Making every photo a perfect 10 with the Huawei P10

THE Huawei P10 series touts its Leica co-engineered dual cameras as its crowning jewel. Built on five photography pillars, its sensor, lens, and software, as a package, is said to be able to make every shot a cover shot.
► Bokeh
Bokeh is the visual quality of out-of-focus areas of a photographic image. It is defined by the way lenses render out-of-focus points of light. The effect makes ­photographs visually appealing by forcing observers to focus their attention on a particular area of the image.
On the Huawei P10 series, this is achieved using Leica optics and a wide aperture, as large as f1.8 on the P10 Plus.
A smaller aperture number on a lens means better low-light ­performance and a shallow depth of focus which translates to more bokeh.
However, not all lenses are created equal. It takes Leica’s decades of experience and ­engineering to make a lens that could produce a pleasing and natural-looking bokeh.
► Monochrome
Monochrome ­photography is an art in itself. It showcases shapes, contrasts, light, shadows, and hues that can convey surreal ­details beyond the ­capacity of modern colour photography.
One of Huawei P10 Plus Summilux dual-lens is a 20-megapixel monochrome lens. ­
Summilux is Leica’s ultra-speed lens that is ­optimised for low-light ­photography. Combine that with Leica’s mastery of ­monochrome photography, and you get a smartphone that has the unmatched ability to take artful monochrome pictures.
► Colour
Colours give a photo weight. It pulls attention, conveys meaning, and brings stills to life. As a key ­component in modern ­photography, colours must be able to be ­conveyed not only realistically, but beyond.
Leica colour gives photos taken using the Huawei P10 series phone the eye-catching Leica signature look. Its distinctive rendering of out-of-focus areas at wide apertures and ‘popping’ colours are easy to pinpoint, producing pictures that surpass realism.
► Zoom
The ability to take a closer shot without physically moving closer to the subject frees photographers from the constraints of distance and gives them the capacity to ­manipulate perspectives without losing picture quality.
On the Huawei P10 series phones, the dual-lens cameras offer two focal lengths giving mobile photographers the ability to zoom up to 2X, and the user freedom of composition, thus making photo-taking that much ­easier.
► Contour
Huawei P10 series features a portrait mode co-developed with Leica. The method uses dynamic illumination technology that makes a face more contoured, the complexion more translucent, and the eyes livelier.
This produces a refined look without needing make-up or retouching.
This technology is not only applied to photos taken with the rear camera, but also with the selfie front-facing camera.
Excessively engineered on these five pillars of photography, the Huawei P10 series gives mobile photographers all the tools they need to not only make every shot count but also make every shot a cover shot.