The World's Largest Smartphone Camera! Xiaomi 12S Ultra

Xiaomi 12S Ultra has a truly incredible camera... sometimes
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[@flibbittygibbitt]

That part about the center camera not being the main camera was quite a plot-twist.

[@roguegaming6001]

But it is Edit: It isn't

[@BlessingMokoenaOfficial]

@@roguegaming6001 the center is the ultra wide

[@tebasnineone]

it's triggering, it's frustrating,... 😅

[@DesimaVEBO]

I wish I never knew?

[@andrewprasanna9323]

No big deal once you get used to it but I was definitely surprised haha.

[@vidIQ]

Looking forward to this going out in the first round of the blind camera test comp!

[@h3w45]

Z

[@kristianpomida8259]

Until you remember the pocophone making a Cinderella run.

[@raziel2215]

Can't wait

[@luisteixeira00]

The phone with the most vibrant photos always wins those, so this might actually get pretty far or even win. Remember when the original Pocophone won? That one had a DECENT camera.

[@ahmed6111]

@@h3w45 A

[@thecodfather7109]

Nice to see this camera has a phone in it.

[@bigearedmouse17]

😂

[@prosimulate]

😂😂😂👍

[@RuthwikRao]

big "these mods have a skyrim in it" energy

[@chris5k132]

Xiaomi is nailing it again. Been using it since 2016. Not switching it for any other brand so far. So good.

[@HeloisGevit]

Same here.

[@Smithson52]

Now all Xiaomi needs to do is start pushing out consistent software and security updates. That's the only thing they are lacking right now. Killer phone regardless!

[@knightsljx]

If Xiaomi could get out of the way of their own success and offer stock Android, that'd be great

[@GuagoFruit]

Why would they upgrade security and compromise their own data collecting operations?

[@BRNOOB_]

Agreed

[@vedaryan334]

This. There phones have terrible qa both when it comes to software and hardware. Their software has more bloat and ads than anything you can think of.

[@untitled795]

Not today CCP shill!

[@cablekibble2942]

8:05 Watching a camera recording a camera recording a camera recording a cityscape truly gave me the MKBHD experience.

[@abdultajj4285]

This guy's really the best. I have never seen anyone review a camera of a phone like that. Precise, concise with needed details. Keep it up MKBHD!

[@beardedentity]

This guys ❌ This guy ✅ Singular form

[@jadeng1147]

@@beardedentity This Guy's √

[@BRDNKVision]

Yeah with incredible sample photo of his shoes. Man, you can't be serious

[@MJ-uk6lu]

And there have been many phones like that. Somebody is seriously forgetting Nokia PureView 808, Galaxy K Zoom and so many other big camera monsters.

[@alestbest]

Love your style. No screeming no strange dramatic voice. Just a normal smart man.

[@TexRobNC]

Man, as a 44 year old dude who was basically always in tune with the tech world, but finds it hard at this point in my life compared to my 20s, I love your stuff Marques. You help keep me in the loop!

[@wotizit]

Neeeeerdddd

[@rysea9855]

@@wotizit shut

[@Kemns_Art]

@@wotizit And so is everyone with the things they love to do.

[@aloud9738]

I am 10 years younger and I find it hard to keep up lol, now where is my palm pilot.

[@3KRacing]

Man, literally same feeling... 🍻 to middle age

[@Koushikdbrp]

Unlike OnePlus with their Hasselblad venture, Xiaomi, with Leica actually made something worthy of praise.

[@StepsParku]

Leica on the Mi is still not a big deal. It's just another hassleblad like doing the minor things.

[@sreesanthciby1801]

@@StepsParku Minor things? The phone uses Leica's Summicron lenses for the cameras which have an anti reflective coating like Zeiss's T*. And the colour science is tuned by leica unlike Hasselblad which just slapped a few filters into the camera app

[@nogerboher5266]

