The positioning of the Xiaomi Ultra series imaging flagship has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. In the past two or three months, many friends have released image flagships, and many netizens will ask the same question: "Can you beat Xiaomi 13 Ultra?" "And this product, which was released in April last year, is still rarely matched in comprehensive imaging capabilities in February this year. On the module track of imaging, the most volatile high-end flagship, the Ultra series has a generational advantage, and the huge R&D investment behind it is conceivable. The imaging capabilities can comprehensively surpass the previous generation of Ultra, and only this generation of Ultra - Xiaomi 14 Ultra.
The Xiaomi Mi 14 Ultra Imaging New Level relies on three aspects of evolution.
The first is the evolution at the hardware level.
The top-of-the-line summilux optical lens system jointly created by Xiaomi and Leica adopts a large aperture, and the whole focal length has Xiaomi's largest light intake to date, the highest specification optical lens architecture and the most sophisticated optical path design.
Leica All-Star Quad Camera: The second-generation Sony LYT-900 one-inch sensor for the main camera is equipped with the industry's largest aperture, and the three secondary cameras all use Sony 858 sensors, which are consistent with the main camera in HDR technology, focusing technology and noise reduction capabilities, so that the multi-camera consistency of the entire image system is optimal.
The second-generation one-inch stepless variable aperture, driven by a high-precision motor, enables greater freedom** and depth of field control, bringing the industry's largest light intake to date.
Two telephoto lenses cover 3The core shooting scenes of 2x-10x have the largest amount of light in the industry, and all of them have close-up shooting capabilities, which is a common problem of falling back to the main camera in low-light and close-up scenes. The high-quality large-aperture ultra-wide-angle lens has a straight-out distortion of less than 12%。
The second is the evolution of the software level.
Relying on Xiaomi's surging OS, it fully integrates the computing power of SOC and ISP, with a computing power of 60 tops per second and a data throughput 3 times that of independent ISP image chips from competitors.
With ultra-high computing power and advanced algorithms, the Xiaomi Mi 14 Ultra can achieve full focal length and full scene, high speed and high image quality, and portraits can also be shot continuously, and bring three new imaging capabilities that exceed optical limits
UltraRaw Super Digital Negative, the most data-intensive RAW format in the field of moving imaging to date**;
Ultrazoom (Beta) is the industry's first ultra-remote zoom function that uses an AI device-side large model to redraw the original optical data with high precision when shooting at ultra-high magnification of more than 30x, significantly improving the clarity of the image.
UltraSnap is capable of capturing up to 150 images at high speed and high quality** in heavy algorithmic scenarios, and its capture capabilities are far ahead.
Finally, there is the evolution of the aesthetic level.
Xiaomi has cooperated with Leica since the 12 ultra, and established the concept of Xiaomi image and humanistic image that transcends the human eye and perceives the human heart, and the Xiaomi 14 ultra introduces the master perspective of professional filmmaker Zhang Yimou on this basis, thinking about the aesthetics of mobile image, and paying attention to the current stubborn problems of the mobile image industry - either too real, no layer, or too retouched, rough handling of layers. At the same time, Xiaomi also gave its own aesthetic standards for moving images - movie-level layering, a little more beautiful than reality, is the best reality at the moment.
The realization of a new level of aesthetics relies on the upgrading of software and hardware. It is the advancement of the above-mentioned optical capabilities, the reconstruction of AI computational photography capabilities, and the integration of optics and algorithms that bring the Xiaomi 14 Ultra image system unprecedented high latitude and strong expressiveness, realizing a three-dimensional sense of light and shadow, a sense of color and a sense of depth, and a cinematic sense of hierarchy.
It is foreseeable that throughout 2024, the Xiaomi 14 Ultra will become the benchmark for imaging flagships, just like the Xiaomi 13 Ultra. But for today's ultra, too deep image imprints will in turn restrict its breakthrough in sales, after all, there are only a few people who are willing to buy a camera that can play **. At the same time, this strong imprint makes it easy to overlook the efforts of the 14 Ultra beyond the image. In fact, 14 ultra has many industry-first breakthroughs in fuselage architecture, material technology, battery life, communication capabilities, etc., these are the natural results of Xiaomi's insistence on deep cultivation of underlying technology in the past few years, and how to feed back the research and development results that have landed on the product to brand building is a problem that must be considered in the next step of Xiaomi's high-end strategy. Making a good product for users is the first step, and it is also important to convince consumers who have not become users that you can do a good job.