The launch of the vivo V30 series is upon us and the Pro variant notably marks the first time that the company’s partnership with ZEISS has extended to its V series. This means that the buyers of the new vivo V30 Pro are set to be greeted with all the exceptional benefits that ZEISS imaging systems bring to the table. With this handset, you will not only get a powerful trio of 50MP cameras but also the sophisticated characteristics of ZEISS imaging systems that contribute towards reducing flare and ghosting effects, improving portrait photography, and much more. And there are a host of other factors that give professional-grade quality to the photography experience of the V30 series. Here’s everything you need to know about them.
ZEISS-exclusive features in V30 Pro
The brilliance of the ZEISS imaging systems will be glaringly visible in the portrait shots clicked by users of the V30 Pro. Its dedicated ZEISS Professional Portrait Camera comes with a 50MP Sony IMX816 sensor that’s paired with exemplary ZEISS optics meant to deliver pristine image clarity, especially during the night when light sources in the background tend to spoil your portraits. Moreover, it gives you a 50mm focal length that creates the look of DSRL-quality portraits. The ZEISS imaging systems not only ensure that stray light and ghosting effects are under control but also minimise distortion and chromatic aberration, leading to realistic and vivid portraits that are worthy of going straight onto your social media feeds without any additional editing required.
And to make sure that your followers know about the superiority of your phone’s camera, you can make use of the ZEISS Custom Borders that add a distinct watermark to your shots. You can choose between four sets of these borders and customise them in a variety of styles. ZEISS has also worked with the software team at vivo to create the ZEISS Natural Color, which allows you to see beauty in its original shades. The results of this colour profile are pretty similar to what the human eyes see, allowing unbelievable realism.
And then there’s the ZEISS Style Portrait mode, which is another way to experience pro-grade features. It combines the powerful portrait-capturing abilities of the ZEISS Professional Portrait Camera with a recreation of six of ZEISS’ most powerful lenses from history. The Biotar Style creates swirly bokeh around the subject for a dreamy look, while the Distagon Style allows for hexagonal bokeh shapes to be visible in the background. The Cine-Flare Portrait Style creates simulated flares and the Cinematic Style lets you capture images in movie-like anamorphic aspect ratios. And then there’s the Sonnar Style for creamy background bokeh and the Planar Style for bokeh featuring horizontal Speckle light sources. Each of them is suitable for a particular lighting scenario but who’s stopping you from experimenting?
This collaboration also leaves its mark on the videos you can record with the V30 Pro. This phone’s ZEISS Cinematic Video Bokeh mode is meant for those who love capturing cinema-style clips on their phones. It gives your videos the much-loved anamorphic effect to create a widescreen aspect ratio that immerses you deep into the visuals. And thanks to the advanced ZEISS optics, the bokeh effects in videos are also top-notch. They use sophisticated algorithms and AI-based depth calculations to create elliptical and circular flares to make your videos shine.
High-resolution 50MP cameras front and back
The perception one gets when someone uses the term ‘50MP triple camera’ is that the phone comes with one 50MP main shooter and two other cameras with lower resolutions. But the Vivo V30 Pro indeed does come with a 50MP triple camera setup consisting of three 50MP shooters. And there’s a fourth one at its front as well, offering a solid selfie experience. Speaking of the phone’s main camera, it’s called the 50MP VCS True Color Main Camera and comes with OIS, which is great news for night-time photography.
In fact, this camera is geared towards just that, given that it features a large 1/1.49-inch Sony IMX920 sensor that’s ideal for getting clearer and brighter pictures at night. And the Vivo Camera-Bionic Spectrum Technology (VCS) takes photography to a whole new level with accurate colour reproduction in low-light images. Additionally, this high-end camera even gets a 7.7 boost to its colour accuracy. The end result is a camera that delivers unbelievable clarity and detail in its photos, no matter what kind of light is available to the user.
The other shooter on the back of the vivo V30 Pro is the 50MP AF Ultra Wide-Angle Camera, which offers an extremely wide 119-degree field of view for gaining a grand perspective on the scenes ahead of you. The high resolution of this ultra-wide-angle camera allows it to render the AI Group Portrait feature. It’s just a way to capture group portraits but it distinguishes itself by using multiple algorithms to ensure that everyone’s faces are glaringly visible and feature accurate skin tones. Details on the faces of up to 30 people can be maintained by this incredible feature. A similar technology is also at work on the device’s 50MP Eye AF Group Selfie camera. While individual selfies, of course, feature mind-blowing quality, this snapper ensures that group selfies are perfectly captured with its 92-degree wide-angle lens and portrait autofocus feature. And thanks to its f/2.0 aperture, it’s also ideal for use in low-light scenarios.
The magic of Studio-Quality Aura Light with V30 series
The flash modules on most other smartphones only serve the purpose of a flashlight, as using them for photography means washed-out, overexposed images. vivo’s Smart Aura Light completely changed this, as it was tailored to adjust its tone and intensity based on the light around you, leading to soft light that enhances night-time photos instead of spoiling them. The much-improved Studio-Quality Aura Light onboard the vivo V30 series offers studio-quality lighting effects and brings a 20 percent improvement in its overall performance. Its temperature-sensing technology uses a nanoscale light guide process to offer a light output area that’s 19 times larger than that of the regular flash and yet, features 50 times softer overall light.
This allows users of the vivo V30 series to click images that are evenly illuminated and feature the right amount of light to maintain the details on their faces. In a low-light environment where the light source is warm in tone, Smart Aura Light adjusts its own white balance to create a warm flash that perfectly maintains the tone of the scene. The same applies to environments lit with cold light, where the Smart Aura Light tech works to create a cold moonlight-like glow with the flash. So advanced is this feature that during portrait shots, it detects the distance between the phone and the subject and adjusts the intensity of the flash accordingly.
Get ready to for incredible portrait photography with vivo V30 series!
It’s evident that the vivo V30 series is set to herald a new era in portrait photography. With the power of its ZEISS imaging system and Smart Aura Light, these devices eschew the conventions of ordinary smartphone photography and empower you to be your own portrait maestro. Now that we are approaching the launch, you won’t have to wait much longer to get hold of these amazing phones. Till then, stay tuned in to get the latest updates regarding the vivo v30 series!
