Photographer says you only need an Xperia smartphone to capture award-winning photos

15 March 2019
MPA grand prize winner Dominika Koszowska used an Xperia smartphone for the winning shots.

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My Microsoft Lumia 950 XL disagrees. Probably a Nokia Lumia 1020 with external flash would ask Sony to eat its dust.

    Nick Tagataka, 17 Mar 2019I mean, if this photographer used any other recent Chinese ... moreMaybe yes, maybe no.
    But The point of the story is that Xperia obviously has a great camera capable of winning photo competitions, just like some other OEMs.
    And is obviously not as bad as some haters/trolls/rews here would like people to believe.
    If one knows how to properly use it, it can achieve great results.

      Tann Hauser, 16 Mar 2019Yeah, whatever... I see them winning photo competitions all... moreI mean, if this photographer used any other recent Chinese flagship phones instead, she still could've won the photography award. This article only shows how great her photographic skill is, not how great the camera she uses.

        A smart Shooter, 16 Mar 2019I pretty sure they aren't because they wipe the details alo... moreThey don't wipe the details, though, and this is especially true for Google's HDR, where frames are merged in pixel-by-pixel precision using AI to eliminate motion blur and possible local misalignments. The darker the surrounding environment gets, the more superiority multi-frame processing shows over any sort of NR performed on a spatial pixel basis.

          AnonD-731363, 16 Mar 2019Man and one more thing. No matter how much expensive phon... morePrinting on A5 is EXACTLY why I use Xperia phones... because prints turn out superb.
          So I dont get your fboy point about Nokia 9 again. Its bad on more aspects than it is good. Everyone is saying so.

            Anonymous, 16 Mar 2019Xperia can't do proper noise reduction. Camera is always n... moreYeah, whatever... I see them winning photo competitions all around all right.
            Big brand names dont stand a chance against cheap chinese OEMs...
            Yezs...

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              A smart Shooter, 16 Mar 2019I pretty sure they aren't because they wipe the details alo... moreXperia can't do proper noise reduction.
              Camera is always noisy, bad, and below average.
              Even cheap china phones have better camera.

                Nick Tagataka, 16 Mar 2019I'm pretty sure Pixel and iPhone do remove noise through sm... moreI pretty sure they aren't because they wipe the details along with the noise.

                Xperia one reduce the noise on Raw after that save in jpeg, it is way more advanced to reduce noise but also retain the details!

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                  XZ1? nah I dont think so... XZ2 though maybe.. they stepped it up after so many years of crappy cameras.

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                    Tann Hauser, 16 Mar 2019Seriously?! You sure not just a fboy ranting here? I v... moreMan and one more thing.
                    No matter how much expensive phone you have or what SOC it uses.
                    Print your photo to A4 or bigger and you wont like it.
                    No phone even the most expensive cant be compared to even a 5-10 years old DSLR cameras.

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                      Nick Tagataka, 16 Mar 2019Midrange Xperia 10 produces some great results, so much bet... moreWell i dont think so.
                      But if the phone will be available in Slovakia i am intend to buy and then i will tell you.
                      Now i can just judge from peple who use this phone and own it.

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                        Tann Hauser, 16 Mar 2019Seriously?! You sure not just a fboy ranting here? I v... moreMan its a best bokeh camera for sure but is exceptional on other qualities as well.
                        Sony Samsung Huawei or that google pixel cant compete.
                        They cost lot more but preform far worse.

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                          Anonymous, 16 Mar 2019you dont know about sony sensors, iphone,samsung huawei al... moreMan whenn comes to camera at end of every year where the best phones are always disclosed there never ever was a sony device.

                            Anonymous, 15 Mar 2019According to what they explained ... Any phone from any ... moreI'm pretty sure Pixel and iPhone do remove noise through smart multi-frame stacking before converting the image into JPEG.

                              AnonD-731363, 16 Mar 2019Man everybody can confirms than Nokia pureview is best came... moreMidrange Xperia 10 produces some great results, so much better detail rendition than previous Sony flagships. Xperia 1 will surely perform great if it will have the same camera software. Nokia 9 is the best camera? Well, at first I believed it, but then some samples started to show up and now I'm losing interest. Great RAW capability and bokeh mode, but man its low-light performance is downright disappointing, comparable to 2015 flagships.

                                AnonD-731363, 16 Mar 2019Man everybody can confirms than Nokia pureview is best came... moreSeriously?!
                                You sure not just a fboy ranting here?

                                I ve watched a couple of Nokia 9 camera tests and compares to other and....
                                Its definitely the best bokeh camera, but everything else is really, really not good, especially low light, and video...
                                And everybody is noticing it in their reviews.
                                Some of the worse Ive seen in a while. And to have to wait 5 to 10 seconds for every single shot to be processed, just for good portraits and bokeh...
                                cmon fella...
                                Its nice tech idea, but the implementation... is disasterous.
                                Maybe they ll improve it by updates... maybe they wont, I doubt the SoC can do any better with them 3 extra camera data too many.

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                                  AnonD-731363, 16 Mar 2019Man everybody can confirms than Nokia pureview is best came... moreyou dont know about sony sensors, iphone,samsung huawei all using sony sensors for their latest cameras. you may judge sony phones but not their sensor technology.

                                    Nothing more true. Speaking from my personal experience Xperia camera modules have hidden settings than can make third party apps amazing to use. Plus best camera quality and best prices on Sony! Nokia died a long time ago when Toshiba stopped making 808 sensors - the other devices were crap. Samsung copied Sony sensors with no quality at all just a gimmick noise reduction algorithms, Huawei the same, Xiaomi meh. Only Pixels to compete with Xperia in real life true quality results. This is among few best and pertinent GSMA posts!

                                      Do you capture the image with your Huawei Samsung iPhone same as photographer? If no then this why you are here to giving bad comments.

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                                        Anonymous, 15 Mar 2019Still, Sony Xperia flagship phone from last year have bette... moreMan everybody can confirms than Nokia pureview is best camera phone out now.
                                        Sony cant compete.
                                        Their camera is crap.
                                        Their sensors are crap.
                                        Stop talking nonsense.

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