Welcome to my 38 photo camera shootout with the Honor 6+. This post is to give you an idea of the Honor 6+ camera quality using the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge and Xperia Z3 Compact as benchmarks. I have provided examples of some of the different shooting modes available on the Honor 6+ including normal, HDR, panorama, wide aperture and supernight. These photos were particularly tricky to take as the wind was gusting and in a few cases nearly blew my tripod over!

If you want to view the full size version, just click on each photo and it will take you to the shot on my Flickr page. Then select “view original” size. None of these shots have been altered either. If you want to view all 38 shots taken, which includes some not shown in this post, then head over to my Flickr album – https://www.flickr.com/photos/gavinfabl100/sets/72157650078106663/

Church Shot 1

First shot taken with the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge –

Now with the Honor 6+, with HDR off.

Again with the Honor 6 + with HDR on.

And now with the Sony Xperia Z3 Compact.

And the Z3 Compact again with HDR.

Okay, now lets look at another angle of with church.

Church Shot 2 – Panorama

First up the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge. This is around 11mb is file size.

Next from the Honor 6+, again around 11mb in file size.

And lastly from the Sony Xperia Z3, which is a disaster as its only manages to output a file of 600kb. But can you tell just from looking at your computer screen?

So which phone do you prefer so far? Remember the price points. The Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge is a £600+ flagship, the Sony Xperia Z3 Compact around £300 now but was on sale originally circa £500. And the Honor 6+ costs £299.

Ok, lets move on with some more shots.

Honor 6+ Wide Aperture Mode

These next 4 shots are all using the Wide Aperture Mode on the 6+. Take a shot, adjust the F stop from F/0.9 to about F/16. After the shot, you can readjust the F stop and change the focus point. This is due to the dual 8mp cameras on the rear of this phone. Using this mode carefully, allows for some creative pictures. This is what can be achieved.

The tree on the right is in focus.

All in focus now.

Just the cross in focus.

More background visible now ie less blurred.

All the above 4 shots were created from just one wide aperture mode photo.

The Mechanism Shot

First up the photo from the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge.

Next from the Honor 6+ but shot using the wide aperture mode, so below are 3 versions. First up, all in focus.

Front cog in focus from the Honor 6+

Now the rear of the photo is in focus.

Remember, these 3 photos are created from just one shot.

Next up let’s see how the Sony Xperia Z3 performed.

Close Up

Next I am just going to use Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge and Honor 6+. The Sony Xperia Z3 is not consistent with its shots and ends up with a mix of good and poor shots. In comparison the S6 Edge gets it right first time every time and so does the Honor 6+.

First up, the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge. 2 shots below. Notice how the bokeh effect is created automatically by the S6 Edge.

And now even closer with the S6 Edge.

So let’s move on to the Honor 6+.

And again Honor 6+.

And using the wide aperture mode to create a bokeh of the grass behind the latch.

Classic Dartmoor Bridge Shot

First up the shot from the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge. The S6 Edge was always in auto HDR mode.

Next let’s see what the Honor 6+ can snap.

Clapper Bridge Shot

And the final shot of this post is of a Clapper Bridge. First shot again is from the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge.

And now the Honor 6+, first normal and then in HDR mode.

The Honor 6+ really brings up the lighting and colours in HDR mode.

Supernight Mode Shot

The Honor 6+ has a mode called “supernight”. It really is fantastic. To illustrate its prowess, below is a shot of my local church at night using the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge. The S6 Edge was on a tripod, and this was shot using its Pro Mode.

And now for the Honor 6+, using its “supernight” mode. The 6+ was on a tripod for both of these shots. Same church, same time, same level of darkness.

First Honor 6+ shot is using a 32 second exposure and an ISO of only 200!

Same exposure of 32 seconds, but this time using an ISO of just 100.

Currently, the S6 Edge can only manage 1/7s versus the Honor 6+ at 32s. A vast difference. In supernight mode on the Honor 6+ you can use it in Auto or adjust the ISO and length yourself. In practice, I would have used a 10 second shutter exposure on the Honor 6+, but before I had a chance to do this, the wind picked up (gale force) and heavy rain started.

So don’t forget, to check out the full album of 38 photos – https://www.flickr.com/photos/gavinfabl100/sets/72157650078106663/

One last thing, the Honor 6+ has a 8mp front camera, and whilst I haven’t shared any selfies, it does take some really good shots from its front camera.

So what is your verdict on these photos? My full review of the Honor 6+ will be available next week.