Xiaomi has announced the 14 and 14 Ultra smartphones for global markets. The devices include new optics, sensors, and Leica features.
After launching in China, Xiaomi is bringing two devices in its 14 Series, the 14 and 14 Ultra, to global availability at its keynote in Barcelona on the eve of Mobile World Congress.
It also has a variable aperture between f/1.63 and f/4.0, allowing stepless adjustment across three different faults within that range. Xiaomi says the tiny carbon-plated blades inside resist varying temperatures and feature a 12-bit high-precision motor. The advantage, particularly in Pro mode with all its manual controls, is that it’s possible to adjust the aperture in 0.01 increments, though I didn’t get a chance to try this out to see how it works.
There’s much to unpack here that will be more apparent with more substantive hands-on time, but here is the gist. Fusion Capture is a mix of AI algorithms that will help in different ways, like how AI-enhanced stability kicks in for 30x hybrid zoom images to make them sharper and easier to focus. UltraRAW could deliver 16-bit color depth and 16 stops of dynamic range, with a helping hand from Adobe Labs to calibrate them and make them seamlessly applicable in Photoshop and Lightroom.
On the Pro side, there are some quirks without explanation. It’s not clear why the Leica Authentic shooting profile won’t work with 50-megapixel full-res images, even when they’re JPEGs. You can shoot in Ultra RAW on the 14 Ultra but not on the regular 14, which isn’t surprising, but there was also no opportunity to gauge the 14 stops of dynamic range Xiaomi brags about in its marketing of the Ultra., but with its 6.3-inch display and overall size, it may be the best small phone camera around.
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