vivo X200 Ultra is getting an add-on zoom lens
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- 15 Apr 2025
This is just a copy of xiaomi 12s ultra 😭
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- 12 Apr 2025
I find it funny expressing "x" zoom factors in reference to 23 mm focal length this phone doesn't have :)
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- 12 Apr 2025
Fa14bi, 11 Apr 2025A 5 Times sensor on the 16pro max that that is more than Ti... moreApple user spotted. IPhone cameras are terrible. All my family members except one has one, and I've seen the camera quality, it's blurry as hell.
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- 12 Apr 2025
Hope this lens is also compatible with x200 pro
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- mVv
- 11 Apr 2025
Anonymous, 10 Apr 2025"Add-on zoom lens" really, you people think it�... morewhy would I use an DSLR when a 5 Times lighter to carry around Phone setup does 95% of the Job?
If you are a Professional Photographer and want to earn money from your photos, get that last 5% of quality and take the DSLR, otherwise, why would I carry around so much right just to have to edit every picture for at least 5 Minutes to get that extra 5% of quality, it is not worth the effort or Time if you aren't ending up making money from it.
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- 11 Apr 2025
Anonymous, 10 Apr 2025I cba to carry around more stuff than I already do. Wonder ... moreA 5 Times sensor on the 16pro max that that is more than Times smaller than the 3.7 Times lens on the Vivo.
Center crop the Vivo to 7.4Times and you still have an 7.4x times zoom on 50MP and an Vurtual 1/2.8 Sensor.
That is still larger than the 1/3.08 5Times zoom on rhe iPhone.
Then Vivo can center crop again to 12.5MP at 1/5.6 and now the Virtual sensor is too small to be of any use at night but you do get 14.8Times clear daylight Photos.
The iPhone would be using 1.3MP @ 1/9.0 sensor at 15Times zoom which is in comparison to the Vivo completely unusable. Samsung would have 5.2MP native resolution @ 1/7.65 sensor size.
To conclude, Vivo simply outclasses them both in terms of hardware for zooming in pictures.
So does the new Xiaomi 15Ultra as well, but Xiaomi struggles a bit with the virtual center crop sensor software.
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- 11 Apr 2025
It's basically pointless, just like what Xiaomi did with their latest series. It loses the portability of a smartphone and can't keep up with the mirrorless camera. Unless it's somewhat a package like you get the whole kit when you purchase the phone, there won't be any chance for professional camera wannabe.
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- Nick Tegrataker
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- 11 Apr 2025
pl2rts, 10 Apr 2025So you need to hold it on the rear of the phone with your h... moreLook at the image closely, the phone is in Vivo's own photography kit case, and it is clearly mounted on the sheet that covers the entire camera module. You have to hold it this way because it would make the phone very front-heavy, but the lens itself is fixed on the phone in one way or another when you use it.
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- 11 Apr 2025
Anonymous, 10 Apr 2025I cba to carry around more stuff than I already do. Wonder ... moreits portrait mm, not just zoom numbers
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- 11 Apr 2025
Anonymous, 10 Apr 2025Yeah, but those sensors are far smaller and lower-res; the ... moreIts a 200mp sensor. I think thats high-res.
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- 11 Apr 2025
pl2rts, 11 Apr 2025Dont post Chinese links they dont work outside of China or ... moreMy Apologies, here is the same picture from x...
https://x.com/ZionsAnvin/status/1910212039999447463
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- 11 Apr 2025
Anonymous, 10 Apr 2025No, the lens has a mount that attaches to the phone like a ... moreDont post Chinese links they dont work outside of China or at least in Europe dont
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- 10 Apr 2025
I think that such an add-on lens (in this case a 2.35x teleconverter) could be nice, if it's well implemented. This means that there needs to be autofocus and image stabilization and it shouldn't be cumbersome to attach it to the phone. It also shouldn't block the other smartphone cameras. And of course the image quality must be good.
Maybe it would make more sense to attach a larger tele camera (in a similar way as Xiaomi's micro four thirds camera module prototype) instead of attaching a lens to an existing camera.
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- 10 Apr 2025
Anonymous, 10 Apr 2025I cba to carry around more stuff than I already do. Wonder ... moreYeah, but those sensors are far smaller and lower-res; the only point at which it would be better is during the day, at 5x to about 8x.
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- 10 Apr 2025
I'm very much into hi res raws and eND on samsung, but this looks equally interesting.
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- g5f
- 10 Apr 2025
Bird photography monster 😂
This vs. 300-600mm f4 lens would be interesting,
can't fight in low light, but for daylight photo/video...
Wait... it can probably record 8K... most full size cameras can't 😳😂
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- 10 Apr 2025
brsdrgn, 10 Apr 2025Are you people serious?
Like do you really consider tha... moreWell i judge it from the pictures in the article where i cant see it in the other way around. Even on the picture one hand is holding the telescope like that. The other picture of the thing dont even show any connection mechanism for it.
By the way even things like that in Aliexpress for 20 euro have a mount that attach to the phone so it wont move. I can't see any of that in this article so that is why i wrote it like that
Classical holding dont make sense when there is no thing that is shown how it connects with the camera island or something. Does it use vacuum or something ? Other phones with that type of thing have at least pictures made for not have misunderstandings like i have with this one
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- Francisco Morgado
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- 10 Apr 2025
How is this going to autofocus? Its probably everything manual... How is it going to hold charge?
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- Anonymous
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- 10 Apr 2025
pl2rts, 10 Apr 2025So you need to hold it on the rear of the phone with your h... moreNo, the lens has a mount that attaches to the phone like a camera. it locks in to the phone.
You can see in this picture the mount on the bottom of the lens. You'll also notice there is a push lock button to release the lens on the phone.
https://wx2.sinaimg.cn/large/005TE1z5gy1i0br0ddt6dj32qf4uznpd.jpg
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- 10 Apr 2025
Anonymous, 10 Apr 2025I cba to carry around more stuff than I already do. Wonder ... moreThat 5x from iPhone and other is worse than from Vivo