At the beginning of 2024, in addition to the continued polishing of various super large cup models, almost all new flagship brands have been launched. Unsurprisingly, the press conferences of various companies still focus on the word "image" mobile phone The "roll" of the image makes the short board of the "bucket" of the image no longer exist on the Super Bowl flagship mobile phone, and it is a good picture to take at any time.
Under the crazy inner volume, technology and hardware are no longer the key to determine the outcome. What tests the image strength of manufacturers is the unique tone and style formed on the basis of software and hardware tuning. "How to make the barrel beautiful and unique, and make the long board longer" has become the key to a new round of competition. In this article, we will compare from different dimensions OPPO Find X The images of 7 Ultra, Xiaomi 13 Ultra and iPhone 15 Pro Max are the flagship of the Super Cup.
The three mobile phones are the flagship of each Super Bowl, but each has its own characteristics. One is the world's first double periscope flagship just released by OPPO this year. It not only has new software and hardware technologies such as the LYT900 one inch sole and the new generation of superlight image engine, but also has the Hasu legend evolved again, bringing the use experience and imaging to a new height;
One is the flagship of the Super Cup image jointly developed by Xiaomi and Leica last year. It has Leica's one inch variable aperture main camera and Leica's optical full focus section four camera, achieving a full dimensional leap in Xiaomi's image capability;
Finally, the flagship of the annual super large cup of iPhone with a new five times optical telephoto is also the peak of the current image strength of iPhone. No matter at any time, its balanced image strength will be one of the objects for comparison of each super large cup.
Who can make further progress on the track of image and lengthen the board infinitely? Let's have a look.
In order to restore users' real shooting scenes and habits as much as possible, we compared the three super cups from three perspectives: telephoto, portrait and wide-angle. The portrait is shot in portrait mode, and the rest are in default mode. The specific parameters of the three mobile phone lenses are shown as follows:
Portrait - Charm of Hassou Portrait by Reducing Dimension
In the era of social media prevalence, mobile photography has become an important way for people to record their lives and share information. The default photography mode alone can no longer meet everyone's needs for photographing people. The portrait mode, with its unique background illusion effect, targeted optimization and other rich functions, makes it easy for every user to control, shooting as three-dimensional as oil painting The exquisite and layered portrait has become one of the functions that are deeply loved by users.
The use of portrait mode has a variety of scenes. Whether it is daily self portraits, party mementos or travel cards, it can add a sense of art and refinement to the photos. We used portrait mode to shoot and compare different scenes indoors and outdoors. It was cloudy when shooting outdoors.
1. Outdoor standard portrait in cloudy days
In this photo taken in portrait mode, Xiaomi 13 Ultra's face is obviously red in the overcast and insufficient light environment. At the same time, detailed dark corners are added around the screen, so the overall photo is also dark. At the same time, the cup on the hand is too rich in color, giving a sense of "rollover". The iPhone 15 Pro Max is as true as ever. The color performance in the default portrait mode is good. At the same time, the flaws on the faces of the characters are also "intact". The background of the characters is somewhat blurred, but the overall appearance of the photos is not good.
In contrast, OPPO Find X7 Ultra's performance in this scene is remarkable. On the one hand, it highlights the main body of the character through the background virtualization, and at the same time, the face of the character has a certain degree of brightness and beautification. The face is clearer and three-dimensional, and the beauty degree can be said to be just right, which is good for the color restoration of the orange cup in the hand.
2. Outdoor portrait capture on cloudy days
In this photo, when the character is in motion, the performance of the three mobile phones is good, and the background is relatively natural. The color performance of the iPhone 15 Pro Max is slightly poor, and the face and hands of the character are slightly red and dim, which visually shows the feeling of the character's mental state is not good. Compared with the previous photo, Xiaomi 13 Ultra has made a lot of progress in performance. With the help of the variable aperture, the virtual background of the characters is more natural and comfortable. The face is moderately brightened and beautified, and there is no reddish phenomenon. The disadvantage is that the clothes of the characters and the orange yellow cup held by the hands are biased, and the virtual image is not in place near the ears of the characters.
OPPO Find X7 Ultra is still stable, the characters have a natural look, and the face is ruddy after appropriate optimization. The color restoration of cups and clothes is closer to reality, while the fold details of clothes pockets are also preserved.
3. Indoor standard portrait
In the indoor portrait mode, Xiaomi 13 Ultra shows obvious overexposure in this photo. The person's face is too bright, and the color of the clothes is also distorted. The iPhone 15 Pro Max retains and restores the details of the person's face, and performs well. OPPO Find X7 Ultra also depicts the details of the characters' faces and clothes, and beautifies the faces to a certain extent, but this photo has slightly heavy skin abrasion marks.
