OPINION : Honor has abstract the palpebra on its new Honor 200 range , include the Honor 200 Pro , the first Pro modelling from the line to make an appearance in the UK .
Coming in at a cool £ 699 , it ’s very much a insurance premium affair with a handful of high - end specs , a magnificently detailed 6.7 - inch OLED screen and solid battery life , but it ’s the camera , and the Portrait mood in picky that really stands out .
The Honor 200 Pro has a pretty impressive suite of camera , headed up by a 50MP main camera with a 1/1.3 - column inch Super Dynamic H9000 sensor with a wide f/1.9 aperture , flanked by a 50MP telephotograph and a 12MP ultrawide . While you might assume that it ’s the main tv camera labour the experience , for me , it ’s all about that telephoto lens .
honour claims that you’re able to get ‘ studio apartment - level portrait television camera performance ’ from the snapper , which is a call that I ’ve hear all too often from manufacturers , and usually without the grounds to back it up . However , the Honor 200 Pro is different .
That ’s because Honor has team up up with illustrious French photography studio Harcourt , and by using AI that has been train on the various style of picture taking the studio apartment is known for , the earpiece can replicate the expression without the high - last photographic camera equipment .
This is far more than just a filter that ’s contribute to portrait photos too ; the camera AI is smart enough to empathize individual element of the photo and how to light and colour them independently , with impressive upshot .
That ’s because the Honor 200 professional , using the AI - power Harcourt Portrait consequence , systematically fork over better - looking portraiture shot than the competing Galaxy S24 Ultra , both in terms of overall point and trend .
Take the shot below . It was taken on the first of three Harcourt shooting fashion , Harcourt Vibrant , and the plangency is immediately obtrusive , even compared to the Galaxy S24 Ultra ’s saturated option .
Both offer standardized story of impressive edge detection , but it ’s the framing that makes it . The field of view is also slimly unlike across the two despite both using a 2x zoom , with the Honor 200 Pro ’s tighter field of panorama offering skillful portrait shot than Samsung .
That ’s all well and good , but what about when you get into more conventionalized options ? That ’s where Harcourt Colour and Harcourt Classic come in into play . The former offer a slimly warmer look than the vivacious mode , emulating the classic Harcourt portrait pallet , again providing a better feel and fashion than what the Galaxy S24 Ultra can achieve without heavy editing .
I ’ve got to admit , it ’s the Harcourt Classic that ’s my dearie of the bunch . This is arguably the most well recognisable Harcourt style , focus on black and white-hot picture taking with an accent on uttermost highlights and lowlights that can add a lot of dramatic event to a portrayal shot , as seen below .
Now , do n’t get me wrong , the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra remains an absolutely stunning tv camera phone with superior zoom prowess and a more open main camera to boot , but that does n’t mean it tower above the competition in every exclusive pic mode .
In comparison to the Honor 200 Pro , the Portrait fashion on the S24 Ultra seems a turn basic , lack much in the means of stylisation , instead only offering the ability to adjust the bokeh or enable an to a fault aggressive portrait musical mode . If anything , I ’d say it ’s more similar to Apple ’s portrayal modal value effect , but even compared to Apple ’s option , I think these shot look serious .
All this form the Honor 200 Pro the better fit for portrait photography – and frankly , that ’s not something I think I ’d ever say when I first got my hands on the gimmick . I have to reach it to Honor , the company ’s more than pulled it out of the pocketbook on this one .
