Honor Magic 9 Pro Max Adopts 87 ARRI Looks and LogC3 Workflow
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Updated · Digital Camera World · Nov 4
Honor Magic 9 Pro Max Adopts 87 ARRI Looks and LogC3 Workflow
3 articles · Updated · Digital Camera World · Nov 4
Summary
Honor’s Magic 9 Pro Max was tested at ARRI’s Los Angeles studio, where its new cinema mode produced color that tracked surprisingly closely to footage from an ARRI camera.
ARRI’s contribution goes beyond filters: Honor says it rebuilt the phone’s video pipeline and tuned its H1 imaging chip to follow ARRI’s LogC3 curve, aiming to fit existing professional LUT and grading workflows.
Up to 87 downloadable ARRI looks — with 14 pre-installed — can be baked into SDR or HDR video, while ARRI Cinema Mode also appears to reduce the aggressive sharpening seen on some earlier Honor phones.
Stabilization looked strong in testing, but the enhanced electronic mode crops the frame and still falls short of a true gimbal, leaving the phone’s sensor and lens limits intact.
The partnership’s broader pitch is not to replace cinema cameras, but to make smartphone footage easier to match and use inside established filmmaking workflows.