Sony Xperia 1: Camera Field Test

[@PixelPeepers]

many people still complain about the xperia 1 dynamic range. From my testing, there is nothing wrong with it, it's just not as wide (and post processed) as the samsungs, huaweis or iphones out there... but it can be an advantage as much as a disadvantage. Depends on what you are looking for. Usually a wide dynamic range obtained by a smartphone processing means also the loss of color accuracy, usually going overboard with warm tones (see the iphone xs, great dynamic range, strong orange cast in many cases). Do you agree with my findings?

[@imranhussein55]

But Xperia 1's manual HDR isn't it on per with Samsung or Huawei or iPhone?

[@ابنالجزيره-ب8ط]

I agree with that man, Sony would have done it like Samsung and Iphone, it's not that hard for them to do so, but they organized the HDR to be on good level pictures quality and video footage 👍🏻

[@ksmb1887]

Have you noticed the minute 14:14 when he said that the colors on the iPhone are more natural .. But once you check the images displayed you will see that the image of xperia 1 is closer to the colors of the Canon camera! Focus in the color of water for example ... What do you say ??

[@MikeHagen]

Yes ... I mostly agree. Dynamic range was better on the Sony, but color saturation was lower. I can increase saturation and also pick my color grading approach in post processing. I'd be more apt to do post processing on the Sony, where with the iPhone I'd be more willing to publish directly from the camera.

[@CreatorViruZ]

iPhones have an ugly green tint imo

[@ابنالجزيره-ب8ط]

I have it and it's beautiful taking clear sharp shots in manual mode man 👍🏻

[@naimeshirou9734]

You can fix that fish eye effect in the setting. Nice video man. Love your photography

[@ابنالجزيره-ب8ط]

Absolutely 👍🏻

[@hooshswiss]

🥰🥰🥰 I watched this video on my Xperia 1

[@logger711]

Watching on my Z3, every photo looks the same lol

[@amranibrahimrashidi]

Very professional review sir. Keep it up the good work. Thank you for you excellent review of the Sony Xperia 1...

[@MikeHagen]

Thank you Amran.

[@amranibrahimrashidi]

@@MikeHagen welcome sir...

[@shambhangal438]

Excellent overview. One thing worth noting; the Xperia 1 mk 1 in 2022 still have six very good things going for it; - It has a 10 bit 4k screen. - It is currently the cheapest second hand mobile phone on the list of recommended phones by Filmic for their Filmic Pro application when using log v3. Not only do you get log footage, but you also get to see it in 10 bit on-site. This is massive for mobile phone videography. A couple of second hand Xperia 1 mk 1s make for the basis of a decent low cost video production suite. Only thing to note is getting an ND filter that covers all three lenses is non trivial as the lenses are in the middle and not on an edge! - It still has a fast CPU, as well as some very good performance optimisations for gaming (that other phones don't have). If you want a cheap fast phone for gaming, this is a good bet. The wide cinema format is especially useful because the soft controls end up outside the viewable screen area. - It allows an external SD card, up to 512GB. You can switch SD cards without the usual 'pin tool' but the phone does reboot on SD card change. Still useful for backing up video/images on-site - Although the Xperia 1 mk 2 is slightly better, it costs around twice as much second hand, so the cost benefit of moving up from the Mk 1 is low. - Sony EyeAF. Never mentioned in the video because the photo subject material never required it. The Xperia 1 Mk 1 is the cheapest second hand Sony camera that does it in continuous mode. I originally assumed cell phone cameras don't really need it, but it does make a difference. Oh, one clarification. The reason why only the main camera produces RAW is because the camera does not send Camera2 API RAW data from the tele nor wide lenses. As this is the case three years after release, it will never happen now, as to fix it Sony would have to issue a firmware change, and this is now unlikely.

[@deadworms]

this is what you call "quality content". You deserve more subscribers.

[@raosharafatali4547]

Great to see now professional reviewer came towards mobile cellphone camera, and it kick the ass of paid reviewer like surf, and many more

[@md.shahnawaj561]

super surf style... lol... so biased he is

[@tjobbe86]

Awesome review! I have a question. Did you notice any issues with focusing or out of focus images with the Xperia 1?

[@MikeHagen]

I was very pleased with the AF performance. The eye-AF tracking was spot on. As far as I can tell, the technology was carried over from the Alpha line of mirrorless cameras.

[@hansnapoco23]

you can actually turn off the fish eye effect in the settings

[@TechNomadUK1]

Hi. NEED HELP! Can I ask you something: After the updates would you swap a normal Galaxy S10 with an Xperia 1 in terms of just cameras and battery life? And why? Cheers.

[@JoeGillian0]

Checking your'xperia 1 videos in anticipation of xperia 1 ii Liked it. Thanks

[@TechNomadUK1]

Hi. Can I ask if you had received any software updates? Has it improved the camera, the battery life and performance? Still no face unlock? Audio is better or the same? Still no Pixel gesture navigations?