4. Indoor standard portrait 2
Under the condition of sufficient indoor light, the portrait mode of the three flagship Super Large Cups is quite brilliant. It is worth mentioning that we let the little sister make minor repairs according to her usual habits in this group of photos. OPPO Find X7 Ultra has a high degree of virtualization of the background of the characters, which highlights the main body of the characters. For facial details, such as hair, eyebrows, and the lines of the nose, the lines are more soft. Through the control and natural transition of the details from the jaw to the neck, the characters' faces are more three-dimensional and layered.
In contrast, the style of the photos taken by Xiaomi 13 Ultra is different from that of OPPO. The faces of the characters are more ruddy and bloody. The facial features are also more three-dimensional, and the overall appearance is good. However, the treatment of hair is slightly rough, which is easy to mix with the emptiness of the background.
The background of the iPhone 15 Pro Max is less blurred than that of OPPO and Xiaomi. In contrast, it does not highlight the main body of the character. At the same time, the details of the face, such as the fine lines of the corners of the eyes and the light dark circles of the eyes, are retained. The overall style is still biased towards restoration and reality, and the later space is relatively large.
5. Comparison and summary of portrait
Through the comparison of the above several different scenes, OPPO's advantages have been clearly highlighted, no matter whether the indoor and outdoor light is sufficient, and whether the characters are in motion, OPPO was able to take good photos, and the overall color restoration was good. Instead of choosing "mindless" to enhance the beauty of the face, the figure not only retained the details of the face, but also made the appearance more comfortable, and retained the details of the dark, making the figure more three-dimensional through the contrast of light and shade.
Xiaomi 13 Ultra is more picky about the environment. It can shoot good portraits in good light, and the background is virtual and natural. However, when the environment light is insufficient, it is easy to "roll over" in the case of overexposure or darkness.
The portrait of the iPhone 15 Pro Max has a good analytical power. Its main focus is restoration and reality, and the details of the face and the whole can be well preserved. However, compared with the other two companies, it is not so famous, and there is still a certain gap in appearance.
Long Focus: Hasu vs Leica
Just as fashion is a reincarnation, if there is no new trend, then retro is not wrong, so is mobile phone. If you ask what is the retro trend of mobile phone images in the past year, there is no doubt that it is the return of periscopic telephoto. From the flagship of the Super Cup to the mid end cost-effective models, we can see that the telephoto has once again become the standard configuration.
On the super large cup model, the periscope telephoto has been played with new tricks, and even a double periscope lens has appeared, making the focus section coverage of the phone more complete, which not only improves the frequency of daily use but also increases the upper limit of image creation.
The telephoto is once again valued by major manufacturers because of its practicability and indispensability in photography. From the simplest point of view, telephoto means that the phone can shoot farther, which also means that it can help us capture the details farther away.
In addition, the telephoto can also achieve a better depth of field effect, help us shrink the perspective, highlight the main shooting, and so on. Among the three super large cup mobile phones compared today, OPPO Find X7 Ultra is the world's first dual periscope telephoto camera, a 65mm 3x periscope telephoto camera, and a 135mm 6x periscope telephoto lens, all supporting OIS anti shake.
1. Tele focus contrast
Xiaomi 13 Ultra is also equipped with two telephoto lenses, but the default focus segment is slightly different. One 75mm 3.2x telephoto lens and one 120mm 5x telephoto lens also support OIS anti shake. In contrast, the iPhone 15 Pro Max is slightly "plain", and only uses a 120mm 5x telephoto lens.
Three mobile phones use telephoto lens to shoot in different scenes. The specific live shot samples are as follows:
From the photos of three different scenes, we can see that in the scene with complex light and color, the three super large cup flagship have good analytical power and good color restoration. Xiaomi and iPhone are the default 5X 120mm focal section, and OPPO uses the default 6X 135mm focal section for shooting. By contrast, the black and white color on the wall is mottled, the white part of the wall in the photos taken by iPhone will be more white, and Xiaomi and OPPO will be closer to the true color of the wall. Similarly, when the sunset shines in the building gap, Xiaomi and OPPO are warm orange, which is closer to reality and more vivid in appearance, while the iPhone is cold and white yellow, and the overall picture is plain.