@@sreesanthciby1801 You have to keep in mind that Hasselblad and PhaseOne LEAD the professional studio and editorial photography markets around the entire world. The biggest agencies in the world use only and exclusively either Hasselblads or PhaseOnes cameras. They are not small fish, commercial grade companies like Sony, Leica, Canon, Nikon, Fuji and others... They are the two biggest and worlds leading pro studio camera manufacturers in the world. Having Hasselblad actually engineer, design and install a completely custom lens setup, including the sensor, glass, coatings, focusing motors and so on and so forth, would not be nearly as cheap as having a company like Leica, Zeiss or Sony do it... Also, not to mention that Hasselblad being one of the two biggest world leading studio camera manufacturers, they specialize in medium format cameras and medium format lenses AND to top that off, all of their lenses use leaf shutter technology aka. in-lens shutter, not standard, cheap in-camera body shutter... So for Hasselblad to engineer, design and put AN ACTUAL Hasselblad lens onto a phone, would probably cost more than the phone itself... I mean, their SMALLEST lens for their SMALLEST X system cameras, is a 30mm f3.5 lens and it costs 3,995 EUR! Yes, their smallest lens costs 4,000 EUR! So if they were to manufacture an entire lens for a phone, with THEIR technology, you would probably be looking at a +/-2,000 EUR JUST FOR THE LENS - so the entire phone would probably end up costing more than 3-4 grand... Nobody would buy a 3,000 - 4,000 EUR/USD phone...

[@VishalPaswan-uy9xk]

@@nogerboher5266 Users want to pay less & get as high quality & service as could. Here Xiaomi have done it with leica. Why we need to think what Hassblad do with their bla bla bla what they capture & all when we just need our thing.

[@nogerboher5266]

@@VishalPaswan-uy9xk Did you even read my reply to @Sreesanth Ciby? Because it looks like you did not. You need to think and know what ''Hasselblad do with their bla bla bla'' because in order for Hasselblad to engineer, design and manufacture a custom made lens for a mobile phone, it would cost 10 times more to manufacture compared to what it would cost a commercial grade company like Leica to do. If Hasselblad was to engineer and make a mobile phone lens, with a leaf shutter and their own glass elements, focus motor etc., that lens alone would end up costing upwards of 2,000 EUR, which is already in itself 3 to 6 times more expensive than what the average phone costs today - and if you put that 2,000 EUR lens on a phone, you're now looking at a 2,500 - 3,000 EUR mobile phone, with 70 to 80 percent of the cost of that phone being its camera lens... Who the hell would buy a 500 EUR phone with a 2,000 EUR camera lens on the back?! Nobody... Use your brain... Meanwhile, Leica probably made that lens on the back for less than 100-200 EUR per unit - INCLUDING THE IMAGE SENSOR - that's already 10 times cheaper than what it would cost Xiaomi to hire Hasselblad to do. And if you still don't understand, here's a laymans analogy for you; If you were an car manufacturer and you wanted to outsource and have a car chassis made for your car, do you think it would be cheaper to have Renault(Leica) to manufacture a chassis for you or to have Rolls Royce(Hasselblad) manufacture the chassis for you?

[@jonleexz]

I think Panasonic released a 1-inch sensor DMC-CM1 in 2014, which take amazing photos (and you can even use circular filter with an adapter).

[@BryanzHAn03]

Looks like it has been a trend for smartphone manufacturers to market a feature as "new" or "revolutionary" even though it was released years ago.

[@EvanLindy]

Love these videos bro! Super entertaining and informative! Curious why don’t you do camera reviews?

[@tayzonday]

They missed an opportunity to call this the “Cyclops” instead of the “12S Ultra” 👁

[@astronaut205]

😂😂✌️

[@tebasnineone]

Cyclops name sounds kinda,... gaming. somebody would mistake this for gaming phone.

[@Tirth-Patel]

🎵🎵 Chocolate Rain 🎵🎵

[@yo-ma-ma5598]

Tbh I’d prefer it be called “vision” instead

[@mby4069]

They should do a minion collab

[@scientia8442]

This "hit or miss" thing is typical in photography, I would say. Even with professional DSLRs, you still have to try a bit, know about the settings etc. to get "hits".

[@Sundara229]

Agree. Any camera system has it's own quirks, it's not that hard to figure them out and adapt your capturing accordingly. It's the reason why I think casual 1:1 / side by side shots without further context can be misleading. Change the angle a bit and the results could totally swing in the other direction.

[@rodolphocamargo]

@@Sundara229 I do agree with both of you but I've had an iPhone for 3 months now and I realized I don't have to take three or four pictures anymore. The first one is already great and won't differ that much from the rest.

[@KindaKrispy]

Adding on to scientia's photography point, it's not surprising to pros or those with DSLR experience that the huge lens on the Xaiomi is the wide angle. To be fair, the average causal won't be able to immediately recall the difference in physical appearance between a bulbous front element of a fisheye or ultrawide compared to a flat front element of a telephoto.

