Tecno is stressing upon the camera performance in their Camon series. While we have seen many companies promising better camera but in reality under Rs 10,000 most camera remain an under performer. In our Tecno Camon i camera review, let’s find out if this camera optics lives up to the promise. In case you have not come across Camon i yet, it’s an android Smartphone comes with a 5.65-inch HD+ IPS display with a full view vision and 18:9 aspect ration. It is powered by Mediatek MT 6735 chipset, 3GB of RAM and has a 32GB of storage with an provision for dedicated microSD card slot. It runs on Android Nougat with their own HiOS UI topping it. I have already done the review of the Camon i, you can check it HERE.
Tecno Camon i Camera Specifications
- 13MP Rear Camera with ƒ/2.0 ,5P lens and Quad LED flash
- 13MP Front Camera with ƒ/2.0 ,5P lens,Front LED flash and Screen flash.
- Videos up to 720p
Day light pictures come good. I liked the soft blur in the background, even though there is no specific portrait mode. This image was taken in a moving car and I had no issue with focusing.
The color reproduction is natural. The camera doesn’t unnecessarily boost the saturation levels, which is a good sign.
The images are fairly sharp (even though the images here have been compressed for web) and you can notice the nice softness in the background.
Glasses are always tricky subject and in day light, Camon i managed to capture it well too and with the right colors.
I tested the camera under various artificial light scenarios with various levels of brightness and the result was impressive for the segment. It does loose a bit of sharpness when the ambient light is not so optimal.
The lush green and the color gradient under light clearly demonstrates the camera capabilities of the Camon 1 and the software processing.
Again a not so optimal indoor light but still the colors are vivid and captured really what I saw. The dynamic range is satisfactory.
The surprise package of the Tecno Camon 1 is when we take low-light shots. I have come across a very few Smartphone in this segment that can take decent low light / night shots, you can count Camon 1 in that list.
A bit of noise is there but the low light images are decent with better color reproduction. I can clearly say Tecno Camon 1 really excels in the low light performance than most other Smartphone in this price segment.
Camon i features a quad-LED flash at the rear. The flash is not so harsh like in many Smartphones.
Selfies are good as well (though am not a selfie guy!)
In good light, the selfie is sharp. There is also a LED flash for low-light selfies and also screen flash.
Videos are decent , there is no image stabilization which is not expected in this price range in any case but a bit of disappointment is the fact the video capture is limited to 720p. A fullHD would have made it a sweeter deal.
