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It has a soft-close mechanism, similar to your kitchen drawers, and deals with a huge amount of abuse without problems. I’ve pulled it, yanked it and wobbled it. It’s not dropped off yet. ;) Sure, it’ll tell you not to do that and you’ll get a warning, but it’ll sit itself back in place afterwards without any issues, ready for you to use.
I’ve filmed a separate video showing the mechanism so you know what to expect…
The camera will do portrait, panorama, night, slo-mo, time-lapse, motion tracking and professional shots too. If you want to take 16:9 shots then it’ll notch all the way down to 9 megapixels, with 48 megapixel only supported in 4:3 mode.
Also, if you switch to 48 megapixels it doesn’t support HDR+ and effects. Not only that, but shots are slower too. If, for example, you take a shot of a moving object on the 48 megapixel mode, there’s a slight delay between you clicking the shutter and it actually taking the photo.
As an example, below, the cat was looking into the lens when I pressed the shutter, but she moved her head by the time it had captured it..
48 Megapixel Shots
There’s a myriad of camera options, including a timer, timestamp, watermark, touch shutter, metering mode, histogram, anti-flicker and AI scene detection so that the clever Asus phone can switch the settings to best complement whatever-it-is-you’re-snapping. There’s also a range of filters and you can even change the sound effect which is used when the camera flips over.
I took a few photos of items up-close with the wide-angled lens and that lower resolution definitely made itself known, so perhaps keep the wide-angled shots just to pretty pictures of scenery and you’ll be OK.
Here’s a few examples of the photos you should expect, along with some comparison shots…
I loved using the wide-angled lens and you’ll see, particularly in Truro Cathedral below, how this lens looks. Really nice, and that HDR+ mode got used a lot, putting light in dark areas and making the whole photo a lot brighter and cleaner..
I’m going to switch things around with this particular review, because I’ve already added details on the battery life, camera and a lot more besides in the second part of this review. What I can say is that the Asus ZenFone 6 has been my main and only phone for three solid weeks now. I know what’s good and what’s bad about this thing. The bad? Well, I’m sometimes finding that I have to press the power button twice to wake it, but I think that’s an errant app I’ve put on there. I’m also finding that the shots on the wide-angle 12 megapixel shooter aren’t (obviously) as crystal-clear as the 48 megapixel “normal” lens. The screen is LCD, so it’s not quite as good as the OLED panels, but it’s still bright and clear. This, though, is where the bad stuff pretty much ends.
The good? Well, that motorised camera really does take some punishment. I’ve shown people how it flips out and everyone says, “That’s going to break, surely?” Somehow though it doesn’t. It’s a tough cookie and works very well indeed as you’ve seen in the video above. The motor and the implementation is very well done, with the phone still a respectable 9.2mm thick, even with the gears and gizmos that make this work.
Oh, and I thought I’d get lots of stuff jammed in it but no, it’s remained clean and fluff-free – despite me not using a case.
Oh, and I should mention that lack of case – I’ve not experienced one scratch or mark.
Something else that could add to the dimensions is the 5000mAh battery, which is rarely seen on most smartphones. Again, the phone didn’t feel any difference weight-wise or dimension-wise. All I knew was that it lasted two days without a problem, sometimes more as you can read here…
Asus ZenFone 6 – Battery update – Coolsmartphone
TO BE CONTINUED
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