[@Sundara229]

@@KindaKrispy How is this related to his comment

[@asterix908]

What differentiates a Photographer from the rest, is that they share their hits, where as others share all their junk.

[@sparkfiji716]

Love this look, I had the Nokia 1020, still think it looked great plus had a good camera for the time. One of my photos was blown up and printed full page size in our local paper and the quality beat a lot of their own photos. Honor have done this round bump too. I use my camera for work every day so this phone is very tempting to try and get yet again a combo of this look, great phone, and Leica lens.

[@datdudeEX1992]

I still have my 1020 and for outdoor daylight pics, it's still awesome, better than my iPhone 11 for work

[@sparkfiji716]

@@datdudeEX1992 I still have mine in a drawer but the battery died.

[@konliner9286]

Love how detailed your reviews are.

[@AndrewHahaLee]

Haven't seen MKBHD this excited over a smartphone camera for some time now. Good job Xiaomi. There aren't many bad smartphone cameras these days, so having shutter confidence and noiseless low light shots, are top tier bonuses for me. One reason I swopped from a Samsung to a Pixel was because of how every Samsung phone I've used seems to be plagued by slow shutter - caused by the camera app itself, especially when lighting is causing the camera to constantly re-calibrate for whatever reason. (I know this because I used a third party camera app and that slowness wasn't there, so it's not the hardware).

[@nk4j272]

Tbf, this is mostly Sony's job. Xiaomi integrated this sensor into their phone do props for that, but I don't see too much innovation in software from them. Just imagine, with Qualcomm chps it has been possible for 2yrs to do the seamless transfer between cameras when zooming, would be great if they put some effort into that.

[@DimaLegoFUN]

@@nk4j272 xiaomi in terms of software is old, they even have build in apps add's... so for me they try to catching everyone in phone market 1st the try to catch iphones, now samsung naming for me they like doing clickbate names, they used to use note name in their smartphones after samsung note series, so after that choosing this company for me its useless, they got latest sony sensor put in camera and other sensor is old same nice, so this small bugs andd fails will conclude the picture of this smartphone or we have biggest sensor, but other are shit, we have biggest battery but it will last same as other phones 5000mah battery, we have name useb by samsung to mislead you. so conclusion cheap company which style to copy everyone and trying to look like they are leaders... sorry for English.

[@OXIR]

@@nk4j272 it's Leica too because they collaborated with them. Remember, Huawei's camera success was mostly because of their collaboration with Leica.

[@OXIR]

Also last year they use a Samsung ISOCELL GN2 sensor which was the biggest sensor at the time it came out. To be honest I can go on and on about the problems about Samsung. This company clearly has a bad management because it has a huge potential but they have problems in such areas they should never have. For example they introduced some high-end sensors with very fast focus and minimal shutter speed yet they don't implement those in their own phones for some reason. Such a weird company.

[@BenjaminHari]

Phone cameras are finally starting to evolve and will be soon as good as decent point and shoot camera. I'm really excited what the future brings! :)

[@Hobbles_]

Thinking back to the Lumia with the huge camera! I remember when everyone was crazy talking about it

[@sandihermana4873]

The lumia only got huge camera megapixels not a huge big sensor

[@rafi6618]

@@sandihermana4873 1/1.5" was super big for a phone in 2013/2014

[@MadsonOnTheWeb]

Even before Lumia with their pureview

[@omarspost]

i had this phone. great photos, but it didnt have the processing power to provide a smooth user experience. panasonic cm1 was great. 1st phone with a 1 inch type sensor. it was a little clunky but the photos were great.

[@JmKrokY]

Ok

[@aren6]

3:13 is crazy, I never expected this kind of photo out of a smartphone, and that's probably the only really great thing about having a large sensor on a smartphone. Being able to click fast shutter speed shots of action

[@johnbuckingham6895]

Impressive cameras module with truly class leading detail rendering. If only Xiaomi had its own standard color profile, then allowed users to implement the Leica color science modes when they wanted. That would be solve the color shifting between lenses. From what I've read, the 12S Ultra is only intended for release in China (so far). If sold globally, it could become a major hit with photographers and content creators (who could afford the rather steep price tag.

[@perfugium_]

10:05 marques is just too good a reviewer that he's even reviewing the phone for the people who do "super weird creepy zoomed in videos"

[@Ytremz]

No comment.

[@mitochondria6264]

Hy I am super weird creepy zoomed in videos

[@Ashlord]

Love that you hit on the main focus of the phone, and then just listed all the specs at the end. Nice work as always!

