China’s entry into the “Single People’s SLR era” is probably around 2010. At that time, Nikon, Canon and other manufacturers began to focus on the Chinese consumer market, and invited many stars to stand for themselves. Jackie Chan’s amiable smile and the classic slogan “Canon is always moving” are frequently broadcast on TV. From this SLR, it has entered the field of ordinary people. In addition to photographers and photographers, ordinary families often purchase an entry-level SLR to record every moment worthy of being recorded.
At that time, the classic entry-level Canon 600D reached 18 million pixels. At that time, people who used the card machine had brought a refreshing experience. Today, nearly a decade later, Xiaomi’s Xiaomi CC 9 Pro has a concept of 100 million pixels. This amazing contrast can not help but make people feel as if the mobile phone photography has gone through a decade of rushing, has been super-German, sling SLR?
Of course, the concept of 100 million pixels for mobile photography has also caused a lot of controversy. Today we can start from this product and try to discuss the future curve of mobile photography development.
100 million pixels that lead to Fuji’s “yin and yang”
On November 5, Xiaomi released the Xiaomi CC9 Pro mobile phone. This product is equipped with five camera combinations: 100 million pixels ultra clear + 10 times super telephoto + 12 million people like + 20 million super wide angle + independent macro For the lens, the camera group DXOMARK ranked the first in the world. Five shots, 100 million pixels, DXO total score first. These three elements combine to attract enough eyeballs and naturally cause enough spit.
To say that the most “yin and yang” in the spit, it should be the camera manufacturer Fuji. In Xiaomi’s “100 million pixel mobile phone” topic, Fuji Digital official blog posted a microblogging write: welcome new members. The picture is its own 100 million pixel SLR camera GFX 100And Fuji lens group. The sharp-eyed person found that there is a small COMS in the lower right corner of the Fuji SLR’s CMOS. Some netizens commented that “CMOS is grayed out? No, it is CMOS into COMS.”
This microblog obviously attracts a cliché discussion. Is the camera really the higher the pixel, the better? The answer is of course no.
The process of capturing a photo is that the light is converted by the lens, the aperture, the photosensitive element, etc., from the optical signal to the electrical signal, and processed by hardware and software such as ISP, and becomes a photo file. In this process, the lens, aperture, pixel of the sensor, and a variety of elements can have a huge impact on the final image. In other words, the pixel is only a part of the decision imaging. What’s more, the pixel boost of the sensor does increase the resolution and enhance the ability to capture details, but as Fujifilm’s photo, the size limit of the phone limits the size of the sensor. In general, the size of the full-frame SLR sensor is about 36×24mm, while the so-called “super-sized sensor” used in the Xiaomi CC 9 Pro is only 1/1.33 inches.
The same number of pixels, the size difference of the photosensitive element is so large, it means that the photosensitive area of each pixel must be reduced, resulting in a decrease in the photographic ability. The Xiaomi CC 9 Pro uses a pixel size of 0.8u, which is the same as the pixel size of many thousand yuan. The intuitive problem that has come with this is the increase in photo noise. Netizens compared the sample of Xiaomi CC 9 Pro 100 million pixels with the 100 million pixel samples of the camera manufacturers such as Phase One and Fuji. The imaging results are indeed huge.
Many mobile phones solve similar problems through a series of software processing methods such as 4-in-1 pixel synthesis, real-time noise reduction, and AI beautification. Even Sony has seen a way to reduce the number of pixels and pursue a better amount of light, and the Google Pixel series has achieved the goal of using the algorithm to hang the number of pixels. In short, the single-pixel light sensitivity, the size of the photosensitive element, the number of pixels, the lens hardware capability combined with the software processing capability, a series of capabilities in the mobile phone photography is in line with the development state.
Go into the eighth millet’s millet
Okay, then we can draw a preliminary conclusion that 100 million pixels does not mean a huge increase in mobile photography capabilities. But then combined with the comprehensive situation of Xiaomi CC 9 Pro, we can even find that in order to achieve the 100 million pixel application, Xiaomi has entered many “Public Shop No. 8” and sacrificed many other experiences to exchange a number..
