Sony Xperia 1 ii vs iPhone 11 Pro Max Camera Comparison By Grant Likes Tech

How's it ever grant here and welcome to my camera comparison between the Sony, Xperia 1 mark ii and the iPhone 11 Pro max now. This will be a comparison and good lighting conditions. So, if you're looking for more of a low light camera comparison between these two phones stay tuned to the channel, because I'll be doing a separate video on that now all photos and videos were taken in full, auto mode. The pictures were taken on the experiment mark ii with Sony's brand-new camera pro app, and as I always do, I'm going to show you a bunch of photos and videos. So hopefully you can decide for yourself which cameras you prefer, but stick around to the end, and I'll give you my opinion about how each of these cameras performed, but let's just go ahead and get to the photos and video all right. So here we go with the rear facing cameras on the Xperia 1 mark ii and the iPhone 11 Pro max.

Obviously this is at 1080p 30 frames per second, and it's important to note that you can actually switch between the three cameras on the iPhone while recording, and you cannot do that on the Sony. So if you want to switch lenses, you actually have to stop your video switch, the next lens and re-record on the Sony. So, as you can see here, I can actually go two times telephoto here on the iPhone and all the way back out to the ultra-wide and then back into the main wide sensor. So just something to note there, because that could be important to you and as I pan over here to the right, we can test some zoom so two times telephoto there on the iPhone, and you're going to get three times optical here on the Sony and that's actually Sony's max zoom is three times if you want to go in farther you're going to have to switch to the telephoto lens and then continue to zoom in from there. If you need it, and so the iPhone a little further in actually just apples to apples, that's about three times there on the iPhone as well, and then you go up to six times zoom there on the iPhone so backing it back out on both phones.

We can do some autofocus testing here on the post, so with the iPhone first focuses immediately and refocuses so autofocus on the iPhone is always pretty good and no exception here and so on. The Sony autofocus here tends to take a little longer. You have to get the kind of focal distance correct to get it to focus up really fast. So, as you can see, there Sony struggles a little more with autofocus, which is a little disappointing, given their autofocus prowess and let's go ahead and do some stabilization, especially down these stairs. But again, both of you should be handling that no problem here at 1080p stabilization should be perfect, both with the iPhone and Sony steady shot, but check out the changing lighting conditions here into the shade and as you pan around here and back up, so there's a quick 1080p test on both phones, okay, so we're still recording at 1080p, but this time with the ultra white cameras on both phones.

So, like I said before, you actually have to stop the recording and switch the lens on the Sony. While the iPhone you can switch through all the different lenses while you record, but I just want to give you Annapolis to apples on the ultra-wide on both phones. This is kind of what it looks like here and pan around a little. If you actually want to see somebody out of focus there, it is on the iPhone and really quickly here on the Sony, but, as you can see here much wider field of view. Obviously, as we just do a quick walk through the park here to kind of see what that footage looks like in ultra-wide, and then we can pan around here one more time, so you kind of see the view there and ultra-wide okay, and here we have the same test this time at 4k, 30 frames per second, the iPhone and Sony can do 60 frames per second 60 frames per second on the Sony and 4k is only in the cinema pro I'm not going to do that test here.

Only because this will be rendered out in 30 frames per second. So you won't see the native frame rate anyway. But let me know if you actually want to see that maybe I can do a separate video, but you can see kind of what the 4k looks like check out the colors here, if they're any different in 4k, as I pan over here to the cell tower two times, zoom there on the iPhone and three times their max on the Sony, we can zoom in a little further three times there on the iPhone and there's your full six times. Zoom and so again back in both back out, let me test some autofocus here, so iPhone autofocus on the post, still nice and snappy at 4k, and you check it out here on the Sony there we go and still a little slower, but it does get there and let's test stabilization here at 4k, now iPhone fully stabilizes at all resolutions and frame rates and Sony should be uh stabilizing here, with a city shot even at 4k. So one last pattern on the park here in 4k all right, so here's a quick ultra-wide angle shot in 4k for you.

So you can see what that looks like at this resolution on both phones and pan right, a little here, hand back left, and again we can go down the stairs check out. The ultra-wide angle view there and check out any of the stabilization. So quick walk through the park here. So you can see that ultra-wide angle view. Let me know what you think about this footage here and how it compares on each phone: hey everyone, here's the front-facing cameras being shot at 1080p on both phones, and so this should give you a pretty good idea of how these perform in some pretty good afternoon light here.