[@Mark1Mach2]

Great review man. I heard great things about the successor to this phone, the zoom.

[@masononemine1702]

The zoom problem as you said, its not that the View finder does not switch lenses but it has more to do with the electronic stabilization, the Stabilization is cropping into the frame at a different angle on the View finder versus what you actually get in the recording which is a super weird bug, weirder than what you thought is happening.

[@LuLeBe]

Yeah, wondered the same thing. The lenses are an inch apart. The difference in framing can't be more than an inch, certainly not a whole plane vanishing with that offset.

[@creativepicnl]

From a photographer perspective this phone is a beast! Ben from Ben’s review did a side by side compare and it’s capabilities are quite remarkable. Performance wise it feels like its up there with all of the other brands. I don’t really get why the color profiles change that much when switching cameras. Other than that: highly impressed. The bokeh with the sharpness is so nice! Nothing beats optical rollout!

[@dimitrijekrstic7567]

xiaomi just doesn't seem to think matching the colors of the cameras on their multi camera phones is important. I see the same thing with my Mi 9T and it didn't surprise me at all. It's incredibly weird to not try and get them to look at least close to each other

[@frostilver]

@@dimitrijekrstic7567 Compared to Apple, Xiaomi and their development team is still too young and too inexperienced. Though, I'm very impressed by what they've achieved here.

[@frykauf]

Same profile (made for the main sensor only) used on all the cameras - meaning only the main sensor looks good, all the other ones look off color

[@kylewolfe_]

@@frostilver You'd think that since they partnered with Leica there would be a little more pressure to get the profiles dialed-in perfectly.

[@sayyedameerarkhisro1464]

Every Xiaomi flagship phone has them terrible in the initial phases. But they tend to fix them in later updates. Saw this trend in the 11Ultra and 10Ultra

[@YarakaOfficial]

One minor thing: Xiaomi dropped the "Mi" naming scheme from their phones. So this is just the Xiaomi 12S Ultra Great video!

[@eduard6450]

@@arunkp20 12:10

[@6.nuggets]

@Zaydan Naufal *since xiaomi note 10

[@Tomorrow32]

Man, you are good. Subscribed!

[@chromerims]

So smooth. So polished. So rich in detail. And the device ain't bad either. Thank you.

[@JBuhr]

I think this is the most excited I've ever seen Marques about a phone camera. Pretty cool to see things that can still wow the experts!

[@happymaguire7806]

"The hit hits so hard". You can clearly tell how deeply he's impressed by the device 😁.

[@skygardener7849]

The main improvement is with video blur. Even ordinary moving subjects produced video blur in the previous Mi 11 Ultra. This time, they've really nailed it. A bit more work on the zoom, pare down MiUI to something more minimal(which will also make updates easier) and they'll be serious competition.

[@upindersinghsangha2863]

That line almost got me emotional 😂

[@Savolainenkusetus]

Only the cameras...

[@aiti_4996]

@@Savolainenkusetus not only the cameras. This phone has a very powerful chip and can maintain the cooling to a decent level that it doesn't thermal throttle that hard and it has a good screen and good speaker. What more there is needed on a phone?

[@halexisb]

@@Savolainenkusetus yes because thats what set the phone apart, the rest as he said, it's like any other flagship or better... I really don't get why people try to undermine products like this... Hey if you like iPhones or Samsung phones You should be happy too, this Will make Apple and Samsung rethink their retail prices

[@Uhriemefe]

The way you talk about things are just so refreshing. 😂 Always feels so good watching your videos.

[@super-tolt]

cameras used to be a small component of the phone, now it's a phone attached to a camera

[@wooniparky]

6:16 this phone gonna kickstart my feet pic era

[@KizzysoKizzy]

I went from a Samsung Note 8 to a Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro. It was by far my favorite android phone I have had. I currently have a Google Pixel 6 Pro, and I still can say that Xiaomi was my favorite phone. So much for so less compared to price points of other phones. Many bells an whistles. I HATE that there is no real official US carrier (T- Mobile/AT&T) that will support 5G on the bands they have. I only retired my Xiaomi phone because it was only working at the time on a 4G/4G LTE band that the carrier was no longer supporting. I envy the international market. They make amazing phones!

[@neinvenator8735]

The pixel sucks

[@xingwei8441]

It's time to get a new XiaoMi bro.😎

[@jerrywu615]

@@neinvenator8735 Wait why? I have the 6 Pro and it's working great for me...pretty much no bugs since I got it in May

[@alij9888]

They don't carry Xiaomi phones because the US government has labeled them as a security threat (not the only country to say this). They have been saying over the past, at least three years, not to buy these phones.

