Zenfone Max Pro M2 I

Zenfone Max Pro M2

Hey guys its Sager from Tecworkz, and I finally have a detailed camera review of the Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2. You guys have been asking me to make this video since even before I got this phone, but I have been holding it off until ASUS released a software update, which adds AI scene detection mode to the rear camera and Portrait mode for the front facing cameras. Few days back ASUS did push out a software update which added portrait mode to the front facing camera. This update did not bring AI scene detection to the rear camera. But I decided to make this video anyway, since lot of you are waiting to know about its camera            performance before making the purchase decision. 

Out of the dual cameras at the back, Primary camera has a 12 megapixel sensor with F/1.8aperture, and each individual pixel has a size of 1.25micron. Secondary camera has a5 megapixel depth sensor with F/2.4 aperture and an individual pixel size of 1.12micron.Now you can’t switch between these 2 lenses, and the secondary lens is only there for capturing depth information for portrait shots. At the front there is a 13 megapixel camera with F/2.0 aperture and an individual pixel size of 1.12 micron. You also get a dedicated LED flash for taking selfies in very low lighting situations. The interface of the camera app is extremely basic, and to be honest feels half-baked tome. It lacks many basic options like ability to turn on grid lines, adjust the exposure, shoot slow motion or time lapse videos and so on. And I hope ASUS will fix the app with future software updates. You get the option to shoot 4k 30fps videos, so that is one nice thing. Alright with that out of the way, lets get to the image and video samples from this phone. But before that, just make sure to hit the subscribe button, so you don’t miss out on any of the amazing videos coming up on this channel. Normally we start with the daylight images, but let’s change things a bit and start with Max Pro M2’s video performance. 

You can shoot 4K 30fps videos. Colors Area bit saturated while shooting 4k, This is something that we see in many phones, and some people like it and some people don’t. There is no electronic stabilization at this resolution. 1080p 30fps videos are electronically stabilized and due to that reason, they are a bit cropped in when compared to 4k videos. But the colors while shooting at 1080p are balanced and natural, which I prefer over the saturated colors while shooting at 4K. These videos may not be of a very high bit rate, but they are detailed and do look good, when you take them in ample light. As I said before, camera app on this phone does not give you options to take slow motioned time lapse videos. Now coming to the daylight images, the 12 megapixel primary sensor captures lot of details. Cameras on this phone are a huge improvement over the Zenfone max Pro M1.Even as we zoom in on these images, they seem to hold a lot of details. Colors seem to be good and natural looking, in all lighting situations, when you are shooting in Auto mode. Which is what I believe most people shoot all of their images in. There is a bit less contrast when you start shooting in bright light, with the HDR mode turned on. 

Speaking of HDR mode, it does bring up lot of details from the shadows, while preserving the highlights. It is especially impressive in these situations. It did not bring up too many details from the shadows in these particular images, but for the price that it comes in, it did an excellent job of bringing back lot of information from the brighter parts of the images. There was almost no information in the brighter areas, when you use Auto mode. So whenever you are in bright lighting areas, make sure to use the HDR mode, it will make your images lot better. Right now, I am not sure if this camera is same, better or worse than the Redman Note6 Pro. But to answer this question, I will be making a video in a day or two, comparing the cameras on both these phones. So make sure you have turned on the notifications this channel, that way, you will get notified as soon as that video goes live. Here is a focusing test, before we move on to the close up and macro shots. It is fast and accurate at switching the focus from near to far objects and then back again. Changing the focus quickly is important for shooting videos, but it is equally or even more important while taking close up and macro shots. These close up images look very good. The subject is in perfect sharp focus, and thanks to the wide F/1.8 aperture, background in all of these shots is blurred out nice and evenly. Speaking of the background being blurred out, Max Pro M2, lets you take 

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