Huawei Mate 30 Pro vs. P30 Pro camera comparison

06 October 2019
The Mate 30 Pro's camera setup differs from the P30 Pro's making for an interesting shootout.

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  • Anonymous
  • GT1
  • 25 Dec 2020

seems to me not that much difference.
I also never understand overhype from youtubers about gcam crap
We, the normal people, don't care so much about detail, but care mostly about overall ease of use and good color.

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    • Feniu
    • arU
    • 15 Oct 2019

    Mate 30 Pro make a job in normal mode and good light which should do P30 Pro, but it doesnt - because engineers concentrated on zoom and night shots and neglected normal mode which we use the most... Agressive processing, sharpening etc. make that phone does worse photos than my old HTC 10 which have more softer edges and less noises. Still talking about photos in good conditions. Very disapointed at P30 Pro, but Mate did his homework.

      AnonD-122899, 15 Oct 2019The question how often or who will actually zoom to full re... moreI would. Colour exposure and colour saturation is easy to see even without any zooming whatsoever. But when it comes to overall quality, I do need to zoom in. Even at scaled down res, I still can see the details on a certain pic. If you are are sharp enough, you can see the P30 Pro's aggresive oversharpening at the car park pic. The Mate 30 Pro didn't have that.

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        • Gfx
        • 15 Oct 2019

        YUKI93, 12 Oct 2019I can clearly see big differences between the two, especial... moreThe question how often or who will actually zoom to full res when you are sharing photos with friends or on the social media? I will rather look at the photos exposures, color saturation and their overall quality. Basically, I do not see real big improvements between Mate 30 Pro and P30 Pro cameras.

          NipponFan, 06 Oct 2019For that money I can buy an Xperia Xz3 and a dslrBut then again, you have to spend some extra money on additional lenses. The kit lens alone wouldn't do enough justice. By then, the price argument becomes invalid.

            AnonD-122899, 07 Oct 2019TBH, I don't find very big differences between the cameras.... moreI can clearly see big differences between the two, especially when zoomed at full res. The Mate 30 Pro is unquestionably more detailed than the P30 Pro. Look at the car park pic, the P30 Pro overshapening is so d*mn obvious.

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              • Anonymous
              • q8G
              • 09 Oct 2019

              Hdhsjaiai, 06 Oct 2019Mate series by design will not be a vastly better camera th... moreThat was Sony's strategy. How did that work out? 😂

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                • Anonymous
                • keA
                • 08 Oct 2019

                ypcx, 07 Oct 2019Not sure who's in charge of designing these products. Let's... moreIf they make 5x optical zoom no one will buy p30..many people like the back.. dont cry, just wait for p40 sure there are bigger improvement.

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                  • ypcx
                  • 2xA
                  • 07 Oct 2019

                  Not sure who's in charge of designing these products. Let's see, for a new flagship, how about: 1. we remove the 5x optical that everybody loves, 2. we make the ultrawide even more narrow, we were worse than Galaxy here so now we will be even more worse. These people need to be fired from the company immediately, because they display clear lack of logical thinking. Oh yeah, and let's make the back as ugly as possible.

                    Anonymous, 07 Oct 2019But Huawei could have fixed that with a software update on ... moreThe image quality improvement on Mate 30 Pro is mostly hardware(ISP)-based, so no, it is most likely that P30 Pro's image processing won't be as good as Mate 30 Pro no matter how many camera software updates it will receive in future.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • S2T
                      • 07 Oct 2019

                      Ofcourse the ultra wide is better on Mate 30 Pro.. its quite a bit less wide and will therefore always be sharper..

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                        • Anonymous
                        • S2T
                        • 07 Oct 2019

                        YUKI93, 06 Oct 2019The Mate 30 Pro is definitely the winner. I am so glad that... moreBut Huawei could have fixed that with a software update on P30 Pro

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                          • 07 Oct 2019

                          Haribolman, 07 Oct 2019in my eyes, every comparison I've seen so far the P30 Pro h... moreMy question is how many type of p30 pro?, because I went to bay p30 pro and it's like there two different types one 256g and 8gram and the other one is 128gb and 8gram??

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                            • Biplob
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                            • 07 Oct 2019

                            I went to a wish

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                              • 07 Oct 2019

                              NipponFan, 06 Oct 2019For that money I can buy an Xperia Xz3 and a dslrAnd back pack and 7 lbs on your back all day long. Sounds nice experience.

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                                • Haribolman
                                • PPY
                                • 07 Oct 2019

                                in my eyes, every comparison I've seen so far the P30 Pro has better images, and this is the case in this comparison as well, with the exception of ultrawide night mode where the mate 30 is superior.

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                                  • YP6
                                  • 07 Oct 2019

                                  In only daylight tele photo p30 pro win

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                                    • AnonD-122899
                                    • Gfx
                                    • 07 Oct 2019

                                    TBH, I don't find very big differences between the cameras. However, I still prefer the green from P30 Pro.

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                                      • Gary
                                      • RTY
                                      • 07 Oct 2019

                                      Kinda strange how no review or comparison I read so far considered the 3x zoom a plus. Having a 5x optical lens means you have to go all the way up until 4,9x purely digital with your primary lens. For my personal use, I rarely even go above 5x, so do most users, I guess. Price or space arguments about the periscope inside a mate do not apply imho.

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                                        • Doom
                                        • tu6
                                        • 07 Oct 2019

                                        Haz, 06 Oct 2019Why didn't you compare the selfie shooter? I got rid of my... moreMate 20 series uses a fixed focus lens. The photos are always blurry is not taken at the right distance.