Xiaomi 15 Ultra officially showcased, camera specs also revealed

25 February 2025
It is coming with a 200 MP telephoto lens.

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indlvarn, 25 Feb 2025In Pixels you can tweak brightness, white balance, sharpnes... morei did touch on that :

"Yeah you can tweak white balance later but that's one more step for no reason, additionally if you input a changed white balance beforehand then let's say if you warm up the color temperature during sunset then when the scene has cold lighting, it'll look too warm."

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    • 25 Feb 2025

    That looks like an ultra. Hopefully its not top heavy.

      jiyen235, 25 Feb 2025there's nothing wrong with having a preference, being ... moreIn Pixels you can tweak brightness, white balance, sharpness before taking the photo though.

        indlvarn, 25 Feb 2025Xiaomi 15 Ultra will definitely have slightly better zoom t... moreEssentially, the Vivo's going to be an all rounder whereas Xiaomi's targeting the "zoom king" moniker.

          Anonymous, 25 Feb 2025Some people (or me) just prefer depressing (or, wait for it... morethere's nothing wrong with having a preference, being locked into that without any option of switching is the issue. If Google or Samsung had built in styles like "natural" (what i want) or "neutral" (what you want) then we'd both be happy. That's my point. We should get both. These brands brag about software yet dont give us much in terms of software.

          So we essentially dont get either amazing hardware or amazing software on Google or Samsung phones.

          Oh and you can easily tune down the saturation on a Vivo, you can easily go to Master Mode on Oppo and you can also just easily switch to Leica Authentic on Xiaomi if that's what you want. That's what i was talking about, choice.

          Btw, you're forgetting what "natural" means. Natural means taking a photo of the real world as it is. Google and Samsung are NOT natural. For instance, if it's an evening shot, the sun will be setting down and the lighting will be warm. Google and Samsung will correct the white balance so that instead of the scene being lit up by the beautiful warm light of the sun, it feels like the scene is lit up by white office led lights. Absolutely lifeless and depressing stuff. Yeah you can tweak white balance later but that's one more step for no reason, additionally if you input a changed white balance beforehand then let's say if you warm up the color temperature during sunset then when the scene has cold lighting, it'll look too warm.

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            • 25 Feb 2025

            I just noticed that the source mentions the size of the effective lens diameter of the periscope camera: 9.4mm , so it's slightly smaller than the current record (9.89mm Honor Magic7 RSR) and this means that the field of view is actually slightly wider than 100mm: Should be roughly 92.5mm

              Darth Caesium, 25 Feb 2025Well, I'm not so knowledgeable on RAWs, so I don'... moreAnd afaik regular raws use just 10-bit adc and no gain combination.

                Xiaomi 15 Ultra will definitely have slightly better zoom than Vivo x200 Ultra 100mm versus 85mm, but Vivo will have significantly better ultrawide (LYT-818 1/1,28'' vs JN5 1/2,76'' in Xiaomi), better video - Vivo wants to shine with it and better selfie camera (we already saw selfie photo made by Xiaomi 15 Ultra 32mp camera and it was pretty average). I would not say Xiaomi must be better in overall, but it will be matter of preference who uses phone for videos/ultrawide or for longer zoom more.
                In my opinion, Oppo find X8 Ultra can be most balanced from these three, large all 4 cameras, from ultrawide to 6x zoom.

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                  jiyen235, 25 Feb 2025"you WILL get heavily processed, artificial shots and ... moreSome people (or me) just prefer depressing (or, wait for it, natural real world colouring) filters.

                  Thats where most iphones or samsungs can appeal most people.
                  I dont even like the bright and sunshines on some of these chinese phones you listed.

                    Darth Caesium, 25 Feb 2025Well, I'm not so knowledgeable on RAWs, so I don'... moreI think what they get wrong is it's better to have too much raw than too little even if it needs to be tonemapped to smaller depth like 8-, 10- or 12-bit.

                      vik457, 25 Feb 2025Do you know where that commenter above is wrong?Well, I'm not so knowledgeable on RAWs, so I don't know if Xiaomi has fake RAWs like the commenter claims they do. If that claim is true, though, then he's correct that you can't take advantage of the 14-bit colour information, as JPEG really is limited to 8-bit colour (besides through hacky implementations like Google's Ultra HDR — never understood why they didn't just adopt JPEG XL instead)

                        Darth Caesium, 25 Feb 2025As in you're probably right.Do you know where that commenter above is wrong?

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                          Darth Caesium, 25 Feb 2025Sure, but a more updated version would be welcome. Not that... moreI don't think so.

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                            vik457, 25 Feb 2025What I think will happen: -ov50x main cam -1/1,3" 3x... more14-bit , so people can still only use jpeg ( that is always 8bit) ?
                            Unless you shoot raw ( another brand that does not use real raw), you can't take advantage

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                              Anonymous, 25 Feb 2025Full Frame has sensor about 8x larger than Lyt900. No com... moreLet's see what happens between the next few years. Tech is advancing; our smartphones are becoming little cameras!

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                                YUKI93, 25 Feb 2025I'm amazed to see Xiaomi can still manage to give thre... moreIt is unknown if 100mm is real or digital crop.
                                Remember other past mi series had something like 6X mm on manual , but output was 75mm on auto mode.

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                                  David 040882, 25 Feb 2025I swear, you've got to be a vivo representative since ... moreSure not 😊

                                  But I've been following the hardware specs of this phone very closely since it was rumored to be coming at the end of 2024.

                                  I think the battle of the Ultra devices for 2025 promises to be epic.

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                                    AnonD-1187531, 25 Feb 2025Sorry. I was talking about those big chunky cameras. 😁 &... moreFull Frame has sensor about 8x larger than Lyt900.
                                    No combo ( lens + software ) can help.

                                    Even sony zv-1 is better than any phone.

                                      AnonD-1187531, 25 Feb 2025samsung does have a imx882 counterpart; the isocell gn8.Sure, but a more updated version would be welcome. Not that the GN8 is bad, but it's starting to become a bit outdated.

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                                        Darth Caesium, 25 Feb 2025If Samsung makes a 1/1.95"-type version of the JN5, an... moresamsung does have a imx882 counterpart; the isocell gn8.

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