Dual 50MP camera setup
The handset features a dual 50MP camera setup and skips the dedicated zoom camera from last year’s Realme 14 Pro+. We were expecting at least the same setup, as Realme said the Pro succeeds the 14 Pro+.
- Wide (main): 50 MP Sony IMX896, QuadBayer, 24mm f/1.8, 1/1.56″, 1.0µm, OIS, multi-directional PDAF; 4K@30fps, 1080p@60fps
- Ultrawide: 50 MP OmniVision OV50D, 16mm f/2.0, 1/2.88″, 115.6° FoV, fixed focus; 1080p@30fps.
- Front camera: 50 MP OmniVision OV50D, 22mm f/2.4, 1/2.88″, 4K@30fps
Still, the 50MP ultrawide camera is a nice touch and so is the 50MP front-facing camera.
Daylight photos
Main camera
The main camera produces excellent photos that are sharp, detailed and rich in color. The dynamic range is good, but either the exposure metering or the HDR algorithm sometimes messes things up, resulting in photos with overly bright shadows and borderline clipped highlights.
Main camera daylight photos
The primary shooter is also very consistent indoors, producing clean stills with a good level of detail.
Here are some people’s photos in the standard Photo mode and Portrait mode side by side.
People shots: Photo mode • Portrait mode
The main cam also captures pretty decent close-up photos as the focusing distance is relatively short.
Close-ups: 1x • 2x • 2x
2x crop zoom
The 2x crop zoom mode is somewhat unimpressive. The 2x shots inherit the same rendering from the 1x photos, but the quality takes a dip even in bright daylight. Upscaling artifacts are visible in scenes with foliage.
2x crop zoom daylight photos
Of course, we have some photos of people in the standard Photo and dedicated Portrait modes.
2x zoom people photos: Photo mode • Portrait mode
Ultrawide camera
We had high hopes for the 50MP ultrawide camera. Its performance is quite nice, and (most of the time) it turned out pretty detailed photos with nice colors and dynamic range.
Despite its fancier-than-usual sensor, the ultrawide does not have autofocus, however, so for closeups, you have to rely on the main cam (which is doing a great job out of it). In fact, photos of any objects within 1m turn out less than ideal, possibly due to being outside of the fixed focus sweet spot.
Ultrawide camera daylight photos
Selfies
The selfies are solid. They offer natural-looking colors and rendition, preserving the subject’s face and maintaining good exposure in more challenging lighting conditions. You can also snap some decent-looking 2x crop zoom selfies or use the full field of view by tapping on the 0.6x toggle.
Selfies: 0.6x • 1x • 2x
Low-light photos
Main camera
The low-light photos are pretty solid – sharp, clean, detailed and with wide dynamic range. The post-processing goes hard on color saturation and contrast, while the HDR likes to keep the shadows bright.
Main camera low-light photos
But while these photos may seem lively and attractive to some, others may deem them overprocessed. Colors appear oversaturated, and there is quite a bit of artificial sharpening. As we said, the shadows are too bright, and the details in the shadows may look artificially rendered.
2x crop zoom
The 2x zoom crops are muddy and noisy, even with the aggressive Night mode in action.
2x zoom low-light photos
Ultrawide camera
The ultrawide shots are quite okay too. They have good detail (for this type of camera) and solid dynamic range. They appear overprocessed like the ones from the main camera. Colors are again oversaturated and contrast seems to be a bit over the top here. Still, these are some likeable images.
Ultrawide camera low-light photos
Video recording
The Realme 15 Pro can record 4K videos at up to 60fps with all of its cameras, no exceptions. EIS is present on all cameras at 4K too.
You can check out the playlist below, which includes multiple video samples.
The 4K footage from the main camera is pretty good. It has lively colors, good contrast, a wide dynamic range, and it’s decently sharp.
The low-light video from the main camera is looking good in general, but we’ve seen better rendition and detail.
The ultrawide video is quite nice.
The EIS on the main camera seems solid, but the ultrawide struggles a bit, and stabilization is somewhat choppy.