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So I have both and both have the same focal length, so this morning I took a picture of a water lily that is in my fish pond..............I shot the Q2 in Macro mode and shot the Huawei in Super Macro mode. Both were shot hand held...........looking at the two images I would say the P30 Pro handled the image better than the Q2, thats not to say if the Q2 was in someone else's hand it might have performed better but after a night on the piss the Huawei looks sharper to me.

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A very interesting comparison. Thanks for starting this thread. I just purchased the iPhone 11Pro with the 3 lens camera system. It’s pretty amazing and it’s always with me. My experience so far is the 11Pro is a nice complement to my Q2. It takes great snapshots. I’m yet to test the low light performance. Smart phone manufacturers are being incredibly innovative and when you see the camera performance on the super sharp Retina display, it’s stunning. However, when I travel I will for sure take the 11Pro AND my Q2. I rely on the Q2 to enjoy the experience of photography. The IQ is superb and the camera excites me to capture beautiful images. My feelings about the two together is evolving. I can see a younger generation who has no need to print large or who just wants to post to social media would be very happy with just their smartphone. 

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I am waiting for my iPhone 11 pro to compare with my Q2.  However I have to say that I think the Q2 image looks better than the Huawei Pro image - more three dimensional.  No question though that the phone cameras are really getting better.

Nice comparison! Thanks.

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9 hours ago, Leica Guy said:

A very interesting comparison. Thanks for starting this thread. I just purchased the iPhone 11Pro with the 3 lens camera system. It’s pretty amazing and it’s always with me. My experience so far is the 11Pro is a nice complement to my Q2. It takes great snapshots. I’m yet to test the low light performance. Smart phone manufacturers are being incredibly innovative and when you see the camera performance on the super sharp Retina display, it’s stunning. However, when I travel I will for sure take the 11Pro AND my Q2. I rely on the Q2 to enjoy the experience of photography. The IQ is superb and the camera excites me to capture beautiful images. My feelings about the two together is evolving. I can see a younger generation who has no need to print large or who just wants to post to social media would be very happy with just their smartphone. 

I thought about the iPhone 11 but due to the fact that my iPhone XR just kept hanging all the time, I decided to get away from the iPhone altogether and try the Huawei P30 P{ro instead...........up to now I am happy with my decision.

I am like you, I love my Q2 and get a lot of enjoyment out of using it.

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Not to shabby in B&W

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Thanks so much for doing this really interesting experiment.

I think the Hauwei has incredible IQ, but I don't personally agree with the comparison. I think it's noisier, lacks the same subtle tonal gradations that most Leica lenses, including the Q's summilux produces, and, therefore and most important for me, looks so much more digitized that it seems a product of computational photography--which it is. I agree that it is beautiful--in its own way. But it's not in the way that Leica used to render, and most times still does. I suspect if it it compared to one shot with an M 28 f/1.4 on the M10 (or even better, M9), the difference would be quite significant. But that's an entirely personal "gut" feeling.

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5 hours ago, BlackBarn said:

however the Q2 image is streets ahead in quality on these particular examples. 

 

 

Wishful thinking.......... I just don't see that, can you please explain yourself?

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Just before the shit hit the fan. 

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2 hours ago, NW67 said:

Wishful thinking.......... I just don't see that, can you please explain yourself?

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Are you not able to see the differences in the way each device renders bokeh? I have the feeling that the wishful thinking is currently yours! If you want to convince us then can you please post the dng files from both devices so that you can share your enlightening experience with us?

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6 minutes ago, zampelis said:

Are you not able to see the differences in the way each device renders bokeh? I have the feeling that the wishful thinking is currently yours! If you want to convince us then can you please post the dng files from both devices so that you can share your enlightening experience with us?

No and No

The bouquet looks very similar on my iPad pro. 

The forum oy allow me to post 1280x1280 jpges

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6 minutes ago, NW67 said:

No and No

The bouquet looks very similar on my iPad pro. 

The forum oy allow me to post 1280x1280 jpges

Neil

Well, I would expect from a photographer like you, that has such an advanced webpage with embedded purchasing facility that you would be able to find a way to post the dng files and share them from an external server (maybe yours?). 

Also, can you please let us know about which bouquet are you talking about and what does your iPad pro has to do with comparing shots from a Q2 and a Huawei? Are you trying to say that you are using your iPad as a reference for your image editing? Have you colour calibrate it? Apologies if I ask many questions english is not my mother tongue you know..

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I can see big differences when I look closely at each image. Much more detail in the Q2 image. I don’t know if it’s a fair comparison though. Given limitations for size posting here, it’s not clear to me what we’re comparing. I’d prefer to see a similar crop then printed at full resolution say on an 8x10 paper then closely look at them. I’d want to know how they look at normal viewing distance then I’d get close and look at the detail. I suspect the Q2 will easily come out on top, but that we’re even comparing is a huge statement about how far smart phone cameras have advanced.
 

We are all enjoying a “Golden Age” of photography technology right now. Think of the speed of innovation now in comparison to the decades to advance film, cameras and lenses. 
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3 minutes ago, zampelis said:

Well, I would expect from a photographer like you, that has such an advanced webpage with embedded purchasing facility that you would be able to find a way to post the dng files and share them from an external server (maybe yours?). 

Also, can you please let us know about which bouquet are you talking about and what does your iPad pro has to do with comparing shots from a Q2 and a Huawei? Are you trying to say that you are using your iPad as a reference for your image editing? Have you colour calibrate it? Apologies if I ask many questions english is not my first tongue you know..

Yes yes and yes

Yes I have an amazing website

Yes I use my iPad Pro to edit my pictures.......not that I do/need much editing

Yes it's a shame about your English........ But with me being a man of the world I understand where your coming from.

Neil

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The Q2 image is far superior to the Huawei, both in detail rendering and tonal and contrast renditions. The rainbow shot only underscores this. I think part of it has to do with the iPad, which is too "poppy" and contrasty (translate: pleasing to the target buyer group) to give an optimal rendering. Notwithstanding, the Huawei is not bad at all.

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