TREE NEWS update: Honor Terminal CEO Li Jian said in a livestream that the Honor Magic9 series now supports Arri’s LogC3 cinematic color pipeline for video and movie Live Photos, and that the company is working to adapt the Arri imaging mode to still photography. Li disclosed the roadmap during the broadcast event.
Honor CEO: Arri imaging mode being adapted for still photography
Honor is extending a cinema-grade color pipeline beyond video into stills, which matters because it signals that phone makers now treat professional color science as a differentiator rather than a video-only feature. The move affects enthusiast photographers and creators who want consistent grading across capture modes, and it puts pressure on rivals to secure similar partnerships. Whether the still-photo adaptation actually ships, and how much of Arri's pipeline survives the translation to a single frame, is the open question.
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