[@neinvenator8735]

@@jerrywu615 mine is laggy and overheats. Did you try video calling on 5G? Phone just heats up and shuts down.

[@Each1Teach1BuildMany]

I'm looking forward to this one! The laptop cam feature will really help when I'm teaching my remote students.

[@mfkquansah]

Loved this review!

[@tonylatt4051]

11:46 and it looks like a minion 😂😂😂😂

[@superhamz7]

I hope more brands use backs that aren't glass, kudos to Xiaomi that faux leather looks awesome

[@tntgdh]

Right ? Have you seen the grey one ? Piece of art

[@pudinichigo91]

But how long it will hold if we use for 2-3 years ?

[@superhamz7]

@@pudinichigo91 it's not a new thing, eg the note 4 had a removable faux leather back and that's still holding up today

[@adnamamedia]

I miss when phones weren't glass! the LG G4 and Galaxy S5 also had fake leather backs

[@superhamz7]

@@adnamamedia the s5 was plastic, but I'd agree the note 4

[@JohnWick-mk4ve]

Ur testing is amazing bro!!

[@shadalee]

Would have loved to see a review on the Xiaomi 13 ultra from you. 😀

[@nkereuwemezekiel5290]

I've seen several reviews of the 12S Ultra but this is the one I was looking forward to. Satisfied now. Great phone.

[@bodcare1332]

Love the leather Matt finish on the back. Makes a classy look all round. Can't help but think how vulnerable that large camera area would be subject to damage on desks etc.

[@DiosanXaquerry]

I was thinking this would only make sense if there is a good protective case for thin maybe with a lense cap or something

[@HAWXLEADER]

It doesn't touch the table. The phone is leaning on the bottom of the phone and the bottom of the visor. The part where the cameras are doesn't touch the table.

[@yuxuanhuang3523]

​@@HAWXLEADER My HUAWEI mate 40 pro has a similar but less bulgy round camera bump. When I use it without a case, the aluminum frame of the camera bump rubs on surfaces and gets scratched. Luckily the bump is really thin so a normal case, with a slightly thicker edge round the camera, would keep it protected. With MI's design, unless the case has a really thick protective bump around the camera, there is going to be scratching on the edge of the lower half of the bump, with it sitting tilted. It might not affect the lenses, but the frame is going to look real bad.

[@sushimshah2896]

@@HAWXLEADER that's why I loved the og Find X and the Reno (og & 2nd series) where the latter had that tiny circular bump (looked like a chopped metal ball), that helped protect the already flush lenses on the GG back from scratches. The downside was it being easier to smudge. And b4 anyone says those sensors were tiny or the phones were too thick (>9mm in the middle), I know! I was just stating that I loved those phones (and a few others released in 2018/19), and can only wish that such designs weren't completely abandoned!

[@ydorni5923]

Marques said in their podcast that the fake leather back feels extremely cheap

[@universeoa2752]

9:40 pretty clear explanation ! good job

[@GamezBeatz]

8:58 same happends with the LG Velvet, I was recording a beautiful classic sailing ship and kept it in frame. When I was back in my hotel and watched the video, I noticed the odd bug.

[@fabiangarcia2171]

@8:12 look at Marques so buff so inspirational petting Dark Mode Mac 🤌🏼🐶

[@kizu779]

This phone's camera is insane but I just wish that the color quality was a bit more natural and less saturated in certain lighting. But I do hope that this helps push the camera game for other smartphones to use a similar formula and improve upon it

[@JmKrokY]

Ok

[@tjl2836]

all it needs to do is shoot raw and it'll be the best phone for photography

[@godfather9443]

Just turn off ai and you will get natural colours.

[@rutaiyaicheun7042]

leica tune

[@mitja96kren]

@@tjl2836 it's a xiaomi, it shoots RAW, for a few generations already

[@ManCalledMif]

Great to see genuine photo sensor improvements in smartphones. That bokeh looks great. What's the crop factor for that sensor? A full frame (small format) mirrorless camera can make background almost disappear into a wash of colour at F1.2 55mm or F2 85m..

