The Xiaomi 12S Ultra stunned us with its 1-inch digicam sensor and Leica co-branding again in July, nevertheless it seems that the Chinese model was engaged on one thing way more bold on the similar time. Earlier in the present day, the “Xiaomi 12S Ultra Concept Phone” was unveiled with an look virtually equivalent to the namesake flagship machine, however with a second 1-inch 50.3-megapixel sensor occupying the center of the digicam island as an alternative. Let that sink in for a bit. Not solely that, however this new sensor is designed to work with an interchangeable Leica M lens.
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Interestingly, Xiaomi has as an alternative chosen to protect this extra 1-inch sensor — additionally a Sony IMX989 with 10-bit RAW help — beneath a big, round piece of sturdy sapphire glass, versus reducing out a gap for it as you’d discover on conventional interchangeable lens cameras. While this may shield the sensor in opposition to mud and bigger international objects, we do marvel how this further layer of glass would have an effect on the general optical transmittance. But hey, higher protected than sorry.
Meanwhile, the 48-megapixel ultra-wide digicam that was initially positioned in the midst of the digicam island has been shifted to the facet, taking on the area that when housed a 48-megapixel periscopic telephoto digicam.
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As proven in Xiaomi’s video, as a way to set up an interchangeable lens onto this 5G idea telephone, you will need to first unscrew the safety ring across the rear digicam island, then by means of an adapter, you can mount any Leica M lens. As captured by a Xiaomi staffer within the above photograph, the complete meeting with a Leica Summilux-M 35mm f/1.4 ASPH lens seems reasonably spectacular from the facet. Previously, the closest factor to this intriguing mixture could be a kind of Yongnuo 4G-connected Android cameras (which by no means left China). Or you might journey additional again in time and reminisce the nice outdated days with the Samsung Galaxy NX.
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Xiaomi stopped brief at saying whether or not the 12S Ultra Concept Phone will ever be mass produced. All we all know is that this undertaking was developed alongside the precise 12S Ultra, and in the long run, solely 10 items of the previous have been made. A couple of of these samples have been seeded to some fortunate influencers for some fast hands-on time, however with every unit costing round 300,000 yuan or about $41,210 to make, they higher not drop them.
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