ASUS Zenfone Zoom is one of the new smartphone offerings of ASUS for 2016. If you have been following my Social Media accounts (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter) and you’ve seen my previous post I’m sure you already know that I went to Cebu this weekend to see Sinulog up close. Asus Philippines flew me in with some other bloggers from Manila and Davao to be one one of the first to test the new ASUS Zenfone Zoom at one of the colorful, eye-catcching and most-attended festival in the country to welcome 2015, the Sinulog Festival.
Before leaving Manila, ASUS sent us a Zenfone Max as well so we can use it to take pictures or videos for our personal travel diary of our first blogging related trip of 2016 as we can #SeeMoreWithFullCharge with this new smartphone (more details later).
As we landed in Cebu we were escorted by the ASUS Philippines PR team to take us to home for the weekend and the event venue for the ASUS Zenfone Zoom launch at the Marriott Hotel.
Lo and behold, the world’s thinnest 3x optical-zoom smartphone with 3x HOYA lens. The ASUS Zenfone Zoom revolutionizes smartphone photography because of its DSLR-quality photography , so that we can all enjoy and indulge in the experience of taking photos with our smartphone — something we Filipinos love to do (including me!)
Specs: 64-bit quad-core power, 4GB RAM, 250Mbit/s LTE and Full HD display, Corning Gorilla Glass 4 display, 128GB memory, 3000mah non-removable lithium polymer battery, 13MP rear and 5MP front cam. with 3x Optical Zoom, Macro Photography, 0.03 Laser Auto Focus, Low Light Mode, Optical Zoom for Video and Panoramic Selfie features. Comes in Pure leather back cover, in black, and white (not sure if the orange will be available in the Philippines!)
Yep can’t help but admire this monster high-end smartphone camera of ASUS!
So, to give us the full experience, we explored Cebu Cathedral and the historical Magellan’s Cross during the festivities. Competing with the crowd (to take better angles) and with each other (as we were group into teams for a fun photography contest) armed with the Max and the Zoom .
Viva Pit Senyor, was the parade of the Sto. Nino with the fast movement of the carousel and the people waving their hands, it was amazing that I was able to get a stabilized shot like this using the ASUS Zenfone Zoom (0.03 Laser Auto Focus feature check – a fast moving subeckt as the focus of the shot).
It was difficult to take a shot because the gates were closed and there were many people around throwing in different colored candles at the Magellan’s Cross, but the Zoom took a perfect shot with drama using the Low Light Setting , you can also read the text on the cross if you zoom it in.
Using the Optical Zoom function of the Video setting . We were challenged to have a foreigner/tourist say with Pit Senyor sa Tanan , we went to find a random tourist during the Sinulog Festival 2016 Grand Carouselle Parade and here is the finish product:
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