Although there are five sensors on the back of the Magic4 Pro, Honor considers this a triple camera system. The main camera is a 50MP wide shooter (1/1.56" sensor), there's a 50MP ultra-wide snapper (122°, 1/2.5"), and a 64MP periscope telephoto camera (1/2") in the center. The lower-left sensor is an 8x8 dToF sensor used to aid in focusing accuracy in low light situations, and the last sensor on the lower-right is a flicker sensor.

Honor mentions that the cameras are capable of 'Multi-camera Fusion Computational Photography'. This means when setting the zoom level between 0.6X and 1X, it will take information from the wide and ultra-wide cameras to compile an image. Likewise, when shooting between 2X and 3.5X levels, frames are compiled from the telephoto and main cameras. Outside of these ranges, between 1X and 2X zoom and above 3.5X zoom, the system reverts to Multi-frame Fusion using a single camera.

We've taken some sample photos so you can judge the cameras for yourself. We'll save commentary on the shots until we are able to shoot across our usual sample photo locations.

Honor Magic4 Pro camera samples: main camera

The ultra wide camera covers 122° field of view and captures images at the same 50 MP resolution as the main module (the sensor is smaller, though, 1/2.5" vs. 1/1.56"). The UW camera also has autofocus and is able to get close enough to shoot macro photos.

Magic4 Pro camera samples: main • ultra-wide

The camera trio also includes a periscope lens with a 90 mm focal length. This is relatively short for a periscope, but the high resolution 64 MP sensor and Multi-camera Fusion tech allow for a lot of flexibility when zooming in.

Zoom samples: 90 mm • 90 mm • over 10x zoom

We also tested out the portrait mode using the main camera. The managed to separate the subject from the background quite accurately, with only stray hairs getting blurred not quite right.

Magic4 Pro: portrait mode

The Magic4 Pro is equipped with a 12 MP front-facing camera. It has an ultra-wide lens (100° field of view), so you don't need to stretch your hand out too far to snap a selfie. This is great for group shots as well.

Honor Magic4 Pro selfies

We only had a chance to get sample photos with the Magic4 Pro, no time for videos. We will definitely test the video capabilities of the phone for the full review. It can record 4K video at 60 fps in an "IMAX Enhanced" 10-bit Log format.

Honor improved the feature that snaps a photo during video recording. Typically, a phone would just grab the latest frame and save it as a JPG. Not the Magic4 Pro, it runs the full Multi-frame Fusion process for the still image without interrupting the video recording. This should make a massive difference in image quality.