[@MikeHagen]

I haven't done any other software updates.

[@TechNomadUK1]

@@MikeHagen Ummm why not? Are you not interested in what a software updates does to a phone?

[@MikeHagen]

@@TechNomadUK1 The reason is that I sent the phone back to Sony's PR firm after the test!

[@BrbZrk_2]

Thanks for the good video. But its time for a Xperia 5! Review

[@MikeHagen]

I agree. We'll try to do an Xperia 5 soon.

[@dartvader60]

@@MikeHagen would love to see that video.. for stills and video mode.. thanks in advance.. liked and subscribed.. finally a photographer review with no bones BS.. thanks for your honesty opinions.. a true professional 🤗🎅🎅😃

[@Niblauss]

Great video review! Hope to see other comparisons soon! However, you can fix the lens distortion of the wide angle on the camera settings pretty easily.. Just search for it there :)

[@MikeHagen]

You are correct.

[@abuhanifah6532]

Waiting for Xperia 1 mark 2 with Zeiss Optic, and 20fps burst shot

[@MrAirthai]

The camera on my xperia 1 it's super slowly and can't do nothing with camera x1 x2 because it's so slowly that's a normal,or not?and also I can't swap webcam with front camera and back camera because it's gonna be error and camera will stop all when I trying to swiping

[@NavdeepTuli]

I think you should pin a comment stating the lens distortion can be fixed by a setting in camera app. Otherwise people might form an opinion that the camera on Sony isn't worth it.

[@peterharwood5705]

Ive the experia1 and you can correct lense distortion in settings for the wide angle lense.

[@AlanZ377]

2:39 The Xperia 1 and the iPhone photo is the same picture here. With the iPhone one slightly darken. What?

[@dartvader60]

Question to anybody on here... Are Sony generally good for firmware updates.. I'm torn between this phone and the OnePlus 7 pro.. thanks guys. 😃

[@MadBlazer89]

One of the best besides Google Pixel.

[@Uciinnn]

Thanks for this video

[@hirankaushal3899]

Great video 🙂

[@deadworms]

please also review the HDR video capability

[@MikeHagen]

I was going to include the HDR video in the review, but the video was getting a bit long!

[@dartvader60]

@@MikeHagen do a few different videos on different modes on Xperia 1 and 5 🤗🤗

[@naeemabalushi2137]

Sony always Good and Best

[@Dragontrumpetare]

2 minutes in and I wonder, why not use the camerabutton? :-)

[@MikeHagen]

Yep. That works too!

[@akhilesh718]

Very good review

[@MikeHagen]

Thank you Akhilesh.

[@MrBenchi10]

Haz una review del Sony Xperia XZ2 PREMIUM usando el modo manual.

[@hamza-kw7sy]

If you don't want sony 1 send it to me Plz

[@edenlevi9877]

No doubt iPX images are way batter and much more pleasant to eyes. Sony's image got that crisp and details but the colours are off.

[@Uciinnn]

Subscribe for this professional job👍👍👍

[@mortinocano169]

Did Sony sponsor this video?

[@powerkidO7]

Nikon win 😜

[@MikeHagen]

Now, if we could just get 5G on the Z6 and Z7 cameras!

[@mortinocano169]

Let's take a 2019 android phone and compare it to an iPhone from 2017? Where is the sense in that? Would you ever wanna do it the other way around: Let's take a Sony XZ Premium (2017) and compare it to iPhone 11 Pro?!

[@MrBenchi10]

Aún así, usando el modo manual de Sony destroza al IPhone.

[@istanbul-Tr]

Apple Iphone 11 pro photos Better than sony xperia 1

[@MikeHagen]

I hope to test it soon!

[@shinobi9612]

I own a Xperia 1 & let me tell you it is an absolute garbage. Screen display brightness is low, camera picture quality is really bad to what is out there in the premium range. Video stabilization is none existence, the drop in frame rate as you move the phone slowly to record is very noticeable. Battery won't last the whole day on medium use. I spent £900 believing the gimmicks of 4k screen display, creator mode, cinema pro etc etc, but in reality none of these things you require on day to day use & to be honest those gimmicks are not that good any way, full of flaws. Never ever will I buy a Sony mobile.

[@MikeHagen]

Sorry to hear that shonobi9612.

[@adrianpalmeredwards9755]

No worries bud, plenty of choice out there, which colour did you go for amigo

[@shinobi9612]

@@adrianpalmeredwards9755 black. Definitely plenty of choices out there, just regret making this one.

[@balazs8436]

Just go settings and change your codec from h.264 to h.265 and it works great!in cinema app the codec h.265 it's set by default and it's awesome... in regular app change it manually...Sony Xperia 1 🙌

[@junleypick9540]

Wah go to setting..