Figure 2: Taking a picture of the moon in the sky in the distance through the cracks in the building, Xiaomi's stylization is more obvious, and the handling of the shadow of the building is more radical. The building is generally dark, while iPhone and OPPO retain more details. OPPO is better than iPhone in the handling of light and shade, and the edge will be clearer when zoomed in.
The elements in Figure 3 are more complex, including not only the sky, leaves, but also houses and buildings. As shown in Figure 1, the iPhone is still monochromatic in color, and the color of the wall is slightly distorted. The original wall in the sunset is orange, Photos taken by iPhone show a pinkish look, while Xiaomi and OPPO perform well in color differentiation, whether it is the characters of building signboards, the color of walls or the red stripe decoration at the bottom, they can restore their own colors. On the sky and leaves on the left side of the picture, the leaves taken by Xiaomi and the nearby sky are slightly overexposed, and the sky is graying as a whole. The sky color of OPPO is more pure, and the light and dark details of the leaves are better handled.
2. Comparison of telephoto depth of field effect
As mentioned earlier, the telephoto can also achieve a better depth of field effect, helping us focus on the shooting subject. In this picture of nails on the wall, OPPO's photos are obviously better than the other two. When shooting, we focus on the nail on the wall, but the iPhone macro trigger distance is very close. Once the lens is slightly far away, it will automatically exit the macro mode. It is difficult to focus, so the final shot is out of focus, and the nail is blurred. Xiaomi is also similar. When clicking the nail to focus under the five times lens, the camera's recognition speed is slow, and the final photos are still not focused. Only OPPO responded to the gesture we clicked quickly when shooting, successfully focused, and made some illusions on the back wall, highlighting the main body of the shooting.
3. Night scene contrast of telephoto
When shooting the light board at night, iPhone and OPPO are better for highlight suppression. When you zoom in to see the font on the light board, the edge is still clear. Xiaomi's highlight suppression performance is slightly poor, and the edge of the light board font is relatively fuzzy. In terms of color, the color taken by iPhone is closer to the real primary color, while Xiaomi and OPPO are more eye-catching. The light signs in the photos create a better atmosphere, and in the foreground of the photos, the color restoration of red lucky bags decoration is more excellent.
4.10x Long focus contrast
In addition to the original long focus segment, 10x is also a very powerful focus segment, which puts forward high requirements for the super division algorithm and lens set design. From this group of photos, the three imaging companies still maintain their own styles, and the overall appearance is relatively online. When zoomed in, the analytical power of Find X7 Ultra is similar to that of Xiaomi 13 Ultra, but OPPO still retains a certain sense of hierarchy in the shadow part. The shadow part of Xiaomi looks flat and lacks three-dimensional sense. The details of the iPhone 15 ProMax are heavily smeared, and the edges of the letters are blurred.
5. Comparison summary of telephoto
Through the long focus comparison of different scenes, the three super large flagships can take good photos in most scenes. In contrast, the telephoto of the iPhone 15 Pro Max is more challenging to the shooting environment. It can have good imaging effect under good light conditions. When the light is insufficient, the definition of the telephoto photo declines significantly, and the analytical power is not enough. In addition, the iPhone is more elegant in the adjustment of the color of the photo. The saturation and contrast of the color are not high. In some scenes, the white balance is unbalanced, At the same time, it is easy to have problems in focusing when using the telephoto to shoot close-up.
by comparison, OPPO Find X7 Ultra and Xiaomi 13 Ultra are more stable in different scenes. In the default mode, Xiaomi 13 Ultra's photography style is more obvious and full of "Leica" flavor. It is undeniable that they are more popular in some cases, but there are still some problems when extended to more scenes. For example, there are not many dark details of the shooting object itself, In terms of hue, it is more dense. Occasionally, some pictures are overexposed and uneven in color in complex scenes, and the suppression of highlights is weak. At the same time, the focus problem also occurs when using the telephoto to shoot close-up.
The comprehensive performance of OPPO Find X7 Ultra in different scenes is the best. The imaging quality is as stable as ever, no matter during the day or at night, and it can also take an excellent photo under the condition of complex light, rich color and content. Compared with Xiaomi 13 Ultra, it has obvious Leica style, The style of OPPO Find X7 Ultra's telephoto shooting is not obvious, and it is closer to reality and restoration. It handles the light and dark details in the photos better, and can present the stereoscopic feeling of the picture.
