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The vivo X200 Ultra follows within the footsteps of vivo’s first-ever Ultra phone and top-of-the-line camera-centric flagships of final yr. These are some massive sneakers to fill.
We like vivo’s method – as a substitute of going for the secure (and boring) refinement method, vivo shook issues up in a significant approach with the X200 Extremely. The spectacular telephoto digital camera was the star of the X100 Extremely, so vivo gave it a brighter lens. The selfie shooter is seemingly the identical.
The opposite two rear cameras convey large modifications and a brand new imaginative and prescient. The 1-inch 23mm major digital camera is gone, which lots of people may see as a downgrade, however not so quick!
We’re right here to let you know that the brand new 35mm major shooter with a nonetheless impressively giant 1/1.28-inch sensor is not worse in any respect. And the brand new 14mm ultrawide with the identical 1/1.28-inch sensor might very properly be the spotlight of this telephone.
Let’s put sensor sizes apart for a second and speak lenses. Each the 24mm (23mm on this case) and 35mm focal lengths have a robust following within the photographic neighborhood. The 35mm is a traditional reporter-style lens – broad angle, but low-distortion, in a position to seize plenty of the scene, however has an intimate, candid look to its photographs. The 24mm is a extra starkly wide-angle lens, lending itself to capturing extra of the scene, bringing a dramatic sense to a picture, heavier on distortion, particularly in the event you convey your topic near the lens.
We might wager that some photographers would see the removing of the 23mm digital camera as a dealbreaker, whereas others may contemplate the brand new 35mm a cause alone to purchase the X200 Extremely.
However here is the place the upgraded 14mm ultrawide is available in. Because of its major camera-sized sensor, it produces major camera-quality photographs. It is a lot better than the previous ultrawide, and the distinction is seen even in good mild.
So the vivo X200 Extremely is now a singular photographic proposition – it brings 14mm, 35mm, and 85mm lenses with flagship picture high quality – every of those cameras will seize nicer photographs than your iPhone, Galaxy Extremely, or Pixel’s major digital camera.
Now let’s take a look at how the brand new vivo flagship compares towards its monumental predecessor.
Our first set of photographs is of the principle cameras – the 1-inch 23mm f/1.8 on the left, the 1/1.28-inch 35mm f/1.7 on the suitable. The very first thing you will discover is the distinction in focal size. The numbers appear shut, however they don’t seem to be – 23mm is rather a lot wider than 35mm. We anticipate that even skilled shooters will want a couple of days to readjust their eyes to the brand new regular.
Essential digital camera: vivo X100 Extremely • vivo X200 Extremely
Essential digital camera: vivo X100 Extremely • vivo X200 Extremely
The decrease distortion is clear once you have a look at the thumbnails. 35mm is taken into account a wide-angle lens within the photograph world, but it surely’s the alternative within the smartphone world, which has adjusted to wider focal lengths on major cameras for years now.
With the 35mm photographs, topics are nearer and greater. Which means that the brand new major digital camera can be higher for folks photographs. After all, some folks may miss the distorted look of the older major digital camera.
What impressed us essentially the most was the picture high quality from the brand new 35mm major digital camera. It is higher on the per-pixel stage than the 1-inch 23mm digital camera – element rendition is much less digital, advantageous textures are much less oversharpened, and there is extra readability within the 35mm photographs.
Colours from the 2 major cameras additionally differ considerably. The X100 Extremely has way more saturated colours by default (although you may tune that within the telephone’s settings).
Essential digital camera: vivo X100 Extremely • vivo X200 Extremely
Transferring to the ultrawide, the place we see a giant distinction in high quality. The sphere of view is identical – 14mm, 116Ëš – however the sensors and lenses are completely different. The previous ultrawide has a 1/2.0-inch sensor and an f/2.2 lens. The brand new digital camera has a a lot bigger 1/1.28-inch imager with a barely brighter f/2.0 lens.
The brand new ultrawide is leaps and bounds higher. Element is way larger, and it is rendered in a extra pure approach. The brand new digital camera can discern the smallest of textures, whereas the older digital camera struggles to render all of it, leaving a smeared mess in locations the place the brand new digital camera renders advantageous grass.
The brand new digital camera can be higher and coloration rendition and has an edge in dynamic vary.
Ultrawide: vivo X100 Extremely • vivo X200 Extremely
Ultrawide: vivo X100 Extremely • vivo X200 Extremely
There is not a giant distinction within the 85mm photographs in good mild, outdoors of the colour rendition, which is a system-wide setting, relatively than a per-camera setting.
Zoom: vivo X100 Extremely • vivo X200 Extremely
Within the subsequent few photographs, we used the vivo X200 Extremely’s new 14mm digital camera zoomed in to 23mm to see if you will get away with not having a local 23mm. The outcomes should not far in good mild, particularly in the event you do not pixel peep and use them for social media. However the 14mm on the X200 Extremely, improved as it’s, cannot match the native 1-inch 23mm major digital camera on the X100 Extremely.
23mm vs 14mm zoomed in: vivo X100 Extremely • vivo X200 Extremely
We additionally tried the opposite situation – utilizing the vivo X100 Extremely’s 23mm digital camera, zoomed in to 35mm, to match the vivo X200 Extremely’s major digital camera. It is a nearer match, however the 1-inch digital camera is not pretty much as good at 35mm because the native 35mm.
23mm zoomed in vs 35mm: vivo X100 Extremely • vivo X200 Extremely
The principle cameras are all wonderful at evening. Other than the distinction in coloration, we see equally nice exposures, well-developed shadows, balanced highlights, no distracting noise, and the identical, dependable element seize. High marks all-around!
23mm vs 35mm at evening: vivo X100 Extremely • vivo X200 Extremely
We anticipated to see a giant distinction within the low-light efficiency of the zoom cameras – whereas the X200 Extremely’s 85mm zoom has the identical sensor because the one on the X100 Extremely, it brings a brighter f/2.27 lens (vs f/2.67). However there is not a that a lot separating the 2 even at nighttime. Sure, the brand new digital camera was in a position to preserve ISO a bit decrease, however we won’t see any pronounced digital noise on both zoom’s samples.
The brand new digital camera is a bit heavier on the sharpening, and it processed its shadows a bit darker.
Zooms at evening: vivo X100 Extremely • vivo X200 Extremely
General, we might say that vivo made a robust follow-up to top-of-the-line cameraphones of final yr. The brand new 35mm is polarizing for its focal size however wonderful when it comes to high quality.
The 85mm zoom is simply as transformative because it was a yr in the past, solely with a barely higher lens!
We stated the ultrawide would be the spotlight of the vivo X200 Extremely, and we imply it! It is with out query the perfect ultrawide-angle digital camera on a telephone. It renders photographs as superbly as the principle digital camera, which is not the case on every other telephone on the market.
Our subsequent cease is to do thorough testing of the brand new digital camera in low mild. Keep tuned for that!