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| Xiaomi presents a mobile phone mockup that looks like a professional camera |
Xiaomi has introduced a smartphone prototype developed with the Mi 12S Ultra smartphone, which is capable of adding lenses to take pictures like a professional camera.
The Chinese tech giant has successfully bridged the gap between smartphones and professional digital cameras with the launch of the Mi 12S Ultra smartphone, which features a relatively large 1-inch image sensor but features lens-like specs like traditional smartphones.
Today, a video was posted on YouTube showing a prototype made by Xiaomi using the Mi 12S Ultra phone. Like the latter, it has a 1-inch image sensor but without a fixed lens, as it is designed for use with Leica M lenses, which makes it similar to a professional camera, especially with support for some imaging tools, such as: Peak - focus and histogram, and support for capturing raw images 10 Bit.
To protect the large sensor, Xiaomi added a glass layer to the model and mentioned it in the video as a secondary sensor, where the prototype can take pictures thanks to the same main camera as any regular smartphone. . Mi 12S Ultra has a 1-inch sensor and 23mm lens as well as an ultra-wide-angle camera.
It should be noted that other companies such as Sony supported the addition of lenses for smartphones before Xiaomi, but the lenses of these phones do not come into direct contact with the phone's sensor, which leads to a loss of light and image quality. With Xiaomi phones, the situation is different because the lens sends light directly to the sensor.
The prototype developed by Xiaomi looks like an unparalleled 1-inch camera when the lens is attached. But unlike those cameras, the device has advanced computing power thanks to the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chip.
In the video, Xiaomi did not reveal all the specifications of the prototype, as well as the possibility of recording. But the upcoming Mi 13 Pro is said to have a 1-inch sensor and the company could launch a special edition similar to the prototype.