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Xiaomi 14 Ultra photography kit beats all expectations

OUR BUREAU to look at the screen to switch to recording video.
You can customize all of these input mechanisms.
Washington, DC
Crucially, you can set the zoom rocker to switch
raditional cameras — especially of a certain incrementally between lenses rather than using
size and shape — are still alive and kicking, continuous digital zoom between them.
Tpartly because there’s nothing that beats real This year’s camera grip includes a bigger bat-
buttons, dials, and a sturdy grip. They’re things that tery and a USB connector that plugs right into the
phones generally don’t have — except for the Xiao- phone’s charge port. It’s more useful since it can
mi 14 Ultra, according to a report in The Verge. provide some power to the phone if you run low,
and it also reduces the control latency over last
The Xiaomi 14 Ultra photography kit — year’s version, which only connected over Blue-
tooth. The previous version wasn’t slow by any
an optional accessory bundle for Xiaomi’s means, but this year’s version is a hair faster — and

flagship — is what really turns this phone every millisecond makes a difference. The only
downside is that the battery adds a little weight,
into a camera. It’s a follow-up to the pho- This year’s camera grip includes a bigger battery and a USB con- and it’s enough to notice the difference when you
tography kit introduced with the 13 Ultra nector that plugs right into the phone’s charge port (File photo) have the phone balanced in one hand with the grip,
says The Verge.
last year, and for the most part, Xiaomi a zoom rocker, now joined by a customizable dial The Xiaomi 14 Ultra uses a 1-inch-type main
made a good thing better. Like the previ- and a video button, says the report. camera sensor — that’s about as big as they come
The dial is set to exposure compensation by on smartphone cameras, and all things being
ous version, it includes a phone case and a default, and that’s where I left it; I love being able equal, a bigger sensor is better. There are 3x, 5x,
detachable grip that snaps on to the case. to shift image brightness up and down without tap- and ultrawide cameras on the rear camera bump,
ping around on the screen. This works in the stan- too. But the big story is that the main camera of-
dard camera shooting mode, too, not just manual. fers an f/1.63-f/4 stepless variable aperture, build-
The grip has a two-stage shutter button and The video button is equally useful; I don’t have ing on the 13 Ultra’s dual aperture design.

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