Huawei P9 Plus review

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Huawei P9 Plus

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Huawei P9 Plus review

The great contrast of black and white shots adds drama to the faded glamour of Brighton's Pavilion here.

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Huawei P9 Plus review

The P9 Plus isn't bad at night photography, but its results are fizzier than what you'd get from the best OIS cameras.

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Monochrome shooting is like a shortcut to arty-looking shots with zero effort required. Lovely stuff.

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Here's a good example of the nice rich color (even with indoor lighting) and natural shallow depth of field you can get from the P9 Plus.

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Good color, exposure and decent sharpness. A triple win here.

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Check out those greens. Nice punchy color, and some clear HDR-style dynamic range optimization going on here.

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This is the sort of result you'll get from using the Night mode handheld: a bit of a blur-fest. Using the standard mode you couldn't see anything.

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The Auto mode is great at balancing challenging lighting like this. The foreground isn't too dark, the clouds only a tiny bit overexposed.

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Huawei P9 Plus review

The Leica lens can blur-out backgrounds very nicely.

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12MP cameras don't sound like they offer that much detail, but you can still get some good macro-level detailing.

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The P9 Plus's great contrast doesn't just rely on using monochrome shooting.

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One of the few sharp shots of this night's shooting: also a bit fuzzy on the fine details.

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With a lesser camera, you wouldn't get such nice and rich color when shooting with the limited lighting of an indie music shop like this.

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Here's a 30-second night exposure.

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The dynamic range optimization here makes the shot look slightly larger than life, but it's much better than leaving the National Gallery looking dull and drab.

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A tricky overcast shot with lots of light level variance. You could bring out the foreground more in Photoshop if you wanted, but the P9 Plus has done a good job.

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This shot could be brightened up a tad, but the sharpness is good and the white balance dead on.

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It may not be the most dramatic sunset, but the P9 Plus has done a good job of bringing out the various colors in it.

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This shot is grainier and less detail-packed than it would be from the Galaxy S7-series OIS phones.

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Andrew Williams

Andrew is a freelance journalist and has been writing and editing for some of the UK's top tech and lifestyle publications including TrustedReviews, Stuff, T3, TechRadar, Lifehacker and others.