Sample Photos | Low Light and Night Photography

The P30 shines in Low light and night photography.

The P30 picked up all the correct details in this scene at the expense of heavy noise, but the subject was in focus, highlights not blown out and shadow detail correct.

Other launch reviews threw in a Google Pixel 3 for comparison showing the P30 beat even that device, where google has gone to efforts to advertise its flash free night shot feature.

My P10 struggled in this scenario. Using comparable night pre-set and no flash it tried to take a 60 second long exposure to capture the night scene. For that long of an exposure, a tripod would be needed. For this experiment, a tripod is moot as the stabilisation and low light capabilities are compared. I stopped the long exposure after a few seconds, which would have been just enough to get an ‘acceptable’ result.

The P10’s result is barely and borderline usable. In one of the shots the model’s face and hair is washed out against the dark background but her clothing was in focus. The other shot only a silhouette of her head was visible with body and clothing just out of focus. This was likely due to blurring during the attempt to take a long exposure.

Although being a mid-segment phone and a year newer than the P10, The Moto G6+ achieved a result similar to the P10. This device is based on a Qualcomm chipset so uses their Image Processor, Stock Android Operating system and Moto’s own Camera app.

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