Realme is unveiling the 16 Pro and 16 Pro+ on January 6, and today the brand has revealed that both devices will have the same 200MP main camera. Furthermore, the 16 Pro+ will also have a telephoto camera with 3.5x optical zoom.
The main camera uses Samsung’s HP5 sensor, a 1/1.56-inch type, with an f/1.8 aperture, while the telephoto camera of the Pro+ uses Samsung’s JN5 sensor. There will of course also be an ultrawide, so on the Pro+ you’re getting “a full focal-length imaging system, that supports shooting from 0.6x to 120x, offering full flexibility across portrait, street, and long-range photography”, the company says in its press release.
The 200MP main camera supports “full-pixel auto zoom as well as 1x and 2x lossless zoom”. The Realme 16 Pro+’s main camera is powered by the LumaColor Image “advanced algorithmic innovations” unveiled recently. This brings “full-dimensional skin tone optimization, optical depth-of-field fusion blur, and person-scene lighting and shadow reconstruction”, ensuring “every photo is rich in realism, texture, and vivid lighting”.
There are also “class-first” (is this the new ‘first in segment’, we wonder) HyperRAW, InstantSnap, and Anti-Distortion algorithms, which deliver “sharper details, more stable dynamic captures, and reduced edge distortion across the full focal range”.
The Realme 16 Pro+ supports 4K HDR video shooting on 1x, 2x, 3.5x, and 7x focal lengths, and dual-focal 4K 60fps at 1x and 3.5x. The front camera supports 4K 60fps.
These are very big words, and we can’t wait to get the Realme 16 Pro series in for review to test all of these claims and see if they’re actually backed up by camera performance or just marketing fluff. Stay tuned.
