Sony Xperia PRO 5G - THE PHONE THAT KILLS THE CAMERA?!?!? By James Lavish

We need to check this out With the cancellation of MWC you may not have heard too much about this new Xperia yet, but it's a game changer. We're going to get into all the specs and everything we know about this new phone today. But first to all you new subscribers, thank you. I'm super excited about the community of photographers we’re building here. And if you're new here, we do simple to understand photography and video tutorials insights and reviews. So hit that subscribe button, you won't be sorry.

So I have to admit. I've been expecting the camera makers and the smartphone makers to converge their technologies. But the other way around where the camera makers would be using computational imaging to augment the capabilities of their sensors and enhance the dynamic range or maybe the zoom capabilities but Sony has gone on the other direction and they're using the Sony Alpha technology to enhance the smartphone. I mean, it makes perfect sense when I think about it and it also explains the naming logic behind this phone the Sony Xperia 1 Mark 2, in other words the second version of the Xperia 1. First of all, let's run through all the upgrades you get from the first experience.

You get a 4000mAh battery up from 3300, you get the IPS 6568 water industry systems you get fast and wireless charging and then you get the newest snapdragon 865 5G chipset, which is about 25% faster CPU than the first edition. Oh and for you audiophiles, you get the return of the physical headphone jack. I don’t personally notice a difference in Bluetooth, but some people do, so that may be worth it to you. You also get 8 gigabytes of RAM 256 gigabytes of storage and the signature six and a half inch 21 by nine cinema wide 90 megahertz 4K 643 pixels per inch HDR OLED display. Oh and you can custom set the white balance for viewing on this.

Now, let's get into the good stuff the camera. Most importantly. Sony integrated the Sony Alpha camera division into the Sony Xperia development process and that brings us all host of features that we didn't see before. First of all, you get three 12 megapixel sensors behind Zeiss T star coated optics, which have been shown to significantly reduce glares and reflections a pretty logical and smart move from Sony considering their long-standing partnership with Zeiss and I'm happy. The main lens is 24 millimeters F 1.7 with OSS optical image stabilization. There's an ultra-wide at 16 millimeters F 2.2 and a zoom 70 millimeter F 2.4 lens also with OSS. There's also a 3D iTOF type of flight sensor wedged in between all these for low light auto focus giving us up to 60 times per second continuous autofocus and auto exposure on the main camera and up to 30 times per second on the other two lenses the camera can shoot up to 20 frames per second and burst mode so with that time of light sensor you're getting three calculations per frame every second.

It also has real-time eye autofocus and not just for humans but also for animals and to maximize these features we get the Sony Pro photo app which kind of mimics the Sony alpha interface. In a separate Cinema pPro app allows us to connect our phones with our Sony Alpha cameras for touch autofocus and an accurate rendition of white balance. Assuming that the phone screen gets bright enough and daylight to see it. And then there's the Xperia Pro Edition, which is still in development phase but truly has some pro-features. It's got a custom graphene sheath inside with a vapor chamber and an air gap to keep the device and components cool.

And then the outside casing is made of a low dielectric constant material giving it that rugged graphite look which is engineered to allow high-speed millimeter waves to pass through un-interfered at 5G. Four antennas surround the device for maximum connected 360 degree antenna coverage to take advantage of this we also get a mini HDMI so you can connect the phone to any camera not just a Sony and use it for video monitoring or for vlogging for instance or you can also stream 4K video to the internet over 5G shortwaves the faster more stable version of 5G. We'll also get dual SIM card slots 512 gigabytes of RAM with an extra slot upgradeable to a terabyte. It made my favorite little features an extra button on the side which can be programmed for just about anything. I'd probably program it for focus hold.

Anyway the non-PRO models are due to be out late spring and are supposed to be 1,100 dollars US since the PRO version is still in development we don't know exactly when that's going to come out hopefully later this year. So, what do you think will you get one? I'm personally pretty excited. I mean, I played with the Xperia one and it was good, but just not good enough to switch away from the Pixel, but now with the Sony alpha features and the interface that's integrated. I'm pretty excited. But what about you? Is it enough to make you switch from your current phone? I mean, this is a pretty big leap for camera technology in a smartphone, especially with the connectivity.

But the fact that Sony is now integrated all their most exciting technologies together between the smartphone and the Sony Alpha and the Sony Bravia giving us awesome sensors continuous autofocus eye autofocus custom white balance all in a beautiful display. That's pretty exciting. The real question is does this mark the beginning of the end for the big cameras and I would say not quite yet. First of all, the megapixel sensors on the phones, even if they got up to 42 or we've heard over a hundred megapixels, the pixels are smaller, so they still can't compete. With the dynamic range and capabilities of the larger format cameras Also even though these phones now have Zeiss glass in them which is exciting it can't reproduce what this lens can capture in the field.

Still the gap is closing and pretty fast and I just think that this is going to press the camera manufacturers to continue to innovate which is a good thing for everybody. Okay, if you feel like that helped or was at least a little bit entertaining, please hit that like button is that really does help. Also, if you're wondering what I think about the Pixel 4, I did a full review and comparison against the A73 in a video. I'll put a link in the description below and you can check it out and I'll keep you updated on any news I get from Sony on the Xperia and Xperia PRO models, so hit that Subscribe button and the notification bell to stay in the loop around here and I'll see you in the next video.

Source : James Lavish