From The Verge: Xiaomi has just announced a new Ultra variant of the Xiaomi 13 that features not one but four 50-megapixel cameras in its substantial rear camera bump. The Xiaomi 13 Ultra will be available in China this month but will eventually release in international markets, according to Lei Jun, the company’s founder and CEO.
Like the Xiaomi 13 Pro before it, the Xiaomi 13 Ultra utilizes a massive one-inch type sensor for its main camera. But new for this version is that the aperture of the Ultra’s main camera is variable and supports an aperture of either f/1.9 or f/4.0. That should give photographers more control in their photography, particularly when it comes to how much depth of field their shots have.
Xiaomi isn’t the first company to have released a smartphone camera with variable aperture. Samsung’s Galaxy S9 had a dual aperture feature that offered a choice of f/1.5 and f/2.4 when shooting with its main camera. Samsung’s implementation of the feature felt a bit gimmicky and was dropped a couple of generations later, but we’ll be interested to see if Xiaomi’s take benefits from being paired with a larger, more capable camera sensor.
Although the Xiaomi 13 Ultra only uses a massive one-inch type sensor for its main camera, its three secondary cameras are still 50 megapixels in resolution. These secondary cameras include a 3.2x telephoto (equivalent to a 75mm focal length), 5x telephoto (equivalent to 120mm), and an ultrawide (12mm focal length) with support for macrophotography from 5cm away.
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