We put the Honor 200 through our rigorous suite of SBMARK Camera tests to measure its performance in terms of photo, video, and zoom quality from an end-user perspective. This article takes a closer look at how the device fared across a range of tests and common use cases, and aims to highlight the key findings from our tests with an excerpt of the data we captured.
Overview
Camera Key Specifications:
- Primary: 50MP lens, f/1.95 aperture, OIS
- Ultra-wide angle: 12MP lens, f/2.2 aperture
- Telephoto: 50 MP, f/2.4 aperture, OIS
Pros
- Generally accurate target exposure with a dynamic range wide enough for stills in most conditions tested
- Neutral white balance in outdoor conditions
- Noise well managed in outdoor conditions
- In the video, well-preserved details in external and internal conditions
- Efficient stabilization
Against
- Slightly low and inconsistent level of detail across the image field in difficult situations
- Occasional color casts on photos
- Some artifacts such as flare, halos, aliasing and color quantization
- Video autofocus instability
- Video noise in low light and indoors
The Honor 200 camera, which has almost the same specifications as the 200 Pro, performed well, both in photography and video. Like the Pro version, the Honor 200 is also marketed as “The Portrait Master.” In our tests, the device’s camera delivered the best results when taking pictures, such as landscapes and portraits, in outdoor conditions or in well-lit indoor environments.
Additionally, the device is equipped with a dedicated telephoto module, which ensures high-quality zoom when using the telephoto camera.
The Honor 200’s video stabilization is effective, making the device suitable for shooting videos on the go.
Test summary
About SBMARK Camera Tests: SBMARK camera ratings are conducted in laboratories and in real-world situations using a wide variety of subjects. Scores are based on objective tests where results are calculated directly by measurement software on our laboratory setups, and perceptual tests where a sophisticated set of parameters allows a panel of image experts to compare aspects of image quality that require human judgment. A smartphone test involves a team of engineers and technicians for approximately one week. Photo, zoom and video quality are evaluated separately and then combined into an overall score for comparing cameras across multiple devices. For more information on the SBMARK Camera protocol, click here. More details on smartphone camera scores can be found here. The following section summarizes key elements of SBMARK’s comprehensive testing and analysis. Full performance ratings are available upon request. Contact us to learn how to receive a full report.
Honor 200 Camera Scores Compared to High-End Ones
This chart compares SBMARK scores for photo, zoom and video between the tested device and the references. The average and maximum scores for the price segment are also shown. The average and maximum scores for each price segment are calculated based on the SBMARK database of tested devices.
Photo
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Huawei PURA 70 ULTRA
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About SBMARK Camera Photo Tests
For evaluation and analysis, SBMARK engineers capture and evaluate more than 2,600 test images in both controlled laboratory environments and natural outdoor, indoor and low-light scenes, using default camera settings. The photographic protocol is designed to account for key use cases and is based on typical shooting scenarios, such as portrait, family and landscape photography. Evaluation is performed by visually inspecting images Cons a natural scene reference and performing objective measurements on chart images captured in the laboratory under various lighting conditions from 1 to 1,000+ lux and color temperatures from 2,300K to 6,500K.
Honor 200 Photo vs High-End Scores
Autofocus speed and irregularity: 1000Lux Δ0EV Handheld daylight
SBMARK CHART (DMC) Detail Retention Score vs. Lux Levels for Tripod and Handheld Conditions
This graph shows the evolution of the DMC Detail Retention Score with lux level, for two holding conditions. The DMC Detail Retention Score is derived from an AI-based metric trained to evaluate texture and detail rendering on a selection of crops from our SBMARK chart.
Evolution of visual noise with illuminance levels in portable conditions
This graph shows the evolution of the visual noise metric with lux level in handheld conditions. The visual noise metric is the average of the visual noise measurement across all Dead Leaves plot patches in the AFHDR configuration. The SBMARK visual noise measurement is derived from the ISO15739 standard.
Enlarge
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Huawei PURA 70 ULTRA
Huawei PURA 70 ULTRA
About SBMARK Camera Zoom Tests
SBMARK engineers capture and evaluate over 400 test images in controlled laboratory environments and in natural scenes, indoors, and in low light, using the camera’s default settings and pinch zoom at various zoom factors, from ultra-wide to ultra-long range zoom. Evaluation is performed by visually inspecting images Cons a natural scene reference and by performing objective measurements of chart images captured in the laboratory under various conditions from 20 to 1000 lux and color temperatures from 2300K to 6500K.
Honor 200 Zoom vs High-End Scores
This graph illustrates the relative scores for the different zoom ranges evaluated. The x-axis is expressed in 35mm equivalent focal length. Zoom in scores are displayed on the right and zoom out scores on the left.
video
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Apple iPhone 15 Pro
Apple iPhone 15 Pro
About SBMARK Camera Video Tests
SBMARK engineers capture and evaluate more than 2.5 hours of video in controlled laboratory environments and natural low-light scenes, indoors and outdoors, using the camera’s default settings. The evaluation consists of visually inspecting natural video captured under various conditions and performing objective measurements on video of charts recorded in the laboratory under different conditions from 1 to 1000+ lux and color temperatures from 2,300K to 6,500K.
Honor 200 vs High-End Video Scores
Good exposure, efficient stabilization, but slight autofocus adaptation problems are visible.
SBMARK CHART (DMC) Video Detail Retention Score vs. Lux Levels
This graph shows the evolution of the DMC Detail Preservation video score with the level of lux in the video. The DMC Detail Preservation score is derived from an AI-based metric trained to evaluate the rendering of texture and detail on a selection of crops from our SBMARK chart.
Evolution of spatial visual noise with the illuminance level
Temporal evolution of visual noise with the level of illumination
This graph shows the evolution of temporal visual noise with lux level. Temporal visual noise is measured on the visual noise graph in the video noise configuration.
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