Sony Xperia 1 iii vs Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra Camera Comparison By Grant Likes Tech

How's it grant here and welcome to my camera comparison between the Sony, Xperia one mark iii and what is widely considered to be one of the best smartphone camera systems on the market. Today, the Xiaomi mi 11 ultra, and so both of these camera systems have a main wide, and an ultra-wide angle lens, but the mile ultra obviously has the larger sensors and Xiaomi's gone with a five times per scope, zoom lens, while Sony has gone with a variable single telephoto lens, meaning that it can actually zoom in to pretty much a four 4.4 times, periscope optical zoom. So I think this is going to be a very good comparison here, although I think most people are going to end up liking, one or the other, because the mile gorgeous much is a modern smartphone that takes the approach of more heavy-handed, HDR processing a little more boosted colors, although it is more natural than most smartphones. So I think, if you like, that, you, like social media, ready type photos and videos you're, probably gonna, like the m11 ultra, if you're more of a purist, and you like more natural, looking colors, and you don't like such heavy-handed, HDR processing, I think you're going to prefer the Sony, and this is video being shot out of the basic mode on the photopro app on the one mark iii. So this is where most people will be shooting their point-and-shoot videos, and it's not going to be this 21x9 type of video that you saw in cinema pro, and so that's how it compares back to the cinema pro footage, as well as the m11 ultra here, and so just a few housekeeping notes of how all this was shot in one mark iii. So, like you've just heard the one mark 3 has a single app photo pro that has a basic app, which used to be its stock, camera app and the pro side, which gives you more controls.

All the photos, you're going to see that were shot on the Sony were taken on the photo pro side of that app and also Sony. Does not have a dedicated night mode, so you're not going to see two shots at night, one without and one with night mode, you're just going to see one shot. Sony does have auto scene detection, so it will detect a night scene and take a long exposure. So that's how all the night mode uh nighttime shots were taken. So with all that, out of the way, take a look at all the photos and videos, I'm going to show you in both good and low light conditions.

I hope to help you decide which of these two camera systems are going to be best for you, I'll wrap this up with my thoughts at the end. But do let me know what you think and leave a comment down below and enjoy the photos and videos do hi everyone. So this is 4k 30 frames per second video from the ultra-wide angle, cameras here on both phones, I'm just going to pan around here. So you get a feel for what each of these ultra angle cameras look like. The m11 ultra has a wider field of view and, if you're wondering the sky right now, it's kind of a light blue.

It's not really a deep blue, like I'm, seeing in the mid 11 ultra, at least in the viewfinder we've been having some fires up north, and so we've had some gray skies, and it's finally starting to clear out, so the sky isn't really a deeper blue. It's kind of a lighter, foggy, is kind of blue and from the viewfinder the Xperia one mark iii is looking a little more realistic as far as that color goes, but everything else is kind of looking fairly muted on the opera. While everything really looks more pumped up or saturated on the 11 ultra. So again, these are the ultra angle, cameras here to start with- and here we are with the main camera on each of the two phones again I'll pan around here on both, and I've got the one filter option on the Xperia one mark iii. So we can hear what that sounds like here outdoors, and I'll go ahead and start to pan over here to the right.

In a second, but let's take a look at the trees really quickly, because these trees have some shadows in them and on the opera, at least in the viewfinder there's more of the shadow in the trees, while the Mila mulch is trying to uplift that a little more here, but we'll pan over to the right, and we'll test zoom here on the cell tower, so we're in the mainland. So we can only zoom in so far, so this is going to be three times with the 24 millimeter main lens there on the Xperia one mark iii, and we can go into you know a max. Well, let's go back out to three just to compare here on the v11 ultra, so this is about a three times on the m11 ultra just for comparison, and we can go all the way up into 15 times, digital zoom here on the m11 ultra and that actually looks pretty clear on the v11 for such a long digital zoom there. So let's go ahead and back both of these out so back to one time here: let's go on the v11 and one time on the opera, and we'll test autofocus on the post, with the Xperia one mark iii. First, and so there you go focus and refocus away and focus is in and away so, not the.

I was expecting some pretty quick autofocus here from the Sony. I think it's just going to be a certain distance, and you're okay. So let's go here and one more time and let's go here with the Milan ultra, and we can focus in and away, and we'll focus in and one more time and let's go ahead and try stabilization here. Both of these have stabilization at 4k. Of course, Sony with a steady shot should be pretty stable on both as I walk through this path, and we'll pull up at the end and pan up into the sky to see how they handle that changing afternoon light.

Let's go so everyone, so here's some 1080p 30 frames per second footage from the front facing cameras on each phone. The Xperia one mark iii can only shoot up to 1080p 30 frames per second, which is a little disappointing that it can't do 4k from the front-facing camera. They really haven't changed the sensor in a while. That's probably the most disappointing part about the phone, while the meat 11 ultra can shoot with the 4k. But I want to keep everything the same here as far as resolution and frame rate.

So obviously I'm in some ideal light conditions here outdoors in the shade, very even lighting, so both of these phones have every opportunity to show you as best footage as possible, as I pan around here, to kind of see how they each handle the changing light conditions. You can see some lens um light come in there and get some lens flare on each of these a little flaring out a little more on the Sony. Maybe let's keep going around here, and we'll start walking test stabilization, so you can get a feel for what these front-facing cameras look like and how the stabilization is. So let me know what you think about the front-facing cameras here on the Xperia one by three and the meal of an ultra, hey everyone. So here's some low light videos, starting out with the ultra-wide angle lens on each phone.

