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to show the difference in detail that’s achievable from
a long distance.
The 10x mode isn’t lossless, but it is still mighty
impressive for a phone. If you really want to play, you
can zoom right up to 50x, but this is pure digital zoom
and you won’t get any extra detail by using it.
It’s easy to use all the Huawei’s cameras because
there’s a button at the side of the screen which
indicates the current zoom level. It defaults to 1x, but
it toggles to 5x, 10x, then Wide if you keep tapping it.
You can also pinch to zoom if you want a zoom level
in between these.
The photos opposite show the difference in low-
light performance between the P20 Pro (left) and P30The same shots
from the iPhone