[@lukebarkermusic]

Not sure exactly about this Xiaomi but I can work out the crop factor on my S22 Ultra's main camera (which has a slightly smaller sensor than the Xiaomi 12S Ultra) from the shooting details saved along with a photo. It shows a focal length of 6.4mm at f/1.8 aperture. Knowing that the angle of view is equivalent to 24mm on a full frame camera (confirmed from Samsung's own specs where they say the main camera is 24mm equivalent) you just need to do 24 / 6.4 = crop factor of 3.75. That might be off very slightly due to difference in aspect ratio of the sensors (a full frame camera is typically 3:2 but I believe the S22 Ultra is 4:3 like a Micro Four Thirds camera. And if you choose to shoot in 16:9 on the phone that would cause a further difference relative to full frame). I can then work out exactly what the depth of field would be equivalent to full frame: 3.75 * f/1.8 = f/6.75. For a phone camera that is actually impressive but definitely far off the f/1.4 you can get full frame 24mm lenses in. Only the native focal length of the camera is recorded along with a photo on the S22 Ultra - so say I was using the main camera but chose to zoom in to 50mm, this is digital zooming/cropping by 2.1x so I would have to remember that a photo I've taken with this level of zoom would actually be equivalent to 2.1 * 6.75 = f/14.18 at 50mm on a full frame camera.

[@ManCalledMif]

@@lukebarkermusic great answer thank you

[@jaylebron777]

I love that MB was using the phone and found ways to make it better.. He is a genius. Y'all should know if you don't already

[@delpinsky]

I've seen few comparisons in this week and maybe a weak point is the 5x zoom sensor, not really as sharp as the competitors. But perhaps it can be easily fixed via software updates. I really like this phone.

[@zhico123]

@@kuza3991 God created climate change.

[@feudefollet]

@@kuza3991 Amen

[@sirbondman007]

@@kuza3991 Where did this come from in a phone review?????

[@j_w_i_]

Marques videos are just so well made. I feel like I’m watching an episode from a Netflix show

[@wisdomyaw03]

Very very true. Even though we all have come to expect high quality video from him, sometimes you watch a new one and you're like "damn! He never runs out of new ideas for his videos". This video is very well made. Kudos 👌 to him!

[@jonnylee8538]

What about Mr. Mobile?

[@Acconda]

The photo of the arch, I was really impressed by the 12s ultra, looked really nice

[@robertoperaza2683]

@5:07 / That mac pro in the background used as a plant pot was hilarious .

[@samiullm]

i also liked the camera...the way you captured the Aeroplane makes you the best "TESTER" for any gadget...thumbs up man...

[@superfluidity]

It seems like with the big sensor it could really use an option to stop down the lens to reduce the depth of field sometimes. The bokeh looks fine but sometimes I'd want to see close up details and distant details in focus at the same time.

[@turgs1]

Your video was almost all about the camera very similar to the instructions great insight

[@deletdis6173]

Thought this was a vid about the classic Nokia Lumia 1020 at first, got nostalgia lol.

[@calebkyleaboy8576]

This is the first time I've seen MKBHD enthusiastically impressed by something.

[@ilmagodiloz]

I got to a point where I just watch Marques' videos even if I'm not interested in the subject. His vibe and the way he talks about things are so enjoyable and comforting that I always hope there's a new video every time I have my lunch break :)

[@The_Beast_666]

@Lorenzo Franchini AFUCKINGMEN DUDE! IKR!!!!

[@iamsoban]

thank you for the detailed review, i am seriously considering buying this phone as i was confused earlier

[@JulioAndres]

Long time without seen Marques so excited about a camera phone. Cool

[@joshhitech]

Those camera shots were so clean on that phone! Definitely impressed.

[@samuelmansaray8057]

Thanks for all your wonderful videos @MKBHD! Much love from Sierra Leone 🇸🇱

[@Vandal42]

This made me think of my old Nokia 1020 - the 920 &1020 I LOVED. Such a fun UI - miss it

[@abouzakaria9505]

U R the good on it man 💪💪💪, keep going

[@samon_kurowassan]

10:05 "Super zoomed in creepy videos of stuff far away," what? You mean like your neighbor or something 😂😂😂

[@user-gx3cf2ot2q]

I'm really disappointed we can't get a lot of these phones in the US. I owned a Xiaomi before and I loved it.

[@chineselovefreedom]

Wait until you see the pre-installed Chinese anti-fraud center, which monitors you 24 7

[@mml1426]

Most of those phones are straight trash though

[@ProCelestialEmpire]

You can still get them via aliexpress. they deliver fast.

[@bluetradesgreen]

I mean…. They got outlawed because the Chinese government literally has spyware on them lmao. U want that?

