Xperia 1 VIII | Official Camera Image Quality Designer's Talk

What kind of places are there in this section? The purpose of this camera is a flame-retardant camera. Although I'm showing the image from the image sensor in the lower left... became about four times larger compared to the Xperia 1 II, Finally, the fire retardant has also been scaled up to a large size. The key selling point here is full-size rumination performance across all three eyes. The next generation of software processing is also evolving. The word "superposition processing" has appeared, you know. With smartphones, when you press the shutter button, they actually capture multiple frames in the background, The process of combining them into a single image is quite common nowadays. We are thoroughly revising the stacking process there this time. Low noise, high dynamic range, The key point is suppressing highlight clipping and shadow crushing. Since it covers all lenses from ultra-wide-angle to flame retardant and front lenses, The key point is that even without hardware evolution, software alone has significantly improved image quality. Also, I'm reviewing the processing for the blank mode, so The key point of further evolution lies in achieving a more natural comedic expression. I think it would be immediately obvious if you could just take a look at the actual image. It's a difficult situation, especially in such a dark environment. in places where such light might cause overexposure and whiteout. You can clearly see that the coloring is solid and well done, and the image quality is high-resolution with low noise. Then there's the "dull mode" — this also appears in some shots taken in bright lighting conditions. I also think the hair detail is excellent. I think the reproduction of skin tones is also very good. Then there's the blur mode available in the software, so What I'd like to do is separate the subject from the background and apply blur processing only to the background. It's precisely at such boundaries, very difficult though it is. Separate them clearly and naturally, Every single strand of hair, perfectly and beautifully rendered in motion, I think it has been processed correctly. We'll start from the previous model's Mammamix setting. Even in the dark, your pupils are focusing properly, aren't they? This is also a delightful point. Let me show you a bit of my absent-minded mode. Indeed, the backlighting and illumination at the back are properly done. The Mammacross setting from the previous work was, especially the white light seems to be overexposed as well. That's true of blue as well, isn't it? Due to the operation of the overlay processing in this area, I think the key point is effectively suppressing overexposure. A slightly enlarged screen. Can you sense it through the screen? Skin noise, hair sharpness, and so on. I think you might start noticing a sensation of dryness. It's completely different, isn't it. The blank mode is also appreciated. And in a different expression from the photo mode, so the range of photographic expression has expanded greatly The photo mode and blur mode are both evolving beautifully. Both can be used. This dumb idea is actually pretty good, after all. That sounds great. I truly hope you'll give it a try. Finally, allow me to introduce the key considerations in our visual design. As a policy regarding the image quality of Xperia, Well, what I'm trying to express with the phrase "natural resolution of clarity" is... while firmly maintaining what remains intact there, Noise resolution, dynamic range, color reproduction—all of these are the point where it has been adjusted to become high-quality This is a key point of pride for Xperia. One of the features of the Xperia was that it was equipped with optical zoom in the telephoto camera. It's as if we deliberately omitted it this time. What is the reason for that? Of course, since the sensor is being enlarged, the lens has naturally become larger as well. The first point is that a thorough review was absolutely necessary. Although it's a convenient focal length of 70mm, First, let's fully demonstrate the performance here, so we'll start with a prime lens. Since it features a 48MP sensor, But there's a 2x zoom that crops the central 12MP sensor. Even in places where performance can still be reliably delivered, It can cover a wide range of focal lengths, from 70mm to 140mm, all with a prime lens. By the way, this time it includes a prime lens internally. When said in the sense of physically fitting it here, I think that 70mm was the optimal solution achieved by balancing various factors. That's what I think—something that would deliver excellent performance and image quality. The performance is clearly evident.