As you can see, the sunlight is behind me, so the sky is kind of blown out. You can shift it over, and you should see some blue skies and when it comes back on me, it'll probably blow that out a little more, so we'll kind of go ahead and turn around and shift here see how it handles the changing light. So there you go, so now you can see more blue sky behind me, because the sun is coming from in front of me- maybe more shadows on my face, but we'll also check out some stabilization here on both of these phones. So again, hopefully this gives you a pretty good idea of how this is going to perform it's a very clear sky. As you can see there, there are no clouds out here.

So there you go 1080p front facing cameras, and here we go with a sample with the iPhone and 4k. It can shoot up to 60 frames per second in 4k, but since this video is going to be rendered out at 30 frames per second, you won't be able to see in its full native frame rate anyway. I just want to compare 4k on the iPhone to 1080p, which is the max on the Xperia one mark ii, and so we can kind of test stabilization here on the iPhone at 4k, which should definitely still be fully stabilized. So just want to give you a quick test on 4k versus 1080p here and some of these sunny conditions here on both phones- hey everyone. So here's some front-facing footage at 1080p from both phones- and this is a bit more of a shaded area outdoors.

I kind of want to show you what it would look like. Maybe a condition like this, and so I can turn around and kind of see how it handles the changing light here, especially in the shade out here in the park, and you can see what the background looks like right now, so just want to kind of give you a different kind of condition. So you can kind of see what it looks like if you're to shoot in more shaded areas outdoors- and you can check out the stabilization here at both phones at 1080p here. So hopefully this helps you out, and here you go same scene this time the iPhone's at 4k, 30 frames per second and the Sony still capped out at 1080p. I just want to give you a comparison of the 4k iPhone and the 1080p on the Sony.

Do the same thing, we'll just walk and talk here and kind of just compare and contrast the iPhone at 4k versus the Sony at that 1080p. So get gauge for some stabilization here as well, which should be fully stabilized still on the iPhone there. You go 4k versus 1080p, front-facing cameras, all right, so you've seen all these photos and videos for yourself which phone do you think, did better leave a comment down below and let me know which one you preferred and why, as for me, I think I'm going to echo the comments that I made when I compared the Xperia to the pixel 4. Here. I think both Sony and Apple take different approaches to their camera apps and I think, for that reason you're going to like one or the other pretty clearly, and so I'll say this about Sony.

I think they've really improved in the areas that they tried to focus on which was their pro apps, so their camera pro app for photography and their cinema pro app for video, and so I see a clear difference in the still images that are coming out of their camera pro app compared to previous iterations of Sony phones. So I think they've done a very good job in improving what they really tried to focus on. I still think there's a gap in smartphone photography that Sony still needs to close compared to the competition like the iPhone which are going to be areas around things like portrait mode. So, while Sony does a very good job in creating a really natural shallow depth of field through its main sensor, you really have to compose that shot. You've got to get the right distance between your subject and the background, but when you do, Sony's going to have that much more natural, much more blurred background or stronger both out of its main sensor.

But if you need to switch over to a portrait mode to get to that artificial background blur, because the situation just won't allow for that natural separation of the background- and you just want a quick photo, and you want to use an artificial portrait mode. Sony needs to close the gap there. I still don't think their portrait mode is up to the competition around iPhones and pixels. That's scenario I think they're going to need to address, because people do want these modes, especially in their smartphone cameras that they carry around, but they really want just a quick shot, and they want that kind of portrait effect. So I do think there are areas in just the auto mode experience or the point-and-shoot experience that Sony can really address and improve and close the gap between top shooters and the smartphone space like the iPhone like the pixel, because they really have given you that extra flexibility through their pro apps and giving you the ability to access the camera features to really get you the best possible shot.

If you know what you're doing in a manual mode. So it's great that's when it adds that flexibility. I think they just need to improve on the base foundation of this auto mode and common smartphone camera features and extend that through their pro apps like they have, and I think they'll have a very complete package- they'll be very competitive up against iPhones and pixels. But in the end, that's just what I think, and I'm really interested to hear what you have to think. Let me know in the comments which one you prefer and why let's continue the conversation on there, as always, thanks for watching you.

Source : Grant Likes Tech