HTC U12+ vs Nut R1 | What is the difference between the same CMOS?

Now when it comes to the level of mobile phone photography, compared to the pixels with a lot of reference value, I believe that more digital enthusiasts will pay attention to the photosensitive components they use for the first time. Yes, in the mobile phone, such a highly integrated In the imaging system, the photosensitive element does play a decisive role. Having a good CMOS is definitely a powerful guarantee for the camera's ability to take pictures.

But whether you use excellent CMOS will definitely be excellent, that is not necessarily, even in such a high degree of integration, the choice of lenses, the combination of double-shot and sub-camera, and the different tuning of the manufacturer, it is possible to make a CMOS shows different results. Today we will use the main camera CMOS as the IMX363 HTC U12+ and the nut R1 to make a simple comparison. If you use the same CMOS, you will definitely get the same photo.

Daytime

Need to explain before the official start, the proof comparison is mainly to illustrate the different adjustments of the manufacturer in the case of using the same sensor, so some major differences will be selected for comparison, for reference only, and can not fully represent the strength of the two. The mobile phones are in auto mode. Turn on HDR auto, the focus is also fully automatic, and you don't click the focus manually to compare whether the two have different focusing strategies.

The exposure and white balance of the two proofs are very close. The HTC U12+ lowers the ISO and shutter time. The overall photo exposure will be a little more, the brightness will be slightly higher, but the difference is small, basically does not affect the look and feel, the upper part The saturation of the color R1 in the shadow will be slightly higher, while the purity of the U12+ in the lower half of the light transmission range is better, but it is also the same as the brightness, the difference is small.

Zooming in to the original film after 200% cropping, you can see that the U12+'s picture purity will be better than the nut R1, the R1 solid color part has some noise, and the color uniformity is slightly worse.

In this set of indoor proofs, U12+'s exposure strategy is the same as before. With OIS optical image stabilization, the shutter speed is adjusted lower, and ISO can be pressed lower to ensure the purity of the picture. The actual situation is that the sample of R1 appears. A slight color cast, the green leaves showed a hint of brown, but kept within the controllable range, but more serious is the ceiling and bulb part of the upper left corner, the R1 sample has a clear highlight overflow.

In the outdoor light, the exposure of the two is almost the same level. The performance of the fake grass is basically the same, but the petals of the rain are not the same, and the U12+ picture is closer to the actual pink. The color of the petals of R1 is more vivid. This is not a color cast. It is more similar to the two different color reproduction tendencies. The color of the petals is more vivid after the R1 is enhanced. Here are the flowers, each of them. Do not comment on the high.

If the color enhancement of the previous petal is just right, then the sky reduction in the R1 group will make it too strong. Here the U12+ sky is closer to the real situation, and the saturation of the R1 sky is somewhat distorted. The blue reflection of the glass on the left side has also been enhanced a lot during the restoration. This situation is not a case, although the R1 does not advertise the functions related to the AI ​​scene optimization, but when a large area of ​​the sky appears in the picture, the picture There will be significant bluishness and saturation enhancements. Here are a few sets of schematic proofs:

It can be seen that in the above groups of samples, the sky saturation of R1 will be higher. In most photos, the color of the sky is indeed more beautiful, but this 'optimization' is too violent, usually leading to the rest of the whole photo. There is also a noticeable color shift, and when there is a point source such as the sun in the sky, the halo transition has obvious faults, which is very unnatural.

In addition, in the daytime scene, the two will have different performances in the face of backlighting. This group of samples is also more suitable for U12+ exposure control, and the lines of leaves and stone bricks are more reserved. Zoom in to see the details.

Zooming the light-transmissive part of the leaf to 76% for cropping, you can see that in addition to the noise and details slightly lost to U12+, R1 also has a more obvious purple fringe. The degree of this purple fringe is probably between the millet MIX 2S and Between Xiaomi 8, it seems that purple fringing is a problem that everyone needs to face, and U12+ needs to be enlarged to 100% to see the trunk has a slight purple fringing along the trunk. Under normal circumstances, it is basically invisible.

Night shot

The daytime sample has been seen a lot, then let us enter the night battlefield, to see how the performance of these two mobile phones.

