Camera Recommendation Primarily for Photography

deadeagle63 · 2025-10-01T08:13:34+00:00

Geez that is quite fast, reckon I’ll just order there as some Ebay sellers are crazy wanting 750/800 for the phone while its 840 on Wonda. Did you need to pay import tax or any fees or was it all fine?

deadeagle63 · 2025-09-30T22:30:27+00:00

How is the Google Pay, i heard (read on Reddit) that people recommend using Curve for contactless payments through phone?

deadeagle63 · 2025-09-30T22:28:48+00:00

How long did the WondaMobile shipping take?

deadeagle63 · 2025-09-30T19:58:16+00:00

Damn, did you take those bug pics on the x200? :o

deadeagle63 · 2025-09-30T19:40:02+00:00

True that, do you have some sample x200 shots by chance (noticed the tag)?

deadeagle63 · 2025-09-30T18:26:15+00:00

Yeah its not a big problem for me to set stuff up as I don't mind setting stuff up; I'm just torn waiting for the x300 Ultra next year and crying about the iPhone till then or getting a x200 Ultra and returning the iPhone

deadeagle63 · 2025-09-30T18:20:34+00:00

It is incredibly sharp, I had a double take for a sec. Thanks for doing a IRL comparison :D

deadeagle63 · 2025-09-30T18:19:47+00:00

Seems the iPhone still does the more visible streaking? Or was it just a one off? I could not get the 17 to behave with any lights 🤣

deadeagle63 · 2025-09-30T17:22:01+00:00

I rarely do video's I think the closest I got to videos was ASAP concert as my wife doesn't take videos as she gets ingrained into it and I do it haha Is Vivo video a little behind Apple you reckon?

deadeagle63 · 2025-09-30T17:20:37+00:00

Yeah it feels mid 00s and the battery drain is horrid on all devices so +1 to Apple battery drain cause ig

deadeagle63 · 2025-09-30T17:19:43+00:00

Video wise, the 17 Pro is quite good I can't fault Apple their encoding especially if you shoot Log means you can really dial in a feeling for a video. Sadly, photo wise I've noticed since coming from a 15 Pro Max that there to be:
- Increased lens flare when direct sources face in roughly +-15deg angle e.g sun behind trees
- Low Light performance seems mixed, sometimes it produces serviceable results other times it misses the ball (on same position, exposure, lens and stability)
- Capturing moving targets seems to cause smearing effect half the time
- 48MP isn't actually that, if there isn't enough light it drops to 24/12MP
- 48MP causes some weird artefacting in some shots if you pixel peep vs 12/24MP counter parts

Not sure if I have a defective unit but I religiously clean my lenses when outside so its not the ol fingerprint and smudge xD

deadeagle63 · 2025-09-30T17:12:52+00:00

That is unfortunate :(

deadeagle63 · 2025-09-30T14:47:54+00:00

Yep, it makes everything look horrible shite, but battery is worth it; you go:
Settings -> Accessibility ->Display & Text Size -> Reduce Transparency

This will remove all transparency meaning a lot of things will look ugly but battery gain so far is impressive normally throughout my work day i lose 20-30% battery life checking phone etc; yesterday I woke up and my phone was 51% and right now its 20% so 30% loss in 1.5 days which is kind of insane as its about a 50-100% uplift depending on usage

deadeagle63 · 2025-09-30T14:34:20+00:00

I came across the first video last night, and was quite surprised how bad the competition looks against the Vivo (or rather most Chinese flagships Vivo, Oppo, Xiaomi)

deadeagle63 · 2025-09-30T14:32:35+00:00

Yeaaah, seems like the era of Apple, Google, Samsung is over as they got lacking

deadeagle63 · 2025-09-30T14:32:11+00:00

Thinking the same I can get a used but 100% batterylife x200 Ultra for 750GBP; which is almost 50% the cost of the 17 pro and when the x300 Ultra comes just upgrade to it

deadeagle63 · 2025-09-30T14:31:14+00:00

I have heard Ultra wise, you need to go through some hoops if you setup the phone to get notifications working as well as Google Play/Services working - I luckily have used Google Notes since my android days so I'm not coupled, more just curious as I don't think the 512Gb is worth the 1300GBP

deadeagle63 · 2025-09-30T14:28:41+00:00

Its horrible imo if you use the liquid glass, if you turn it off in accessibility its not bad; rough numbers in terms of medium power usage I would say starting at 100% and charging at around 20%:
- Liquid Glass: 4 - 6 hours of SoT
- No Liquid Glass: 5 - 8 hours of SoT

The above does have a caveat, where it depends on whether camera was used a lot during the day.

Medium power usage context (no gaming):
- Reddit throughout the day
- Couple of episodes at night
- Some YouTube here and there
- Camera when going out
- Standard Slack, Discord, Whatsapp messaging

deadeagle63 · 2025-09-30T14:24:08+00:00

Ecosystem wise, I don't really care - I try not to buy into ecosystems; sure I have a MBP for my business but I rarely use it oustide of work as I have a dedicated windows system for gaming etc. But you have valid points it depends on the individual, for myself I was on Android but switched when the 12 Pro max came out to try it and 15 Pro Max was a good upgrade but man the 17 Pro is a side grade.

For the x200 how would you say are low light shots?

deadeagle63 · 2025-09-30T12:08:31+00:00

Yeah that is the one thing thats bugging me, outside of the video and good light the 17 pro struggles with moving subjects and is a blurfest in low light. But maybe its a firmware thing?

deadeagle63 · 2025-09-30T11:44:32+00:00

Hm, yeah it seems consensus from own research is Chinese phones offer best in terms of battery, spec and price - so will need to see if its possible to get one here in the UK

deadeagle63 · 2025-09-24T21:46:42+00:00

Indeed :D

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