Recently, there has been a lot of discussion about the Xiaomi Mi 12 Pro, and some people have said that its rear lens group has less telephoto and replaced the portrait lens, is it necessary? Some people also have doubts about the performance of the rear triple camera, and it is not clear how strong it is. This time, we will take the Xiaomi Mi 12 Pro, as well as the reference phone iPhone 13 Pro, to experience it together.
First introduce the configuration of the Xiaomi Mi 12 Pro, which uses the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor, 8 cores, the highest frequency up to 3.0GHz, 4nm process, with the seventh generation of AI engine. In addition, there is 8GB /12GB LPDDR5 high-speed memory, 128GB/256GB UFS 3.1 high-speed storage.
The screen is a 6.73-inch AMOLED micro-curved flexible screen with a resolution of 3200 x 1440, a display frame rate of up to 120Hz, and a touch sample rate of up to 480Hz. The new LTPO substrate is used to achieve an intelligent dynamic refresh rate, which can be automatically switched between 1-120Hz by the display content.
Xiaomi Mi 12 Pro rear triple camera, wide angle main camera 50MP, SONY IMX707, 1/1.28-inch oversized sensor, support optical image stabilization, 7P lens, equivalent to 24mm focal length. There's also a 50MP portrait camera, 48mm-equivalent focal length, and a 50MP ultra-wide-angle camera.
With WiFi 6 Enhanced Edition, Bluetooth 5.2, NFC, Stereo Quad Speaker, 4600mAh Single Core High Density Battery, 120W Xiaomi Surging Second Charge, 50W Wireless Second Charge, 10W Wireless Reverse Charge, Glass Back Cover Plate Weighs 205 Grams.
In fact, from the weight point of view, compared to the Xiaomi Mi 12 Pro such a large screen, or acceptable, and the photo does not need to say much, just look at the actual photos.
The picture below, the picture above is the iPhone 13 Pro as a reference, the picture below is the Xiaomi Mi 12 Pro, let's take a look.
The iPhone 13 Pro's 12-megapixel main camera, with shift stabilization that works well in video, but is generally not reflected in photos.
Xiaomi Mi 12 Pro's wide-angle main camera, the large CMOS brings a natural bokeh effect, in fact, the brightness is normal, but compared with the iPhone, it is found that Apple's brightness is still a bit underexposed, or too much to follow the truth.
The outdoor portrait of the iPhone 13 Pro is decent and the overall strength is not low.
Xiaomi's contrast is higher, highlighting the main body of the character, and the back storefront sign (coffee) has a natural bokeh effect.
Night view photos, you can see the strength of the apple is outstanding, the picture is pure.
Under Xiaomi's Night Owl algorithm, the highlight is better controlled, there are more details in the store, and the night color is more in line with the actual situation. Strangely enough, android used to be more beautified, and now it's Apple.
There is no fill light in front of the characters, and the back is facing the high light source, and the apple picture quality is good.
Xiaomi's highlight suppression is better, such as the back window, more details, but the model's face is reddish, and it feels that there is room for adjustment in the color temperature of the face.
The iPhone 13 Pro has 3X light changes, and we see that the picture quality is still excellent.
The Xiaomi Mi 12 Pro is a 2X light change, but the picture quality is also good, which is a valuable addition for the 1X ultra-wide angle.
For complex light, the iPhone is easy to make the whole photo appear under contrast, the overall color cast (blue) situation.
Xiaomi this one, can be compared with Apple, such as the black in the upper right corner is more pure, in general, Xiaomi controls the blue reflection on the interference of the photo.
Apple's main camera shoot, the overall performance is good, decent.
Xiaomi's this one is also the main camera shooting, with less detail in the shadows, the brightness is relatively low, and the characters and backgrounds have a certain bokeh effect. In contrast, Apple's lack of three-dimensional sense of character is relatively flat.
It is worth mentioning that the 48mm portrait lens of Xiaomi Mi 12 Pro is also good, the background bokeh is in place, basically no distortion, coupled with the beauty effect in the algorithm, presenting the ideal combination of color, bokeh and healthy skin. Of course, it should be mentioned that the portrait lens is more light-eating, the hand is stable, and the effect of shooting brighter portraits is better.
Xiaomi Mi 12 Pro front 32 million pixels, looks like the viewing angle is very large, take it yourself more convenient composition, in addition to the beauty is slightly over.
In addition, the review jun also took a comparison at home, and the overall feeling is that if the iPhone is a real photo, Xiaomi will automatically optimize some. The iPhone is real, xiaomi is pleasing.
For example, this one, the iPhone of a child sleeping with a sleepy eye, is really recorded, but the lack of light in the morning is also recorded truthfully.
Xiaomi's portraits are more eye-catching than the environment, and photos with high contrast and portrait highlighting bring more vivid moments.
Overall, the Xiaomi Mi 12 Pro's wide-angle main camera color is exuberant, a camera that can record life at any time and achieve high-quality expression. For example, in the picture above, the morning sun brings more chiaroscuro and presents more contradictions and conflicts. However, due to the unrestrained color, when we shoot singles, we still recommend choosing portrait lenses.
The 48mm portrait lens can shoot portraits or small object details, but it needs to be held more steadily, and the capture ability cannot be compared with the main camera, which is suitable for quieter photography.
Objectively speaking, the focus segment coverage of the lens group of the Xiaomi Mi 12 Pro is not as good as that of the iPhone 13 Pro, after all, the latter has displacement stabilization, 3X light change, of course, the price is 3300 yuan more expensive than Xiaomi. But the Xiaomi Mi 12 Pro's 1/1.28-inch oversized main camera, night owl algorithm, everything focus, etc., are also very distinctive. In addition, if the portrait lens is used well, it can play a better effect, but it needs to have more grasp of light and composition.
Therefore, the Xiaomi Mi 12 Pro shooting still has surprises, compared to the 8,000 yuan iPhone, many places have surpassed, of course, Apple also has Apple's advantages. As for the content of the Xiaomi Mi 12 Pro video performance, we have also made a comparison, and we will not repeat it here.