[@quattro5958]

@@mml1426 yeah becasue you cant afford one, i just got my and it is amazing.

[@kirandilraj3324]

Reminds me of the Samsung M8800 (2008)... the awe when I use to take it out😲... fun times 😎

[@katlewis7440]

I got this camera as my #1 pick in the blind test. Tempted to get it. Thanks for this review!

[@Shazzar_]

My man has been really busy and it's not even techtober yet... ❤️🔥

[@MIKEZG]

Thanks!

[@aliettienne2907]

WOW 😲! This is what I'm talking about trading performance over aesthetic and in this case getting still image with moving objects. That feature is a must have technology for a camera on a phone. I'm flabbergasted over the impressive still photo that capture the moving plant. To be honest the camera on the surface of the phone is fairly shallow with a negligible pump.

[@cronick310]

almost 20 years ago, the Sony k800i cybershot was able to take great pictures in full motion without blurring. That was really cool back then

[@KeisarPR]

I'm looking forward for your opinions on this and wow i didn't think that you would give it such a high score 🤯

[@lander.96]

Its Leica.

[@faisalrahman9236]

It's beast.

[@Pikachu-ho8rp]

It’s John Cena.

[@Nov_Net]

It's a me, Mario!

[@cupofjoen]

It's over nine thousaaaand!

[@jarretoshea3560]

Re: not getting everything in focus when you're up close. Strange to me that there haven't been any attempts (to my knowledge) of adding a kind of automatic focus-stacking feature. Many cameras have an assisted mode for this already, and with all the money being spent on computational photography I would think this would be an area of interest. Maybe there just haven't been enough phone cameras that had hardware that was really capable of shallow DOF.

[@iamdave84]

I like your suggestion. I used to often need to take clear photos of barcodes up close, and they'd always blur toward the edges like that. The best I could do was tell the camera to focus between the middle and edge or do 2x zoom and pull back a bit.

[@Crokto]

or just an aperture

[@you-jb5nz]

Macro camera в помощь

[@v3xman]

Variable aperture should have solved this already. Samsung Note 10 was the last one to have that feature and it would have really helped now with large camera sensors.

[@davidswanson5669]

@@v3xman does a variable aperture take multiple bracketed photos instantly, or does it mean that the aperture itself has the ability to change shape or warp?

[@davidvictory9764]

M4/3 sensor would be nice especially with the automatic processing and editing phones do

[@mickey_ay]

You gotta do a review of the new photography attatchment tool

[@Vato1979]

I love that this Xiaomi photo camera came with smartphone capabilities!

[@zinoubensalah8939]

i'm waiting for flossy carter to get his hands on this and goes Crazy 🤣🤣🤣 he gets excited over small things.

[@tong.clement]

Experienced both the Mi 10 and 11 Ultra. The camera setup is amazing, especially the telephoto for filming sport games (eg: sailing) and creates excellent compression. This is the camera setup I would want on an iPhone!

[@soladsani]

Great info from a Great man that knows he's tech inside out 👌 🎯spot on. Thx mbkhd 👍

[@darklayton]

Can’t say enough how much I appreciate you mentioning how this does on moving subjects. I have two young kids and literally all I do it photograph them, often in middling indoor light. Most reviews really don’t mention this. Like the galaxy ultra line is awful for taking photos of kids and most reviewers just say the camera is great.

[@kona328WH]

This is where the pixel phones shine too

[@muhammadhafizh8684]

Yeah, vivo also has motion tracking, but the best part, pro sports mode...just bought vivo x80, was shocked that i managed to take unblurry photos of my kids playing indoor.

[@dankovelkoski3883]

Most reviewers are not middle aged people with kids. This is not as much a consideration for them. For you and me it's a deal breaker. I have a pixel 6 pro now for this very reason. The one plus 7pro I had before this had terrible shutter lag. I used gcam and lag was gone. Google camera software for the win. This feature in Google's computational photography is not talked about enough.

[@aberreg]

Same here. I've had Pixels for a few years now. For each new Apple and Samsung flagship that comes out, I go to the store, take my current Pixel and the latest flagship in my hands, and shoot photos of moving people in the store, pressing the shutters at the same time. Pixel always wins, the photo is always captured faster and with less motion blur. It beats Samsung by a large margin, and Apple by a small margin.

[@darklayton]

@@aberreg I loved my pixel 6 pro camera, easily the best for kid photos, face unblur was the real deal. But it was buggy enough that I have transitioned to an iphone 13 for now. Looking forward to the pixel 7 line.

