Xiaomithe Chinese company dedicated to the development of electronic equipment, has just created the prototype Xiaomi 12S Ultra Concept, a smartphone that can be used with interchangeable lenses, just like cameras.
Thanks to its design, which includes a special mount where lenses can be added, the artifact becomes a professional tool for taking photos, giving the possibility of working on all the variables of professional photography (blur, depth, etc).
As explained by Xiaomi, the lenses are integrated with the camera application when they are placed on the smartphone. This provision allows the capture of format 10-bit RAWand has software features such as gridlines, focus peaking, and histogram.
German optical instrument company, leica, collaborated in the development of the smartphone, which has a large 1-inch 50-megapixel sensor, the first of its kind in the world. The attached Leica lens sends light directly to the sensor, passing through a protective sapphire crystal cover. This leads to a better capture of the image, which, added to the rest of the device’s qualities, would revolutionize mobile photography.
This idea, although it is not absolutely new, surpasses the attempts that other companies made in previous years: Sony I had tried something similar in 2013. Same thing Kodak and Vivitar, in 2014and also Motorola. Even Samsung came to have a similar model, but that resulted in a combination of pocket camera with smartphone that was not entirely practical.
However, the prototype Xiaomi 12S Ultra Concept It does not yet have the prospect of going on the market for sale, although it is an approach to a possible future development of mobile photography and the door remains open for it to be marketed at some point.
