We put the Tecno Camon 50 Ultra 5G through our rigorous DXOMARK Camera test suite to measure its performance in photo, video, and zoom quality from an end-user perspective. This article breaks down how the device fared in a variety of tests and several common use cases and is intended to highlight the most important results of our testing with an extract of the captured data.
Use case scores indicate the product performance in specific situations. They are not included in the overall score calculations.
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Portrait
Portrait photos of either one person or a group of people
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Outdoor
Photos & videos shot in bright light conditions (≥1000 lux)
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Indoor
Photos & videos shot in good lighting conditions (≥100lux)
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Lowlight
Photos & videos shot in low lighting conditions (<100 lux)
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Zoom
Photos and videos captured using zoom (more than 1x)
Pros
Generally pleasant exposure and colors. Well-rendered skin tones for all skin types in photo
Autofocus is rather fast and accurate, with some extended depth for group pictures thanks to AI face detail enhancement
Especially considering the price range, level of details is high, with limited noise in most conditions (even in night/lowlight)
Tele photo performance is consistent with main camera (photo & video)
Generally good level of details and low noise in video
Decent Portrait mode
Cons
Exposure instabilities (overall lightness and contrast) and to a lesser extend white balance instabilities can be noticeable in most conditions (photo & video)
Some artifacts like fusion artifacts and face rendering artifacts can be noticeable in photos (main & tele)
Ultra wide camera quality lags a bit behind main and tele
The Tecno Camon 50 Ultra 5G’s main camera delivers consistently strong performance across a range of conditions. Exposure and color reproduction are generally pleasant, producing images that feel natural and well-balanced. Skin tones are accurately rendered across different skin types, and fine details are preserved, resulting in sharp, clear photos. Autofocus is fast and precise, allowing easy capture of both static and moving subjects. Group shots benefit from extended depth, enhanced by AI face detail optimization, which keeps faces well-defined even at the edges of the frame.
Noise is well controlled in most situations, including indoor and moderately low-light settings, while artifacts, such as occasional face rendering inconsistencies, sometimes impact overall image quality. The camera also handles dynamic range reasonably well, maintaining detail in highlights and shadows in most scenes. Overall, the Tecno Camon 50 Ultra 5G delivers a pleasing photography experience for its price segment.
Tecno Camon 50 Ultra 5G – Bright face rendering and neutral skin tones even in complex environments, sharp image with well controlled noise
BEST 149
Top score Vivo X300 Pro
Lowlight
In low light, the Tecno Camon 50 Ultra 5G maintains a good level of detail with limited noise. Faces are generally bright and well-rendered, although they can appear slightly brighter than the background in some situations. Exposure instabilities, particularly in overall lightness and contrast, as well as occasional white balance fluctuations, can be observed in challenging lighting conditions. Despite these limitations, the camera produces neutral skin tones and sharp images down to low-light environments, offering strong performance for its price segment.
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Top score Huawei Pura 80 Ultra
Portrait
Portrait mode on the Tecno Camon 50 Ultra 5G delivers a solid and reliable experience, producing natural skin tones even in challenging or complex environments. Depth rendering is generally accurate, providing a convincing separation between subject and background, though subtle depth artifacts can occasionally be noticed. Minor rendering instabilities may appear in certain scenes, but they rarely detract from the overall image quality. Overall, the mode produces consistently pleasing results, making it well-suited for everyday portrait shots.
Tecno Camon 50 Ultra 5G – Bright Portrait rendering with pleasant skin tone rendering
Google Pixel 9a – Cold cast, slight low brightness, neutral skin tone
Samsung Galaxy A56 – Slight green cast, and natural skin tones, no HDR format available
BEST 159
Top score Vivo X300 Pro
Zoom
The Tecno Camon 50 Ultra 5G telephoto lens performs consistently with the main camera in both photo and video capture, providing reliable detail and low noise. The ultra-wide camera quality is slightly lower, with images that can be less sharp and exhibit more noise compared to the main and telephoto lenses. Overall, the zoom performance is solid for mid-range photography needs.