This is being shot at 4k, 30 frames per second, so I'll just pan around. To give you a feel for what this looks like and, of course the mid-level ultra has the wider field of view here with this ultra angle lens, and they both do a pretty good job of not flaring out these lights too bad and those lights are blinking. It's not the camera, that's flickering them. Those lights are in fact blinking. So, if you're wondering but again, ultra angle camera to start with I'll switch over to the main lens.

Now- and here we are with the main wide-angle lens on each phone, you can see the mi 11 ultra, at least in the viewfinder, is definitely brightening up the scene more. The Xperia is trying to keep it more true to life. You can see by that tree line right there as well much more well-defined on the m11 than it is on the Xperia and that's kind of how I see it with my own eyes. They kind of blend into that skyline there, and I'll pan around to give you a feel for what these look like with these different lights and the flickering lights here, and we'll go ahead and pan up into that bright light, and I think Sony with those that mass lens coating might be working because, at least in the viewfinder, it's not flaring that bright streetlight out as badly as the m11 from what I can see, and we'll pan over this way, and we'll test stabilization by walking over here and also see how they handle darker lighting conditions. Obviously, that was pretty well lit with all those lights and as you walk this way, it can get much darker.

Let's see how the stabilization looks, how steady shot from Sony compares to the stabilization that's being offered by Xiaomi in lower light situations, oftentimes a lot harder to stabilize in low light. You usually see some jittering, so it'd be interesting to see how the stabilization holds up here on both phones and already in the viewfinder. From I can see, the m11 is really brightening up everything, a lot more than Sony uh. What I'm seeing with Sony's more true to my eyes, uh, it's kind of accent, highlighting those accent lights, while keeping everything else in the scene, dark, and we'll pan up into the sky and again there's a bit of light pollution around here. So the mile ultra.

You can see a lot of more um grain and noise in the picture than you can with the Sony right now, we'll go ahead and turn over here to the left, where it's a mixed lighting situation, where you've got some lights on this alloy, but it's mostly dark and, of course the middle of mulch is definitely way brighter Sony a little darker than what I'm seeing with money is but definitely closer to life. If you're wondering about that, so there's a 4k clip here from both phones in low light. So here's some low light, video from the front facing cameras on the Xperia 1 mark iii and middle of an ultra. It's at 1080p 30 frames per second, which is the max resolution and frame rate on the Sony. The meal of an ultra can shoot with 4k, but I want to keep everything the same here, and obviously I'm outdoors in some optimal light conditions.

So both these front facing cameras have every opportunity to give you the best possible footage here in this lighting situation, you can see the lights all around me to the left and to the right and to the back of me with those really bright streetlights. So let's go ahead and start walking to that stabilization, and it should be looking pretty good and stable because you can see the amount of crop. That's on these lenses right now, but we'll walk over to a much darker area here. So we can test how they do transition from a lot better light to a lot lower light here, as you can see right now, as well as walking by a fountain. So we test out the microphones and how well they're able to cancel out that background noise.

Let's go ahead and pan around here, and you can see the really bright streetlights behind me and the m11 ultra seems to be flaring that out just a bit more than the Sony right now, but let's go back into this darker area, so you can see side by side. How you see these front facing cameras are doing in a lower lighting situation and the Sony seems to be struggling right now, but uh do. Let me know what you think about all the photos and videos that you saw as far as the experiment iii. Definitely the front facing camera is probably the low point of the camera system. It's the same, eight megapixel sensor.

They haven't upgraded it, and it's just not a very strong point of the camera system. Uh the meat level ultra of course looks very good in most situations and I think Sony is just sticking to the guns in their image processing, keeping more true to life type of colors, uh and everything else. So I think, if you're gonna, like boosted colors, you like the heavy-handed HDR of modern smartphones, you're, probably gonna, like the Mimi lemon ultra, if you like, a more traditional approach to a more natural looking photo, but still very good quality and sharp looking photos, I think you're gonna, like the Xperia one mark iii and the flexibility that it provides with all its pro and manual modes. I think the biggest surprise for me was how well the Xperia one mark iii did in low light conditions. I was a little disappointed in the one mark ii, but low light photos look seem to be pretty good here on the one mark iii.

So let me know what you thought about low light. It looked really sharp and Sony is, does not have a dedicated night mode. It just has auto scene detection, so detect the night scene. Furthermore, it'll take a long exposure. Furthermore, it does a very good job of evening out the scene so without really well maintain the integrity of the night scene.

So it doesn't look like daylight or anything like that. It still looks like night. It doesn't uh really boost up. The shadows, keeps the dark parts dark and really accents and sharpens up the lighting areas. So I think experiment, one mark ii did very or three did a very good job in low light.

Of course, you'll have an perfect as well, but it just brightens pretty much everything up but uh. It's going to come down to personal preference, because both these phones take completely different approaches to their image processing. So let me know what you think, which one you preferred and why, and we'll continue our conversation in the comment section below and as always, thanks for watching you.

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