![]() ![]() You press the shutter button to capture these while shooting. One captures standalone 5-second clips (a fraction of a “real life” second), the other inserts 5-second slo-mo segues into normal-speed footage. Instead, there are two quick-fire shooting modes. To save the CPU, the internal storage and the patience of everyone you’re connected to on social media, the Sony Xperia XZ Premium does not let you simply shoot 960fps footage freely like the Sony RX100 V compact camera. Capturing just an eighth of a second in real time takes up almost 10MB of storage. This slows real-world action to 1/40 of its actual speed, simmering the fast and chaotic down to a glacial ballet. The Samsung Galaxy S8 can shoot slow motion video at 240fps, but that will seem positively quick next to the Sony’s 960fps mode. But how often people will want to do this remains to be seen it doesn’t feel like a good enough reason for which to buy a specific phone.Its three-layer CMOS structure may interest the odd electrical engineer, but for the rest of us the Sony Xperia XZ Premium’s slow motion video capture is the highlight. Nail both the timing and the lighting and there’s no doubting the dramatic impact of a good slow-motion video, though. You’re going to have to plan your slow-motion shots ahead of time and ensure you have sufficient lighting – which removes some of the appeal. In terms of image quality, any footage I shot of my cats indoors was poor. ![]() One scenario Sony is pushing for slow-motion is capturing people’s pets, but there’s a reason the example videos are all shot under studio lighting or outdoors. Most videos I shot indoors were both extremely noisy and soft. The other issue is that ample lighting is necessary for the camera to be able to achieve such a high frame rate without introducing noticeable noise and image degradation. You’ll naturally be inclined to go a little too soon for the first few attempts. Since there’s no pre-buffer on the slow motion, you’ll need to be very precise when you begin slow-motion capture. The on-screen tutorial will tell you that once you begin recording at 30fps, you’ll need to press the shutter button again at the right time to begin capturing in super-slow motion. There’s a loss of resolution as the Xperia XZ Premium can’t pull off its party trick at 4K resolution (quite understandably) and instead records at 720p. Jump into the slow-motion mode and the image is immediately cropped, putting you in a very tight field of view that can be difficult to manage, unless you have the space to reverse. To manage such high frame rate video – which by far eclipses rival handsets and even Sony’s own flagship 4K action camera the FDR-X3000 – it’s once again about the benefits of that memory-stacked sensor enabling it to capture images more rapidly.īut again, there are caveats. However, it’s the slow-motion video that’s the headline feature. Sometimes, images can also look a little flat and underwhelming I did find highlights could occasionally be blown out due to over-exposure, however In the end, the still image capture performance isn’t a patch on rivals and isn’t far beyond phones that cost less, such as the OnePlus 3T or Honor 8 Pro.Ĭolours are respectable with good sharpness Then there’s the lack of optical image stabilisation, instead making do with electronic image stabilisation. The Camera app can feel a little slow on occasion, and the autofocus from half-pressing the shutter button uses only the centre of the frame, rather than something more intelligent. The live view of the camera sensor also acts strangely once you half-press the shutter button for autofocus, suddenly becoming juddery. The shutter button here is tiny and there’s little travel to it, so the usual half-press for focus feels undefined. Talk to any photographer and a satisfying actuation of a shutter button is an unappreciated element but rather important. For a company known for some truly wonderful cameras, the shutter button is a slight disappointment. In keeping with the XZ Premium’s photography and video focus, there’s a dedicated shutter button, which also acts as a shortcut to the Camera app when long pressed. The new 1/2.3-inch sensor sees the megapixel count reduced to 19 megapixels from the 23-megapixel version used in the regular Xperia XZ, but the pixels themselves are now 19% bigger, improving low-light performance. I’m not entirely sure why Predictive Capture kicked in on this particular shot… For those who need their photos obsessively organised, you might find having multiple versions of your shots in your camera roll slightly annoying until you opt to choose a best shot.
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