Vivo's S series mobile phones have two impressive points, one is the light and changeable design, and the other is the front camera with sufficient materials.
First, the S12 Pro's front camera sensor area is large enough (1/2.76''' to be close to that of many phones, such as the iPhone 12 Pro (1/2.55''). So, most of the time, the S12 Pro's front camera imaging is comparable to the rear main camera.
Secondly, the S12 Pro's front camera has autofocus function. You know, the front camera of many flagship machines is still a pan-focus lens, that is, all the real focus outside 8-10cm, and the picture taken has almost no depth of field. The S12 Pro's autofocus, combined with the outsole sensor, gives it a variety of ways to play.
However, due to the excellent vivo beauty algorithm, many people only define the S12 Pro as a beauty selfie phone, ignoring its comprehensive imaging capabilities. So in this video, let's take a look at what kind of photos the S12 Pro can take.
What is the quality of the 100 million pixel rear main camera?
First of all, I used the S12 Pro rear main camera for daily shooting, and the picture gave me the biggest feeling: sharp. When we say "sharp", we are actually saying that the edges of the outline of the object are very clear. Sharp can be achieved in two ways, one is to rely on lenses with better optical quality, such as the vivo X70, using ZEISS coated glass lenses. The other is to rely on image processing, ISP + APU to sharpen the photo + noise reduction processing.
Sharp of the S12 series. It is a slightly more is chosen to sharpen the ISP +AI noise reduction process, but the overall imaging look and feel of the two is very close. Most people don't look like there's a clear difference from the photos, so I think the S12 Pro makes a very shrewd trade-off at this point.
Let's say 100 million pixels. In fact, behind the 100 million pixels is the pixel nine-in-one ISOCELL technology. This technology cleverly makes use of light resources, and when the light is enough to feed every pixel on the sensor, turn on 100 million pixels to record more information.
However, high pixels do not directly improve the overall look and feel of the picture. Similarly, without zooming in, it's hard to tell which is 100 million pixels. Once zoomed in, especially on the mobile phone, users will immediately feel the impact of high pixels.
I remember the first experience of 100 million pixels on other brand machines, when it took five or six seconds to process photos, and the S12 Pro with the Tianji 1200 was much faster. If you click into the album immediately after shooting, wait about 2-3 seconds. However, at the normal speed, after shooting and opening the album, the photo should be just finished processing, and it will not affect the experience. Therefore, 100 million pixels with strong computing power, so that the experience is complete. Moreover, Tianji 1200 claims that the maximum number of photo pixels that can be processed is 200 million pixels, which means that its computing power has not yet been fully released, which is enough to show that the computing power of this chip in image processing is more than enough.
Is "Super Panorama" a gimmick?
Mobile phone photography is considered a new generation of imaging technology because "computing" penetrates into all aspects of photography, and the ISP is the module responsible for image processing on the chip. Because of the ISP, the phone can do auto exposure, autofocus, auto white balance, and also correct some optical distortions and imperfections. In recent years, after the chip computing power has increased, ISPs have participated in more work, such as panoramic photography, HDR, and night mode.
To my surprise, the S12 Pro was able to implement HDR or Night Mode while taking panoramic photos. I personally tested the "Super Panorama", and the dynamic range of the straight out photos is really stunning, and the shadows are rich in detail. Compare the panorama of the iPhone12 Pro Max to see a qualitative leap.
We know that panoramic photography is actually a composite of multiple photos. Through sampling analysis, feature point extraction, and then multiple photos are fused at the edges; the night scene mode is also multi-image fusion, which requires the use of artificial intelligence algorithms.
Therefore, the super panorama of the S12 Pro is not only the credit of the ISP, but also has a lot to do with the independent AI processor on the Tianji 1200. The APU on the chip takes on the work of fusion and splicing. Zoom in on the piece, the traces of the splicing can not be seen at all, and the performance of the APU is remarkable.
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After experiencing the above aspects, I think that the comprehensive imaging capability of the S12 Pro is not bad, but the perception of the beauty function is the strongest, resulting in other imaging capabilities being ignored. And the performance of the Tianji 1200 also made me very curious, because its successor, the Tianji 9000, claims to be able to handle 9 billion pixels per second, which should lead to more new video gameplay.
In fact, from the vivo S12 Pro, it can be seen that the chip plays a vital role in imaging. A good experience is related to the material, and it does not all depend on the hardware itself, and the joint tuning of the manufacturer and the chip side can make the chip play a higher potential from the bottom.
Of course, I am willing to call the S12 Pro a high-performance imaging phone, if you have a large appeal to take pictures, the S12 Pro will definitely bring a lot of fun.
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