Master-grade Imaging Flagship Photography: Delivering Next-Level Night Telephoto performance with AiMAGE

HONOR brings your smartphone photography to new heights with the latest advancements in AiMAGE Camera System, delivering unprecedented clarity, stability, and creative control powered by next-generation AI.

Powering the HONOR Magic8 Pro is the industry’s most advanced AI telephoto system to date, featuring a 200MP Ultra Night Telephoto Camera with a large 1/1.4-inch sensor, wide f/2.6 aperture, OIS, and a 3.7x optical zoom. This setup greatly improves light intake, delivering clearer details even at long distances.

The 50MP Ultra Night Main Camera (f/1.6, OIS) and 50MP Ultra-Wide Camera (122 degrees, 2.5cm HD macro) further expand creative possibilities, offering vibrant tone accuracy, natural portrait rendering, and immersive landscapes.

Mobile Photography Adventures with HONOR Magic8 Pro

Let me bring you on my visual storytelling journeys with the HONOR Magic8 Pro, testing out the different capabilities, as well as the different filters on offer. Photos are straight out from the HONOR Magic8 Pro without further editing on other apps.

HONOR Photo 

HONOR Magic Color (Romantic Blue | Golden Autumn | Warm Sunset)

HONOR Classic 

HONOR Flim 

HONOR Portrait

The HONOR Portrait mode would be great for users who like to take portraiture photos of their family, loved ones and friends.  Check out my community cats portraiture series, as well as some wildlife portraiture shot using HONOR Portrait mode.

HONOR Night

The HONOR Night photography capability is highly talked about, observe the original photographs and after AI night upscaling is applied. This capability would be a strong feature, welcomed by users who wish to capture better quality night sceneries with their smartphone. 

Thoughts, Views and Notes on Magic8 Pro mobile photography

The HONOR Magic Color comprising Romantic Blue, Golden Autumn and Warm Sunset gives you a trio of interesting personalised photos effects. They can give you pretty nice effects on the photos that you took. 

When you look at the options from the HONOR Classic segment, you get Vibrant, Authentic and Natural effects. The Magic8 Pro colour science has its own distinct character that users need to like, adapt or select accordingly to the mobile photography situation and context. 

In the HONOR Film options, users can have a selection of different film filters to bring out the fun and nostalgia in mobile photography via the analogue photography film filters on offer, something different from the digital photography that you have been viewing a lot on social media. 

If you are into taking portraitures, I reckon you would have fun with the HONOR Portrait mode that allows you to capture gorgeous and priceless portraits of your family, loved ones and friends, easy to use, producing nice bokeh and sharp portraits. 

Do check out the other photographs shot by others using the HONOR Magic8 Pro on social media platforms, that would give you a more diverse range of photos quality to look at, if this HONOR Magic8 Pro suits your mobile photography preferences and styles. 

Pricing and Availability 

HONOR Magic8 Pro

The HONOR Magic8 Pro is available in Sunrise Gold, Sky Cyan and Black,

12GB + 512GB

The retail price for the 12GB + 512GB variant is $1,499 and is available in all three colours.

16GB + 1TB

The retail price for the 16GB + 1TB variant is $1,699 and will only be available in Black and Sunrise Gold.

Available Sales Channels: 

• HONOR official website
• HONOR Experience Stores: Causeway Point, NEX, Tiong Bahru Plaza, Plaza Singapura, Suntec Malls, Tampines Malls, and Jurong Point
• Official online platforms: Lazada, Shopee, and TikTok Shop
• Authorised retailers: Harvey Norman, Gain City, Best Denki, Courts, Challenger, KrisShop, and POPULAR
• Telcos: M1, Singtel, and Starhub

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Photography

Photography Competitions/Contests

There are still a few photography competitions/contests in August 2025 and beyond. Here are the ones that I am working on in August 2025.

HDB x PSS Photo Competition 

Housing Development Board (HDB) and Photographic Society of Singapore (PSS) has a photo competition with the theme “Heartland Stories: I Love My Home & Community”. If you are into heartland Singapore living and stories, do visit PSS website and check it out.

I would be heading out to different HDB heartlands neighbourhoods, capturing moments, daily living, everyday spaces, architecture, urban landscapes together with my SG60 visual storytelling personal project, curating and submitting for the HDB x PSS photo competition that ends on 17th August 2025.

Experience More with Capture SG60 by RSP & HONOR

HONOR recently launched a foldable smartphone, HONOR Magic V5, and this is Singapore’s SG60 birthday year, HONOR is celebrating this milestone by inviting the public to photograph Singapore’s city architectural journey, from iconic landmarks to everyday spaces. 

This photography competition is jointly organised by HONOR and RSP Architects Planners & Engineers. If you are keen to know more and participate ,visit  https://rsp.design/capturesg60/ and find out more information and details.

