Asus ZenFone 5Z vs OnePlus 6 camera comparison: Who wins? [Proof]

Asus with several failures with its uninspiring designs and inability to match up with the other Smartphone brands faded from relevance for past few years.All of sudden the Asus came with rage with a new flagship Asus Zenfone 5Z. The Oneplus is swaying its dominance in Indian market which has come up with its Affordable premium flagship Oneplus 6.

ASUS is now looking to challenge OnePlus’ dominance in this segment. The two phones with almost same specification where Asus is giving it with less price than that of Oneplus. We’ve already compared the OnePlus 6 to the Galaxy S9+ in general and found the OnePlus 6 to be winning the race. Everyone now a day’s first look into the camera specs while choosing a phone. Let us take a deep dive in comparing the cameras of two phones.

Specification

The OnePlus 6 offers a 16 MP + 20 MP camera setup with both cameras featuring a f/1.7 aperture. The front-facing camera also offers a 16 MP unit but a f/2.0 aperture. The 16 MP camera get OIS and the camera setup gets a PDAF system for autofocus.

On the Asus ZenFone 5Z things a tad bit different. You get a 12 MP + 8 MP sensor setup with a f/1.8 aperture on the 12 MP camera and a f/2.0 aperture on the on the 8 MP camera. The 12 MP camera set OIS and the system use PDAF for autofocus.

Daylight

Both the OnePlus 6 and the ZenFone 5Z were quick to focus in most daylight conditions. The Oneplus having some problems while taking portrait images there are some problems in focussing on closer objects and landscape shot taps a focus about  4 times the OnePlus simply refuses to budge. This was not a problem on the ZenFone 5Z which was comfortable clicking subjects up close.

Lowlight

The Oneplus 6 is providing immediately clear that it made a huge stride in low-light photography. While Zenfone 5z is also pulled off slightly better results with more details. Both smartphones are giving it up to mark which you won’t be disappointed.

Portrait mode

Moving to Portrait mode (or the Depth effect), both the ZenFone and the OnePlus were on par with each other when it came to edge detection. The Zenfone is producing sharper details and caught every detail in the scenery. While the one plus 6 is ignoring all the textures by blurring them and just giving better look like it was programmed to do it.The Oneplus providing a warmer with better-looking photos while Asus chose the cooler tones.

Details

Asus is definitely clicking a sharper photo if you like to take every detail in the scene then this is the better choice. The ZenFone 5Z pulls them off a lot better, both outdoors and indoors under artificial lighting.

Colors

The one plus 6 is taking bright photos in the dull lighting too and more yellow light is added to the image might be not preferred by someone. According to the lighting, the smartphone changed the saturation level by which photos ended up with a bit over saturated. The One plus 6 managed to change lighting by missing the natural look.

The ZenFone managed to produce more realistic and natural colors, but the photos did not look all that appealing in comparison to the OnePlus 6. Asus loses some points for the lacking dynamic range, but thankfully its HDR mode comes to the rescue. OnePlus pulled off HDR beautifully in comparison to the so the photos often looked well exposed.

Wide angle factor

The Asus ZenFone 5Z packs in a 120-degree wide angle lens on the 8 MP camera. Asus managed to make the secondary camera used, the results are just passable and will work well only when shared on social media.

Bottom line: which one is best?

The OnePlus 6 has broken the mold of having a camera that’s “good for the money” — as this comparison has shown, the camera is good without any caveats or qualifications. In situations with ample light, the OnePlus 6 takes consistently great photos with a little punch of color, good details, and adequate brightness.

After Software update, Asus ZenFone 5Z significantly improved it jittery video problem But the Asus ZenFone 5Z still cannot match the smooth video output of the OnePlus 6.

If you love better-detailed photos Asus ZenFone 5Z is a better choice.

If you want some warmer and yellowish photos with a smoothened background details hen OnePlus 6 is a better choice for you. OnePlus that’s the winner here, that delivers better photos and great video recording experience.

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