Herr Barnack Posted April 23, 2016 Share #1 Posted April 23, 2016 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) Ouch: http://gizmodo.com/fancy-camera-maker-slaps-name-on-a-phone-with-a-totally-1772454306 I'm still trying to understand Leica's thinking behind this undertaking... Edited April 23, 2016 by Carlos Danger Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted April 23, 2016 Posted April 23, 2016 Hi Herr Barnack, Take a look here Huawei P9 Leica phone: Less than glowing review. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
ynp Posted April 23, 2016 Share #2 Posted April 23, 2016 Ouch: I'm still trying to understand Leica's thinking behind this undertaking... Money? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Barnack Posted April 24, 2016 Author Share #3 Posted April 24, 2016 (edited) That's pretty much the reason any company does anything, isn't it? My thought was that in entering in to this joint venture with Huawei, Leica is putting its reputation on the line and is gambling a fair amount of prestige capital, for lack of a better term. I hope it works out well for them in terms of finances and reputation. If Huawei sells 200 million phones and Leica gets $2 USD (or perhaps more) per phone sold, the reward will have been worth the risk I would think. Edited April 24, 2016 by Carlos Danger Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted April 24, 2016 Share #4 Posted April 24, 2016 A device taking crappy pics should not bear the name of Leica. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop Posted April 24, 2016 Share #5 Posted April 24, 2016 You can take crappy pics with every Leica. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted April 24, 2016 Share #6 Posted April 24, 2016 (edited) Question is can we take good ones with this thing Edited April 24, 2016 by lct 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted April 26, 2016 Share #7 Posted April 26, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) "Unfortunately, earlier this week it became clear that at least some of the partnership was marketing junk with no substance". Marketing junk with no substance, from Leica? Surely not.......... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
!Nomad64 Posted May 6, 2016 Share #8 Posted May 6, 2016 (edited) I beg to differ. The test's pretty much unfair as it takes into consideration OOC jpeg files only. As the P9 is one of the few phones capable of producing RAW files, one should focus on what's possible to squeeze out at the best of the hardware possibilities. That's what I did. Here http://forum.xda-developers.com/p9/how-to/huawei-p9-camera-thread-t3362644 there's a guy who shared a bunch of DNG files and I took the liberty of downloading, postprocessing and examining them. For what is worth, I believe that for being a mobile phone the P9 produces outstanding results which are quite comparable to those one could obtain from a point-and-shoot camera. The only other mobile phone enabled to produce DNG files I know of is the LG G4 and as far as I'm concerned, image-wise it's well below the P9. For the non believers and those who do not want to waste their time repeating what I did, here's a sample I postprocessed with RAWTherapee: Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Edited May 6, 2016 by !Nomad64 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/259623-huawei-p9-leica-phone-less-than-glowing-review/?do=findComment&comment=3040379'>More sharing options...
!Nomad64 Posted May 6, 2016 Share #9 Posted May 6, 2016 And here's a 100% crop. Not that bad, huh? Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/259623-huawei-p9-leica-phone-less-than-glowing-review/?do=findComment&comment=3040381'>More sharing options...
Doc Henry Posted May 14, 2016 Share #10 Posted May 14, 2016 You said "Huawei" ? Color and monochrome not bad http://www.challenges.fr/galeries-photos/test-high-tech/20160513.CHA9120/le-test-de-l-appareil-photo-leica-du-p9-de-huawei.html H. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicapages Posted May 16, 2016 Share #11 Posted May 16, 2016 (edited) According to unofficial views at Leica, the Huawei P9's camera results would only be second to the top-end Samsung, and the reason for that rests solely with the software processing, not the actual camera. Samsung obviously still has more experience in that department than Huawei. But Huawei may surely catch up as the software can be improved without changing hardware Pascal Edited May 16, 2016 by leicapages 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted May 18, 2016 Share #12 Posted May 18, 2016 Just developed a couple dng files my usual way (C1). iPhones 5 and 6 aound me are blown away i must say. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/259623-huawei-p9-leica-phone-less-than-glowing-review/?do=findComment&comment=3046911'>More sharing options...
lct Posted May 18, 2016 Share #13 Posted May 18, 2016 100% crops out of the same. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/259623-huawei-p9-leica-phone-less-than-glowing-review/?do=findComment&comment=3046914'>More sharing options...
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