Exhibitions 

NUSPS Montage 2025 Seminar in August 2025

The NUSPS Montage 2025 Seminar is taking place on 23rd August 2025, there are talks by professionals, photo exhibition and prize presentation. If you are keen to find out more about NUSPS Montage 2025 Seminar, visit their website https://nusps.org.sg/ for more information and details.

1st National Photography Art Exhibition (NPAE) 2025 in October 2025

I am waiting for more information and details on the 1st National Photography Art Exhibition (NPAE) 2025 that is taking place in October 2025. Keep a lookout for their event!

Visual Storytelling / Content Creation

National Day Parade (NDP) 2025 / SG60 Celebrations in Heartlands

This year is SG60, there are various different types of events, activities and happenings taking place across Singapore, from NDP 2025 to SG60 celebrations in the heartlands. I am planning my SG60 visual storytelling works over this period, within my time and resources constrains. 

SG60 Visual Storytelling Personal Project 

From 1st August 2025 to 10th August 2025, I will be focusing on SG60 themes for that week as National Day Parade 2025 celebrations on 9th August 2025, and SG60 heartland celebrations on 10th August 2025. 

It’s going to be challenging which events to attend, due to time constraints and potential clash of schedules. As I build up, accumulating my SG60 works towards my final SG60 visual storytelling personal project, I hope to have a wide range of SG60 themes, events and memories to curate from, that would go into my finalised project. 

Heritage, Culture, Arts and Performing Arts Sector

I am getting more immersed into the above sectors of heritage, culture, arts and performing arts, photographing, documenting, next up would be writing my visual stories and experiences. From traditional performing arts, to contemporary arts, whenever I am photographing their artworks or performances, it’s also a form of therapy for me. 

There are some discussions on doing more, collaborating with other like-minded heritage advocates in other fields. If this do get moving and gain traction, I would share more details. Meanwhile, keep a lookout for more visual stories of my heritage, culture, arts and performing arts sector.

Getting Ready for Migratory Bird Season from September 2025 onwards 

Come September 2025, I would be getting ready for migratory bird season, there might be some early migratory birds arriving in Singapore. Time to combine my nature, outdoors and birding photography adventures, planning to add more bird photography into my collections, especially those that I have yet to photograph. 

Planning, Changing and Strategising

The second quarter of 2025 wasn’t easy for many of us, the economy is slow and weak, businesses, deals and works are affected, making it very difficult and challenging for those in the various industries. 

Inking up new partnership with a modern new age, all-rounder marketing/digital agency, discussions are ongoing, once it gets more finalised, I would share more updates. In this current difficult and challenging world economy, with even more turbulent times ahead, we all have to adapt and change (constantly and regularly). 

SG60 – Let’s Go Make It Special!

Singapore SG60 birthday celebrations are going into full swing in August 2025, let’s go all make it special, unique and unforgettable!

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Lest We Forget

We sometimes get updates of friends passing on social media channels, while we may not be that close to some of them. Those news still hit us, maybe it’s because of our common photography community bonds, or maybe it’s due to my mid-life stage where I am right now. 

When my very old friend, in our 35th year of friendship (since our secondary school and Scouting adventure) days (and still counting), his Dad passed on recently, our fellow batch of old friends came down to support and gather, paying our last respects, indirectly also a gathering of old friends. 

How many more years of friendships can we count? We are all busy with our respective family, life, business or work. Have we make enough time and effort to meet and catch up with our old friends, or even other family and relatives? 

Life is ?

In our life journey, this question would many a times pop into our mind and heart? What is life all about? Life is not everything colourful, nor everything else black and white. Nothing lasts forever, everything is ephemeral, be it a rainbow or a person’s life journey (whether short, medium or long).

A few recent incidents recently highlighted how some friends may view friendship and even remember things/stuff. Am I forgotten, or am I more of a transactional usage? Life is much simpler in my secondary school era without technology and gadgets taking up our life. 

A More Disunited and Fragmented World

Our world is getting more messy, a more disunited and fragmented world. Our social fabric is turning into more individualism than collective community spirit. The world political situation is getting more uncertain, and also how it would evolve in the next decade. 

Embracing the Ephemeral

Embracing the Ephemeral, everyone has to face this inevitable fact and journey in life, whether we like it or not. 

Taking this time to write my visual stories, even though the world today are not only reading less books, they are also probably reading less elsewhere too. Instead, they might be showing off more on their social media channels, or watching more short form videos/reels that doesn’t go beyond a minute. 

Nevertheless, I will still continue to write, pen down my thoughts, feelings and emotions. There are still some of my family, relatives, friends and readers still reading my visual stories. 

* Photos shot with HONOR Magic7 Pro *

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