I believe many people will notice the Snapdragon 730 chip used by Xiaomi CC 9 Pro in addition to five shots and 100 million pixels. Many people see this chip immediately. Overjoyed, this means that the Xiaomi CC 9 is positioned at the high end and the price will be very close to the people. But soon people reacted, 1 / 1.33 inches of 100 million pixels, the photo files taken may be 20-30 trillion, or even more than 40 trillion. Let Xiaolong 730 handle such a huge file, I am afraid that it takes a long calculation time to store it, not to mention a series of software processing such as noise reduction, AI beautification, HDR, etc. Pressing the shutter for a while can be imaged, almost making people dream of a new era. With 256G of storage space / 25M of photo file size conversion, a mobile phone can not do anything after storing 10,000 photos.
There is also a 1/1.33-inch sensor, perhaps to accommodate this slightly larger sensor. The millet CC 9 Pro has a body thickness of 9.7mm. You can remind everyone that Apple, which has been relatively rational in its pursuit of lightness and thinness, has a thickness of only 8.1mm this year.
Of course, regardless of other experiences, the realization of 100 million pixels is indeed a fact. We may consider the Xiaomi CC 9 Pro as a test-type product. In the future, with the improvement of the lens, algorithm and chip computing power, we also You can see that Xiaomi and other mobile phone manufacturers can make better use of this 1/1.33 photosensitive element. After all, it is not easy to get the recognition of DXOMARK.
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Wait, the DXOMARK score is a matter of DXOMARK rating, and what do we have with ordinary users?
This is another big slot of the Xiaomi CC 9 Pro in addition to 100 million pixels: DXOMARK test products are Xiaomi CC 9 Pro “exclusive version”, and many sample machines that the media get are also “respected” Enjoy the version.” The 8P main camera lens used by the moderator has always had a low yield. And the price of the exclusive version of 3,499 yuan can cover the cost of low yield. We don’t know at least. As of now, we have not seen the reserved entry of the exclusive version in Xiaomu’s Tmall flagship store.
Not only that DXOMARK test also made an oolong, the evaluation file wrote that the Xiaomi CC 9 Pro exclusive version of the ultra-long-focus lens is 8 million pixels, but actually got the hand of Xiaomi CThe C 9 Pro Premium Edition is an ultra-long-focus lens with 5 million pixels.
In fact, mobile phone manufacturers have been promoting themselves with performance word games. Everyone is already eccentric, as long as they are not too much, they will laugh. Just like the Xiaomi CC 9 Pro compared its 100 million pixels to 100 million pixels of the camera manufacturer at the press conference, it is not clear that the CMOS size is not mentioned. The 100 million pixels of the camera manufacturer are effective pixels, both in continuous shooting and photography. And so on all modes can achieve 100 million pixels, but Xiaomi’s 100 million pixels exist in the “100 million pixel mode.”
However, Xiaomi’s conversion between similar values and terms has been “smart” to the threshold boundaries that people accept. For example, the 5X (5x optical zoom) behind the screen of the Xiaomi CC 9 Pro is not achieved by the zoom of the lens itself, but the picture is cut on the basis of 3.5x optical zoom.
Of course, we can also find a lot of reasons for Xiaomi. For example, Xiaomi may still adjust the CMOS that was just released in August. In the future, it will find a better experience on other mobile phones in Xiaomi; or Xiaomi is subject to CC series products. The price limit has to be compromised…
But whatever the reason, the difference between this number and the actual experience, once every time, will consume the influence of the number in the consumer’s mind. The difference between the ranking of the list and the actual experience, once every time, will consume the credibility of the list of consumers’ hearts.
The development curve of mobile photography is always close to a better photography experience. Instead of “grabbing” a new remote, it’s just to decorate yourself as a jewel, or even sacrifice some of the most basic user experience.
People who have seen this ancient drama in the eighth pawn shop know that everyone who walks into the pawnshop will eventually lose more than it will, and regrets trading with the devil. I hope that this kind of exchange of marketing hotspots with user experience should not spread among mobile phone manufacturers.