The IMX363 is indeed a good CMOS. The two mobile phones that use it are excellent in night shooting. They can also make such proofs at 9 o'clock in the evening. It is worthy of praise. But there are still some differences between the two. Said, the U12+ sample brightness is obviously better than R1, the glare control of the light in the back window will be better than R1, but it must be said that compared to the distant night sky, the noise of U12+ is obviously more than R1. Of course, the overall advantage is still relatively obvious, this noise control is also a small editor that U12+ is slightly inferior to S9+.

The illumination of this set of samples is weaker than the previous one. It can be seen that U12+ is still dominant in terms of brightness, and the details of the stone table and stone bench in the foreground are more abundant, but the white balance appears slightly greenish. The situation, while the noise behind the high-rise walls, can almost be seen without zooming in.

At night, it is necessary to illuminate the big light ratio. This group of proofs can be said to force the ultimate strength of U12+, and the gap between the two is further expanded. It can be seen that U12+ not only retains more details in the dark part, but also controls the highlights. It's better, and R1 is too bright, dark too dark, except for the grass in the lower right corner, basically the whole picture is pasted.

to sum up

In the end, I need to remind everyone that the short-board projects that the two mobile phones show are mostly special scenes. The reason for this is because we aim to compare the different performances of the same CMOS, so the two mobile phones can only boast The beauty of the United States and the United States is naturally ruthlessly filtered out by us, and the rest are for revealing differences. Actually, the pictures of the two mobile phones have been excellent.

In general, the hardware quality is really similar, but U12+ is more advantageous when it comes to soft power. You can see that its optimization is more mature, especially in the comparison proofs, some of the simple shooting parameters are not directly Explain the performance (such as night shots and big light ratios, etc.), these scenes trigger the HDR algorithm of both, and it is these times, the shortcomings of the nut R1 in the algorithm and adjustment are further amplified, always poor U12+ is a little bit.

In addition, we can also see from the comparison, in addition to CMOS, there will be a lot of factors that have no small impact on the actual camera performance of the mobile phone, so the CMOS theory of the camera can not say that all wrong, but still have its Biased.

Taking such a super-subjective experience, everyone should still rely on their own eyes to actually receive the goods. Of course, Xiaobian also suggests that if you have the opportunity, it is best to experience several flagship photos of the year, so that one can not deviate. Too far of evaluation, emmm, even if there are no friends around, it is always possible to experience the store.

Now when it comes to the level of mobile phone photography, compared to the pixels with a lot of reference value, I believe that more digital enthusiasts will pay attention to the photosensitive components they use for the first time. Yes, in the mobile phone, such a highly integrated In the imaging system, the photosensitive element does play a decisive role. Having a good CMOS is definitely a powerful guarantee for the camera's ability to take pictures.

But whether you use excellent CMOS will definitely be excellent, that is not necessarily, even in such a high degree of integration, the choice of lenses, the combination of double-shot and sub-camera, and the different tuning of the manufacturer, it is possible to make a CMOS shows different results. Today we will use the main camera CMOS as the IMX363 HTC U12+ and the nut R1 to make a simple comparison. If you use the same CMOS, you will definitely get the same photo.

Daytime

Need to explain before the official start, the proof comparison is mainly to illustrate the different adjustments of the manufacturer in the case of using the same sensor, so some major differences will be selected for comparison, for reference only, and can not fully represent the strength of the two. The mobile phones are in auto mode. Turn on HDR auto, the focus is also fully automatic, and you don't click the focus manually to compare whether the two have different focusing strategies.

The exposure and white balance of the two proofs are very close. The HTC U12+ lowers the ISO and shutter time. The overall photo exposure will be a little more, the brightness will be slightly higher, but the difference is small, basically does not affect the look and feel, the upper part The saturation of the color R1 in the shadow will be slightly higher, while the purity of the U12+ in the lower half of the light transmission range is better, but it is also the same as the brightness, the difference is small.

Zooming in to the original film after 200% cropping, you can see that the U12+'s picture purity will be better than the nut R1, the R1 solid color part has some noise, and the color uniformity is slightly worse.

In this set of indoor proofs, U12+'s exposure strategy is the same as before. With OIS optical image stabilization, the shutter speed is adjusted lower, and ISO can be pressed lower to ensure the purity of the picture. The actual situation is that the sample of R1 appears. A slight color cast, the green leaves showed a hint of brown, but kept within the controllable range, but more serious is the ceiling and bulb part of the upper left corner, the R1 sample has a clear highlight overflow.