Wide angle - duel of super bottom
For these three super large cup image flagship models, it should be said that each camera is the main camera, but we still call the 1x wide-angle lens the main camera according to the convention. This is the lens most widely used by users. Usually, users take photos at random through the main camera. As the main working mode of mobile camera, the main camera mode has the advantages of high resolution, large aperture, advanced sensors, etc., which can capture delicate pictures, rich colors and vivid details. In the scenes of travel, scenery, street photography and so on, the main shooting mode provides us with excellent imaging effects, which is also the focus of each imaging system.
In terms of parameters, the LYT900 used by the Find X7 Ultra should be the most advanced among the three companies. Like the IMX989 of the Xiaomi 13 Ultra, the LYT900 has a 1-inch bottom. However, the LYT900 uses a more advanced 22nm manufacturing process, which has lower power consumption. Thanks to lower power consumption, the mobile phone is more active in calling algorithms and has more texture.
The main camera of the iPhone 15 Pro Max is the IMX803, which is only 1/1.28 inch, but can output 24 million pixel pictures. Xiaomi 13 Ultra also has a unique highlight, that is, the main camera adopts a variable aperture design, which can be switched to f/1.9 or f/4.0, further increasing the playability.
1. Subjective contrast
From the perspective of image quality alone, the performance of the three super large cup image flagship is similar, and the difference is mainly reflected in the style. The atmosphere of OPPO and Xiaomi is very good, which is consistent with the warm tone of sunset when this group of photos were taken. However, Find X7 Ultra pays more attention to the depiction of light and shadow at details. The texture of the wall looks very textured, and the light and shade contrast will be more obvious. Apple has always been "unmodified". The picture looks simple and the color is cold.
2. Comparison of complex scenes
The scenes in these two groups of photos also test the camera's ability. There are bright skies and dark city walls, artificial light sources, leaves and lanterns. The contrast between day and night also tests the unity of imaging. On the whole, the performance of the three companies was very good. The iPhone played steadily, and the warm light at the top of the doorway could be restored during the day and night. OPPO's restoration of the dark city wall is in place, and can be loyal to the truth under different lighting environments. Xiaomi is a kind of strong warm tone, which looks good in this scene.
In this group of photos, the differences among the three companies are quite large. As it is shot with 2x focal section cut by the main camera, it highlights the advantages of OPPO and Xiaomi on the big bottom. The layers of the sky and the details of the leaves are restored in place, and the image is also very pleasing to the eye. The appearance of the iPhone is not very good. The clouds in the sky are overexposed. The overall picture looks gray, but it is closer to what the human eye can see. In contrast, I personally prefer OPPO imaging, which is in line with my expectation of facing this scene, real and textured.
Write at the end
In terms of telephoto and wide-angle lenses, Xiaomi 13 Ultra, iPhone 15 Pro Max and OPPO Find X7 Ultra are different to some extent. Thanks to the advantages in hardware, Xiaomi and OPPO have better analytical power, the advantages of the outsole are obvious, and the color is also relatively pleasing. The iPhone is still in line, focusing on a convenient later stage.
In the portrait, the difference between the three is widened. The iPhone focuses on restoration and authenticity, and what you see is what you get, but it seems to have lost the purpose of the portrait. The photos taken are in plain color and lacking in appearance. Xiaomi 13 Ultra, on the other hand, performs better. The background of the characters is virtual and overly natural. However, when the scene light is insufficient or complex, the performance of the portrait mode is still not stable and the imaging effect is poor. In contrast, regardless of the environment, OPPO Find X7 Ultra can produce films stably in portrait mode. Through the depiction of details and the control of light and shade, it can create a sense of light and shadow and three-dimensional sense of the characters, with excellent performance.
The flagship of the Super Bowl has no obvious weakness in the image hardware configuration for a long time. It is more about hardware tuning and image direction selection. In terms of images, iPhone always sticks to itself, focusing on the restoration of reality. Xiaomi actively embraces Leica, bringing Leica photography with obvious style, while OPPO further deepens its cooperation with Hasu, bringing new Hasu master images in full focus, professional Hasu portraits and Hasu looking back portraits. In terms of images, especially portraits, it has entered a new realm, emphasizing the middle tone, Discover the charm of light and shadow.
Image is the art of light and shadow. Between the reality of light and shadow and the world built by pixels, different mobile phones, with their unique perspective and excellent performance, complement each other in this visual feast, redefining the power of "instant is eternal" in different ways. Every time the shutter is pressed, it is a deep gaze and salute to life and beauty. In the future mobile phone photo taking trip, we are looking forward to more miracles blooming in the light and shadow world. Let's witness and move forward hand in hand, and let the lens become a unique language for insight into the world and emotion transmission.
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