Here's how the Huawei P30 Pro camera stacks up against the Pixel 3's shooter

Huawei invited united states to Neon Demon studio in Toronto to exam out the P30 Pro's camera, and I thought it would be a great opportunity to compare the handset with another dandy Android camera, the Pixel three'due south shooter.

With both phones in manus I trekked down to the neon filled studio later work, and these are the results.

To start, both of the devices take peachy shots and are comparable under most circumstances. As seen in the photograph above, there's near no difference at all in terms of quality.

Since the P30 Pro's aperture is a chip lower at f/i.6 when compared to the Pixel's f/1.8, the phone seems to be calculation additional blur to the background of the photos. The above shot has some blur around the plugs and the below image features a little bokeh in the background.

Given the departure in discontinuity is 0.2, my guess is Huawei is doing something with software or its 'Master AI' feature to create the subtle bokeh. The P30 Pro also features a time of flight sensor that could help the device meliorate approximate the depth in a scene.

Master AI is Huawei's bogus intelligence camera software that can tell what yous're taking a film of and and so change the photographic camera settings or boost a section of the photo appropriately. Since there was so much neon in the studio the AI often tried to throw me into the 'Stage performance' mode. Other examples are when yous're close to something, the telephone turns on 'Macro' mode, or if you lot're taking a picture of a person, it switches to 'Portrait.'

The next photos are also nearly identical, but since in that location are fewer colours nowadays, y'all tin more clearly see the default tones of each device'southward camera.

Once over again, neither photograph is terrible, but information technology'due south worth noting the departure.

One of the areas where the P30 Pro excels is with its excellent camera app. For most people having Master AI is going to boost their photos in the right fashion to produce sharable shots that don't need additional editing. Of course, you can turn this feature off with the touch of a button if information technology'south not your thing.

On top of that, Huawei offers much more control with its varying modes and specifically its 'Pro' mode. That said, you could e'er download a more than advanced camera app for the Pixel 3.

It's worth noting that both of the phones struggled with the refresh charge per unit of the neon, resulting in scanlines. That said, since at that place is a 'Pro' fashion with the P30 I was able to adjust settings like shutter speed easily. As a result, I establish the correct shutter speed to snap a clean epitome.

You can also do this with the Pixel, but you lot'll need a tertiary-party camera app like Manual Camera Lite.

Adjacent upwardly is the phone's selfie prowess.

In my test, the Pixel 3 was able to capture additional colour in selfies and also offered a more than balanced exposure. The P30, on the other mitt, performed well only images were a petty overexposed. The Pixel's wide-angle selfie camera gives the phone an edge here since information technology offers more room to play with.

The P30 Pro besides has a broad-bending lens on the dorsum of the phone that lets you shoot much wider shots compared to the Pixel 3'southward standard lens.

Finally, I compared boring motion on both the phones to see how they handled it.

The P30 offers a slower setting, but when you're at that super tiresome setting, you can only records for ii.xv-seconds, resulting in only about ten seconds of footage.

I didn't stop up testing every camera feature of both phones, but if you're looking for an in-depth analysis of either, check out our MobileSyrupcamera-specific reviews for the P30 Pro the Pixel 3.

In my opinion, both phones performed well and shot terrific pictures. With that in mind, I'd still say that since the P30 Pro gives the user more control out of the box, it'southward the phone I'd rather have in my pocket given it's capable of overcoming challenging photography scenarios that the Pixel doesn't handle too. It's besides worth mentioning that the P30'southward zoom blows the competition out of the h2o.

I wasn't able to take any night photos since the room was full of neon, but inMobilesyrup'sexperience both phone's do a surprisingly not bad job of brightening photos, especially the Pixel three's excellent 'Night Sight' feature.

Even so, if you lot're looking to snap great and relatively simple photos, both of these devices can easily go the job done. In the end, it really comes down to personal preference.