In the outdoor light, the exposure of the two is almost the same level. The performance of the fake grass is basically the same, but the petals of the rain are not the same, and the U12+ picture is closer to the actual pink. The color of the petals of R1 is more vivid. This is not a color cast. It is more similar to the two different color reproduction tendencies. The color of the petals is more vivid after the R1 is enhanced. Here are the flowers, each of them. Do not comment on the high.

If the color enhancement of the previous petal is just right, then the sky reduction in the R1 group will make it too strong. Here the U12+ sky is closer to the real situation, and the saturation of the R1 sky is somewhat distorted. The blue reflection of the glass on the left side has also been enhanced a lot during the restoration. This situation is not a case, although the R1 does not advertise the functions related to the AI ​​scene optimization, but when a large area of ​​the sky appears in the picture, the picture There will be significant bluishness and saturation enhancements. Here are a few sets of schematic proofs:

It can be seen that in the above groups of samples, the sky saturation of R1 will be higher. In most photos, the color of the sky is indeed more beautiful, but this 'optimization' is too violent, usually leading to the rest of the whole photo. There is also a noticeable color shift, and when there is a point source such as the sun in the sky, the halo transition has obvious faults, which is very unnatural.

In addition, in the daytime scene, the two will have different performances in the face of backlighting. This group of samples is also more suitable for U12+ exposure control, and the lines of leaves and stone bricks are more reserved. Zoom in to see the details.

Zooming the light-transmissive part of the leaf to 76% for cropping, you can see that in addition to the noise and details slightly lost to U12+, R1 also has a more obvious purple fringe. The degree of this purple fringe is probably between the millet MIX 2S and Between Xiaomi 8, it seems that purple fringing is a problem that everyone needs to face, and U12+ needs to be enlarged to 100% to see the trunk has a slight purple fringing along the trunk. Under normal circumstances, it is basically invisible.

Night shot

The daytime sample has been seen a lot, then let us enter the night battlefield, to see how the performance of these two mobile phones.

The IMX363 is indeed a good CMOS. The two mobile phones that use it are excellent in night shooting. They can also make such proofs at 9 o'clock in the evening. It is worthy of praise. But there are still some differences between the two. Said, the U12+ sample brightness is obviously better than R1, the glare control of the light in the back window will be better than R1, but it must be said that compared to the distant night sky, the noise of U12+ is obviously more than R1. Of course, the overall advantage is still relatively obvious, this noise control is also a small editor that U12+ is slightly inferior to S9+.

The illumination of this set of samples is weaker than the previous one. It can be seen that U12+ is still dominant in terms of brightness, and the details of the stone table and stone bench in the foreground are more abundant, but the white balance appears slightly greenish. The situation, while the noise behind the high-rise walls, can almost be seen without zooming in.

At night, it is necessary to illuminate the big light ratio. This group of proofs can be said to force the ultimate strength of U12+, and the gap between the two is further expanded. It can be seen that U12+ not only retains more details in the dark part, but also controls the highlights. It's better, and R1 is too bright, dark too dark, except for the grass in the lower right corner, basically the whole picture is pasted.

to sum up

In the end, I need to remind everyone that the short-board projects that the two mobile phones show are mostly special scenes. The reason for this is because we aim to compare the different performances of the same CMOS, so the two mobile phones can only boast The beauty of the United States and the United States is naturally ruthlessly filtered out by us, and the rest are for revealing differences. Actually, the pictures of the two mobile phones have been excellent.

In general, the hardware quality is really similar, but U12+ is more advantageous when it comes to soft power. You can see that its optimization is more mature, especially in the comparison proofs, some of the simple shooting parameters are not directly Explain the performance (such as night shots and big light ratios, etc.), these scenes trigger the HDR algorithm of both, and it is these times, the shortcomings of the nut R1 in the algorithm and adjustment are further amplified, always poor U12+ is a little bit.

In addition, we can also see from the comparison, in addition to CMOS, there will be a lot of factors that have no small impact on the actual camera performance of the mobile phone, so the CMOS theory of the camera can not say that all wrong, but still have its Biased.

Taking such a super-subjective experience, everyone should still rely on their own eyes to actually receive the goods. Of course, Xiaobian also suggests that if you have the opportunity, it is best to experience several flagship photos of the year, so that one can not deviate. Too far of evaluation, emmm, even if there are no friends around, it is always possible to experience the store.