[@Dosahka]

i loved the repurposed trashcan mac as a pot for some green grass :D subtle blend in the background!

[@vosster]

Nice touch making a flowerpot out of an old MacPro in the background.

[@yuvrajsingh5563]

Loved that MacPro “Trash can” Easter Egg in the back!

[@fadyNUFC]

Love this phone... Hope it comes out soon globally.. ❤️😍

[@HandsOnKnowledge]

Love this phone 🔥 definitely getting this one next 👍

[@videomaster5437]

Random tip from experience. Using my S22 Ultra zoom when taking pictures and videos at a concert or festival is an unbeatable experience recording footage from a far

[@danish4005]

"Thanks for watching, catch you guys in the next one. Peace." 🔥 I love your signature outro line man, never change it. ✌️

[@NPCLiam]

Getting back into the smartphone world as of late, and man does Xiaomi have some rad stuff.

[@Fusion05]

Hey Fantastic_Tek

[@NPCLiam]

@@Fusion05 Yo waddup Fusion!

[@Fusion05]

@@NPCLiam I don’t think I’ve ever seen your YT channel. I’m a big fan of your TikToks

[@NPCLiam]

@@Fusion05 I post pretty irregularly right now so I don't mention it often, but yeah it's here! Appreciate it man!

[@Fusion05]

@@NPCLiam keep up the good work! Love the content!

[@stelrex7293]

The most surprising part about the camera setup was the fact that the centre camera has the ultrawide lens whereas the main sensor was on the side.

[@abhimanyucherukupalli3918]

I used to own a cybershot K790i - i remember being able to take amazing shots in sports mode.

[@anongeorge2504]

The bug mentioned about the telephoto camera may not be a bug. It may the telephoto camera doing optical image stabilization which moves the lens slower than the actual movement to remove the shakes. It happened with One Plus 8 pro when we recorded video by moving to one direction faster.

[@remonmalak2579]

okay taking those pictures of the plant on your roof with so much wind and getting these results (every single time) is so damn impressive, I don't think this phone's camera only beats Samsung if you know what I mean .

[@cylix1]

Impressive tech. I have the mi 11 ultra and thinking of getting this one as a upgrade but one thing that i will miss will be the second screen on the back. Was a cool gimmick to take selfies with the main camera and i think xiaomi was wrong not bringing it back for the 12, especially with this 1 inch camera. Would be so cool to take easy selfies with it.

[@banyenkanta6231]

There isn't much upgrade.

[@denislabine3554]

Yes on point

[@menlo7256]

finally a smartphone that MKBHD is super hyped about

[@bangjamz]

it's amazing to watch such technology inside Xiaomi 12S Ultra. and it's way more amazing how you could find its main selling point's Bug even when it isn't officially coming to all market yet

[@sarthaksharma4816]

8:59 I think what happened here is the 'Stabilization Cropping' When we zoomed in too much, the video shakiness increases exponentially. To mitigate that, I think the software cropped portion of the original video (where you had the plane in focus) and stabilised the cropped part by fixating it to still object in the image (here, the clouds) which eventually resulted in you losing the plane from the footage. Ideally, the software should've kept the plane in frame and should've tried to stable things around it. But maybe it didn't work here. If I remember correctly this kind of process is used in many video editing softwares that feature video stabilization. Even Google photos offers something like this. I could be completely wrong with this. But it was cool to think about it.

[@faizmansuri7606]

That's EIS, and mostly the cropping is done on the corners of the Sensors , so not an issue with it

[@OXIR]

I thought that too but I think Marques might be right that it may be using the main sensor in the view finder as you shoot video.

[@faizmansuri7606]

@@OXIR that couldn't be case as the color shifts when it hits the 5x mark , if i may guess it would be that the telescopic lens uses its ois to match the frame of the main lens and keep it a bit to the left with the help of ois.

[@OXIR]

@@faizmansuri7606 yes but did we see a colour shift when after he started taking video?

[@faizmansuri7606]

@@OXIR yes , see when the color shifts when he hits 4.9x

[@ThroughJermainesLens]

My OCD is not a fan of the main camera not being the centered one!! BUT with that being said, this is a phone without a doubt I would love to use, knowing how I like the mi11 Ultra as much as I do, I can image I will love this even more!

[@joytekb]

The phone i was waiting for since first Galaxy camera . Long time but it looks fantastic.