Tecno Camon 50 Ultra 5G
Slight visible noise, fine details preserved
Google Pixel 9a
Slight noise visible, fine details are lost
Test summary
About DXOMARK Camera tests: DXOMARK’s camera evaluations take place in laboratories and real-world situations using a wide variety of use-cases. The scores rely on objective tests for which the results are calculated directly using measurement software in our laboratory setups, and on perceptual tests where a sophisticated set of metrics allow a panel of image experts to compare aspects of image quality that require human judgment. Testing a smartphone involves a team of engineers and technicians for about a week. Photo and Video quality are scored separately and then combined into an overall score for comparison among the cameras in different devices. For more information about the DXOMARK Camera protocol, click here. More details on smartphone camera scores are available here. The following section gathers key elements of DXOMARK’s exhaustive tests and analyses. Full performance evaluations are available upon request. Please contact us on how to receive a full report.
Tecno Camon 50 Ultra 5G Camera Scores
This graph compares DXOMARK photo and video scores between the tested device and references. Average and maximum scores of the price segment are also indicated. Average and maximum scores for each price segment are computed based on the DXOMARK database of devices tested.
For scoring and analysis, DXOMARK engineers capture and evaluate more than 3,800 test images in controlled lab environments as well as outdoor, indoor and low-light natural scenes, using the camera’s default settings. The photo protocol is designed to take into account the main use cases and is based on typical shooting scenarios, such as portraits, landscape and zoom photography. The evaluation is performed by visually inspecting images against a reference of natural scenes, and by running objective measurements on images of charts captured in the lab under different lighting conditions from 0.1 to 10,000+ lux and color temperatures from 2,300K to 6,500K.
The photo Main tests analyze image quality attributes such as exposure, color, texture, and noise in various light conditions. Autofocus performances and the presence of artifacts on all images captured in controlled lab conditions and in real-life images are also evaluated. All these attributes have a significant impact on the final quality of the images captured with the tested device and can help to understand the camera's main strengths and weaknesses at 1x.
Autofocus irregularity and speed: 1000Lux Δ0EV Daylight Handheld
This graph illustrates focus accuracy and speed as well as zero shutter lag capability by showing the edge acutance versus the shooting time measured on the AFHDR setup on a series of pictures. All pictures were taken in one light condition and indicated illuminant, 500ms after the defocus. The edge acutance is measured on the four edges of the Dead Leaves chart, and the shooting time is measured on the LED Universal Timer.
Texture
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Tecno Camon 50 Ultra 5G
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Vivo X200 Ultra
Vivo X200 Ultra
DXOMARK CHART (DMC) detail preservation score vs lux levels for handheld conditions
This graph shows the evolution of the DMC detail preservation score with the level of lux, for two holding conditions. DMC detail preservation score is derived from an AI-based metric trained to evaluate texture and details rendering on a selection of crops of our DXOMARK chart.
Visual noise evolution with illuminance levels in handheld condition
This graph shows the evolution of visual noise metric with the level of lux in handheld condition. The visual noise metric is the mean of visual noise measurement on all patches of the Dead Leaves chart in the AFHDR setup. DXOMARK visual noise measurement is derived from ISO15739 standard.
All image quality attributes are evaluated at focal lengths from approximately 40 mm to 300 mm, with particular attention paid to texture and detail. The score is derived from a number of objective measurements in the lab and perceptual analysis of real-life images.
Tecno Camon 50 Ultra 5G Telephoto Scores
This graph illustrates the relative scores for the different zoom ranges evaluated. The abscissa is expressed in 35mm equivalent focal length.
DXOMARK CHART (DMC) detail preservation score per focal length
This graph shows the evolution of the DMC detail preservation score with respect to the full-frame equivalent focal length for different light conditions. The x-axis represents the equivalent focal length measured for each corresponding shooting distance and the y-axis represents the maximum details preservation metric score: higher value means better quality. Large dots correspond to zoom ratio available in the user interface of the camera application.
DXOMARK CHART (DMC) detail preservation score per focal length
This graph shows the evolution of the DMC detail preservation score with respect to the full-frame equivalent focal length for different light conditions. The x-axis represents the equivalent focal length measured for each corresponding shooting distance and the y-axis represents the maximum details preservation metric score: higher value means better quality. Large dots correspond to zoom ratio available in the user interface of the camera application.
