Behind the scenes look at how a Xiaomi 14 Ultra was used to film "Roma Noir"

26 February 2024
The Ultra , along with the Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4, were used instead of traditional cameras and monitors.

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  • 29 Feb 2024

Anonymous, 28 Feb 2024snoy only give 2 years of OS update even for their most exp... moreI never about having the "short" OS update, especially when people who buy phones through carriers always change it every year or two anyway.

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    • 28 Feb 2024

    Anonymous, 28 Feb 2024Horrible pricing? Not in my country. In fact, both the Xper... moresnoy only give 2 years of OS update even for their most expensive phone, enjoy

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      • 28 Feb 2024

      Anonymous, 27 Feb 2024Sony have horrible pricing, limited availability, and the s... moreHorrible pricing? Not in my country. In fact, both the Xperia 1 v and Xperia 5 v in my country is actually cheaper than both Apple's iPhone 15 Pro Max and iPhone 15 Pro with similar 256GB storage.

      Xiaomi isn't actually doing any better in software support. There are even several 13 Ultra users who still didn't get Android 14 with HyperOS 1.0 update.

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        • 27 Feb 2024

        ThankGodItsFriday, 27 Feb 2024I'm not surprised to see smartphones in film making an... moreSony have horrible pricing, limited availability, and the software support is arguably even worse than midrange Xiaomi.

          At the end of the day, it's not about having the best-grade equipment or hardware. It's about what you can do with them. It's not surprising to see a lot of people leave their dedicated DSLR/Mirrorless camera behind and only use smartphones as the primary photography and/or videography gear.

            Anton el .PAPI, 26 Feb 2024Also Nokia DID this with the Nokia N8 and then Microsoft wi... moreI dont understand your point you try to make with the phone prices. 10-15 years ago phones were cheaper if we look back to that time with the wallet we have now and not with the wallet we had at the time 10-15 years ago. All these phones were expensive at that time these were released as these were top end flagship phones

              I'm not surprised to see smartphones in film making anymore. What does surprise me is that Samsung has yet to reach this level of quality. As an avid Samsung user, I would like very much for Samsung to develop a "creator phone" of sorts, with attachable lenses and such.

              I love Samsung's tech, and I wouldn't really use anything else, but even I realize that other manufacturers have better cams than Samsung's devices. Maybe they need help from Sony? IIRC, Sony puts some of their best camera sensors in their devices, yet they go mostly unnoticed by the general public. I guess it's because the software is too limiting?

              Anyhow, here's hoping others can prove Samsung phones are actually worth being used for movie making in some capacity.

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                • 27 Feb 2024

                I Just Read, 26 Feb 2024With any supporting evidence , just a hunch Xiaomi releases... more>quoting Applel and Samshill to accuse Xiao mi of deception
                what did he mean by this?

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                  • 26 Feb 2024

                  Anton el .PAPI, 26 Feb 2024Also Nokia DID this with the Nokia N8 and then Microsoft wi... moreThey literally upped their game with software support. I even got my HyperOS update last month. Which is also the main reason I bought a Xiaomi phone for the first time.

                    They can use whatever marketing they want and impress me till my jaw reaches the floor.... I'm standing my ground, it's too damn expensive

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                      • 26 Feb 2024

                      Vasra, 26 Feb 2024The quality is nowhere near the similar "short films&q... moreKeep the iPhone aside which can shoot ProRes RAW.
                      You are seriously trying to convince yourself that S23U/24U's horrible oversharpened 720p upscaled to 4K is better than the 14 Ultra's 10 Bit Log footage (also capable of RAW video)?! A 1 inch sensor with f1.6 aperture with dual native ISO according to you produces worse image quality than the horrible 1/1.3 inch 200 MP HP2 sensor on the 23U/24U?!

                      Mate have you used a real mirrorless camera? If not then you never tasted raw image quality with soft natural details. Would pick an image with minimal processing over oversharpened junk any day of the week.

                        The quality is nowhere near the similar "short films" shot with iPhone and Galaxy S Ultras. Dynamic range, low light performance and focussing are still behind the best.

                        Xiaomi is still behind in real-time processing, even though their sensors and lenses might be good.

                        Oh well, maybe next year.

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                          • 26 Feb 2024

                          Anonymous, 26 Feb 2024Giztop has the titanium version available. $1599. For me it’s 2000 dollar with tax

                            With any supporting evidence , just a hunch Xiaomi releases a lot of phone,ls Now the buzz is on the film, this then leads back to the phone so film goers XIAOMI 14 flagship phone....Yada yada yada.. essentially Cross Marketing

                            Not the first
                            https://www.gsmarena.com/star_wars_director_shoots_short_film_using_the_iphone_11_pro-news-39468.php
                            Or this
                            https://www.gsmarena.com/ridley_scott_used_a_galaxy_s23_ultra_to_shoot_a_short_film-news-57458.php
                            Or even
                            https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_partners_with_movie_directors_to_shoot_films_entirely_on_galaxy_s21_ultra-news-51374.php

                            @ pl2rts smaller camera not a phone camera District 9 2009 film. Google

                            "Because of the amount of hand-held shooting required for the film, the producers and crew decided to shoot using the digital Red One 4K camera. Cinematographer Trent Opaloch used nine digital Red Ones owned by Peter Jackson for primary filming."

                            The worrying aspect of this is I CANNOT FIND SONY ANYWHERE so so embarrassing.

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                              • 26 Feb 2024

                              Giztop has the titanium version available.
                              $1599.

                                pl2rts, 26 Feb 2024Wasn't like the movie District 9 2009 fully filmed wit... moreAlso Nokia DID this with the Nokia N8 and then Microsoft with the lumia 930 but the difference from that to this is that those devices. or they cost 1500 dollars! This is true and even worse, Xiaomi is not reliable when it comes to being responsible with software support

                                  Rosso, 26 Feb 2024Deal with this is, it shows what it can do, it's incre... moreWasn't like the movie District 9 2009 fully filmed with iphone ?
                                  I kind of remember one movie was filmed with the iphone before so i dont see much of a problem doing it now 15 years later when the digital cameras have advanced a lot.

                                  Never mind that all the filtering and editing will be still done with computers and how much of the quality is left from the raw material that got filmed in the first place

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                                    • 26 Feb 2024

                                    Hills od, 26 Feb 2024Lol good for them to come up with this kinda marketing but ... moreDeal with this is, it shows what it can do, it's incredible that a phone is now capable of such footage

                                    But it requires so much tinkering and equipment that 99% will never even use partly, let alone fully

                                      GSMArena should stop using real cameras to record and take photos for reviews and YouTube... let's see how people notice it.

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                                        • 26 Feb 2024

                                        Paying way too much for marketing is the reason us end users have to suffer such price tags

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