My needs:
- Good Camera, esp for indoor and low light use. Need a good manual mode. Portrait mode not important, need to shoot mostly landscape pics.
- Good build quality
- Long lasting battery (~1-2 days for light use)
- Light user, no gaming or other heavy apps
The camera of Mi A1 vs Zenfone 3:
- A1 = dual set up vs Zenfone = single 16MP camera
- A1 = no Laser autofocus, no OIS
- Zenfone 3 = Sony IMX 298 sensor (same as on on oneplus 3t), not sure about A1 sensor quality.
- Maximum shutter speed : 0.067s for A1 vs 32s for Zenfone 3
- Zenfone 3 has a full featured manual mode (more options for shutter speed, WB, ISO etc)
Zenfone 3 comes with a full glass back, and is now more than a year old. The price is half of the launch price. What would you advise. The mi A1 or the Zenfone 3?
go for the A1. some users of ZF3 are having camera issue like blur camera or not focusing.
The camera is not great you need full light. The dual camera is more of a marketing gimmick.
Battery is also not great but does well for the capacity.
For battery I recommend the Lenovo P2 although I have no info on the camera.
cheeze.keyk said:
go for the A1. some users of ZF3 are having camera issue like blur camera or not focusing.
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thanks for that info, I went thru the Asus forums and like you said, users have complained of camera focus issuing. Are ther any known issues in the Mi A1 that I need to be aware of?
pow01 said:
The camera is not great you need full light. The dual camera is more of a marketing gimmick.
Battery is also not great but does well for the capacity.
For battery I recommend the Lenovo P2 although I have no info on the camera.
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thanks for confirming what i suspected about the camera on A1. Lenovo P2 was on my list, but its bigger and heavier than I need.
dzarg said:
thanks for confirming what i suspected about the camera on A1. Lenovo P2 was on my list, but its bigger and heavier than I need.
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Both are 5.5" the size difference is minimal. Slightly thicker due to the monster 5100mAh battery
Expandable memory up to 256mb and HD video. The main drawback being that pesky Lenovo software but community is active on here.
If you take indoor photos, don't buy Mi A1. It has awful low light performance (and I mean awful. The pictures come out grainy. However it has slightly improved by Oreo update). The daylight photos come out amazing though! Landscape photos are amazing.
with google camera it's not bad at all
traianescu said:
with google camera it's not bad at all
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Damn, the difference!
Edwin Hamal said:
Damn, the difference!
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Yes, i know.. it is all about software... The hardware, as you see, it is capable to shot great pics in low light condition
@traianescu
thanks for the pics, I can see the big difference.
The camera on the zenfone 3 smashes the mi A1 mate I have both of them and my wife has a zenfone 3 too and we have no issues with the camera
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robgee789 said:
The camera on the zenfone 3 smashes the mi A1 mate I have both of them and my wife has a zenfone 3 too and we have no issues with the camera
Sent from my Mi A1 using Tapatalk
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thanks a lot, mate. your experience helps my decision making.
robgee789 said:
The camera on the zenfone 3 smashes the mi A1 mate I have both of them and my wife has a zenfone 3 too and we have no issues with the camera
Sent from my Mi A1 using Tapatalk
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If you don't mind, can you post few comparison images? specially in low light. I'm curious.
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If you don't mind, can you post few comparison images? specially in low light. I'm curious.
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Yeah man here are a couple i just opened and snapped no messing with settings or anything i havnt even checked them so so can judge for your self mate
these are mi a1
https://i.imgur.com/hSgBe3P.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/DpXBhU7.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/oMdNwgi.jpg
these are zenfone 3
https://i.imgur.com/jIdDDCD.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/F5M8LKg.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/nodUMxG.jpg
robgee789 said:
Yeah man here are a couple i just opened and snapped no messing with settings or anything i havnt even checked them so so can judge for your self mate
these are mi a1
https://i.imgur.com/hSgBe3P.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/DpXBhU7.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/oMdNwgi.jpg
these are zenfone 3
https://i.imgur.com/jIdDDCD.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/F5M8LKg.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/nodUMxG.jpg
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Thanks! Zenfone 3 is better IMO. In A1, images are blurry but in Zenfone 3 images looks sharp and better.
You can get sharp images with the a1 but there is kind of stabilisation so it's hard and videos are better in zenfone 3 too, if you switch to night mode in the zenfone the Image is very bright and pretty clear but night mode on a1 does nothing lol
Sent from my Mi A1 using Tapatalk
I had a Zenfone 2 Laser and man, how much I hated that phone. It has bloatware with takes a big part of the space and like a Custom ROM fan I am no one even cared for that device. So, I recommend any phone over Asus ones ^^
traianescu said:
with google camera it's not bad at all
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Is HDR+ enabled? The difference between the pictures is huge.
Yes, hdr activated on both cameras, to have a fair comparison..
The camera it is more than i need on the phone.. my complains are two other thing: it is huuuge, compared with my ex iphone 5s and i don't have a real fm radio app.. maybe when we will have the kernel source...
Please port asus camera to Zenfone max pro m1
Works with camera 2 api enabled... Though misses out on some functions
Is Google camera port use depth sensing camera when we click portrait as it is ported from pixel I don't think it used.So my depth sensing camera is useless on custom rom
Yes it uses single camera not double
I have clicked photo then it convert another photo with portrait effect
Hi,
Would be awesome if we got fully working miui cam app plotted to zenfone max pro m2.
Would appreciate if someone shows interest or clears the air about the feasibility of poring.
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Regards.
someone should definitely do that
There is a app called "Mix Camera" in the playstore, which is inspired by Mi10 camera
Asus zenfone max pro m2 is packed with an imx486 sony sensor and Snapdragon 660 same as MI A2. Mi A2 has 32-sec shutter speed then it makes complete sense that Zenfone max pro m2 can also achieve that. Even a developer developed a mod for note 5 pro which has the same camera sensor as of ASUS ZENFONE MAX PRO M2. I request all the module makers to help us in making our phone better.
I am new that's why I'm not being able to put up links for libmmcamera files.
Satay Stick said:
Asus zenfone max pro m2 is packed with an imx486 sony sensor and Snapdragon 660 same as MI A2. Mi A2 has 32-sec shutter speed then it makes complete sense that Zenfone max pro m2 can also achieve that. Even a developer developed a mod for note 5 pro which has the same camera sensor as of ASUS ZENFONE MAX PRO M2. I request all the module makers to help us in making our phone better.
I am new that's why I'm not being able to put up links for libmmcamera files.
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well it is not available for our phone as no one knows how to edit shared object(.so) files in asus zenfone max pro m2 development enviroment...so it is useless to make a poll and useless to expect also...there is only one vote ig that shows no one is ready to take this....
i have tried my best to ask defcomg who knows how to edit libs.(i pm him but no reply)
even i know how to disasseble and reassemble but issue is i cant find a method edit them as our phone camera uses camerahw lib. then libactuator 486 lib and other than that lib. every camera lib is useless