DXOMARK CHART (DMC) detail preservation score per focal length
This graph shows the evolution of the DMC detail preservation score with respect to the full-frame equivalent focal length for different light conditions. The x-axis represents the equivalent focal length measured for each corresponding shooting distance and the y-axis represents the maximum details preservation metric score: higher value means better quality. Large dots correspond to zoom ratio available in the user interface of the camera application.
DXOMARK CHART (DMC) detail preservation score per focal length
This graph shows the evolution of the DMC detail preservation score with respect to the full-frame equivalent focal length for different light conditions. The x-axis represents the equivalent focal length measured for each corresponding shooting distance and the y-axis represents the maximum details preservation metric score: higher value means better quality. Large dots correspond to zoom ratio available in the user interface of the camera application.
These tests analyze the performance of the ultra-wide camera at several focal lengths from 12 mm to 20 mm. All image quality attributes are evaluated, with particular attention paid to such artifacts as chromatic aberrations, lens softness, and distortion. Pictures below are an extract of tested scenes.
Tecno Camon 50 Ultra 5G Ultra-Wide Scores
This graph illustrates the relative scores for the different zoom ranges evaluated. The abscissa is expressed in 35mm equivalent focal length.
DXOMARK CHART (DMC) detail preservation score per focal length
This graph shows the evolution of the DMC detail preservation score with respect to the full-frame equivalent focal length for different light conditions. The x-axis represents the equivalent focal length measured for each corresponding shooting distance and the y-axis represents the maximum details preservation metric score: higher value means better quality. Large dots correspond to zoom ratio available in the user interface of the camera application.
DXOMARK CHART (DMC) detail preservation score per focal length
This graph shows the evolution of the DMC detail preservation score with respect to the full-frame equivalent focal length for different light conditions. The x-axis represents the equivalent focal length measured for each corresponding shooting distance and the y-axis represents the maximum details preservation metric score: higher value means better quality. Large dots correspond to zoom ratio available in the user interface of the camera application.
DXOMARK CHART (DMC) detail preservation score per focal length
This graph shows the evolution of the DMC detail preservation score with respect to the full-frame equivalent focal length for different light conditions. The x-axis represents the equivalent focal length measured for each corresponding shooting distance and the y-axis represents the maximum details preservation metric score: higher value means better quality. Large dots correspond to zoom ratio available in the user interface of the camera application.
DXOMARK CHART (DMC) detail preservation score per focal length
This graph shows the evolution of the DMC detail preservation score with respect to the full-frame equivalent focal length for different light conditions. The x-axis represents the equivalent focal length measured for each corresponding shooting distance and the y-axis represents the maximum details preservation metric score: higher value means better quality. Large dots correspond to zoom ratio available in the user interface of the camera application.
DXOMARK engineers capture and evaluate almost 3 hours of video in controlled lab environments and in natural low-light, indoor and outdoor scenes, using the camera’s default settings. The evaluation consists of visually inspecting natural videos taken in various conditions and running objective measurements on videos of charts recorded in the lab under different conditions from 0.1 to 10000+ lux and color temperatures from 2,300K to 6,500K.
Video Main tests analyze the same image quality attributes as for still images, such as exposure, color, texture, or noise, in addition to temporal aspects such as speed, and smoothness and stability of exposure, white balance, and autofocus transitions.
DXOMARK CHART (DMC) detail preservation video score vs lux levels
This graph shows the evolution of the DMC detail preservation video score with the level of lux in video. DMC detail preservation score is derived from an AI-based metric trained to evaluate texture and details rendering on a selection of crops of our DXOMARK chart.
Spatial visual noise evolution with the illuminance level
This graph shows the evolution of spatial visual noise with the level of lux. Spatial visual noise is measured on the visual noise chart in the video noise setup. DXOMARK visual noise measurement is derived from ISO15739 standard.
Temporal visual noise evolution with the illuminance level
This graph shows the evolution of temporal visual noise with the level of lux. Temporal visual noise is measured on the visual noise chart in the video noise setup.
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