Sony Xperia 1 VI: Photographer's Review
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I've had iPhone, Xiaomi and Sony. Among all of them, i prefer the Sony pictures.
The iPhone processed pictures too much and the Xiaomi had a weird color science.
And in general, the Sony hardware is pretty good, it never let me down. I can't say the same about my iPhone...
Photographer/ videographer using Sony gear here. This is my new smartphone and I absolutely love it! The only features I really cared about were the excellent headphone jack, the expandable storage and awesome battery life.
I don't always want to carry my Bluetooth DAC/amp with me when using headphones. I like having my best work on my smartphone and those 60MP files quickly take up a lot of space (I only transfer the edited ones, not all my raws, except when I need to quickly edit on my phone). And lastly, who doesn't like more battery life?
I do have some minor gripes, but I would buy it again in a heartbeat!
After testing out the raws, I decided to stop packing my 16 and 20mm lenses for now and using my phone when I want to capture something that wide.
The main lenses in RAW really are good :) glad you’re enjoying your purchase!
Great review. I have been using the 15 Pro Max for a while and have my trusty Sony A6700 for dedicated photography. I used the Xperia 1 V a while back and loved the manual controls but for (phone) reasons switched back to iPhone. Recently picked up the Xperia 1 VI and have been extremely impressed with the cameras and phone overall.
The standouts for me are the Macro Mode, amazing 24mm lens, the best battery life in a phone since the Nokia era and the new brighter screen. Telephoto is ok if you use a tripod or rest on a stable surface, but at maximum zoom whilst holding in your hands - nope, super difficult to get a crisp shot. But taking the RAW shots into LightRoom is just great!!! Taking Apple ProRAW images into LR was always a "how has the iPhone messed up this image" scenario and then straight to Adobe Colour presets. Taking an Xperia Raw is (minus the white levels always at +15 by default) a joy with loads to play around with in post and none of that over-sharpened this is how your image should look AI rubbish!
A couple of updates and the phone will be as near perfect for the times I don't have my A6700 with the exception of lacking my 75mm-350mm G lens (which I love to use).
Wish you could review the OnePlus 12 and do a Photography review. It would be super awesome I know it.
I completely agree with you. The telephoto is good but only very occasionally. It really doesn't like not enough lighting. At this point I'm just waiting for it to reach 1/2 inch just so it can flex more. It could still be better.
the Raws are kind of underwhelming in my opinion. I figured out that shooting in 48MP with the "natural" profile has the best results and still allows for a decent amount of editing. It's doesn't quite have the actual 48MP level of detail, but if you convert them to 12 or 24MP in post and slightly soften them, they can pretty much keep up with something like an aps-c camera, obviously only at 24mm and good lighting conditions
The photo button isn't added. It's been there for ages.
yes! i even had it on my sony ericsson k800i 😂
Same goes for the ease of removing sim/SD card tray. Right from Sony Ericsson days.
What really stands out in comparison to, for example, Apple is that if you shoot RAW only in Pro mode, your RAW will look like what you see on the screen. On iOS, your exposure aids show you that you are exposed properly and afterwards the image is way too dark which makes it very hard to capture a RAW based on what you would refer to with your regular camera.
What I really like is S-Cinetone. That is a lot more usable than iPhone video which is just the usual sharpened/saturated/artificial crap.
Concerning exposure, well, yes, but I just lower the brightness and it's okay. I would rather go with an overexposed sky than with oversharpened Apple-HDR-images.
As far as telephoto is concerned, I would probably say it would be more beneficial to use a fixed 85mm lens and put the same Exmor T sensor in for all 3 lenses with f/2. However, if you really need reach, this 170mm is nice to have if you don't want to bring your camera with a big lens. :D
The Xperias are very special, good and bad. I was recently sorting out my google photos and reached where I got my 5IV. And good damn did the portrait photos blow my Note20 ultra out of the water! In good lighting that is. When the circumstances was not ideal it didn’t perform well at all. Blurry and soft. But then the autofocus and fast shutter speed is among the best I’ve experienced on a smartphone. But the videos is no where near the quality of my iPhone. And so on and so on.
I have had the Sony Xperia 1 IV for two years, and it has exactly the same issues, i don't understand why they kept going with the optical zoom telephoto lens again and again it's extremely hit and miss (80% miss) and the software support is not too good either, i had to manualy download APKs to update my camera app to make it similar to the newer models. The IV has had Cinema Pro app from release and it was the highlight of the phone, insane 4k 120fps for all lenses, and you don't have that on the new model yet.. I wish Sony had better software support then i'd buy a Sony phone again.
Some really bizarre choices by Sony, massively agree.
what about other aspects of the phone? you only talked about one of them. what if taking snapshots isn’t that important to the user?
Interesting take, I couldn't agree more. I've had the 1 VI for a few weeks now and am debating on keeping it. On the one hand, the hardware is superb - IP65/68, Micro SD, 3.5mm audio jack with LDAC/LPBT/DSEE/Atmos, stereo speakers, best call quality of any device I've had, Snapdragon 8 gen 3, and the camera HARDWARE is just impressive. I'm no photographer, but wanted a phone without AI nonsense that gave me the classic Android experience in great hardware. This phone does do that!
But at the same time, it just feels lacking in other ways. Stock Android isn't bad per se, but for $1300 it just feels stingy. Even with Nova launcher there's too many features lacking for this class of device - can't customize lock screen shortcuts, the side sense dock doesn't trigger right, fingerprint sensor is reaaaally inconsistent; I've had nothing but positive experiences with my S21 ultra in-display and many other phones I've tried so it's bizarre to me that a side mounted one is this bad.
Worse, there are no "pro" apps aside from Music Pro which you have to go AND FIND in the play store - the marketing team is asleep at the wheel! The unboxing experience was an insult - I tried a $400 Nothing Phone 2a and was thrilled at the attention to detail in the packaging and included accessories; it felt like the company actually cared about their product. I know the camera's are excellent here, and the audiophile-pleasing DAC with audio jack is the combination where the cost comes from, but for the love all that is good this phone costs 3X what that 2a did and offers NONE of the software "quality of life". And the Sony's camera takes steady hands and photography knowledge to get all the value out of it, as shown in this video...
Really debating keeping this thing. Even with a $200 discount, it just feels like the Sony is missing too much despite the hardware on offer.
Coming from xperia 1-4 and 5. I think the color science of the 4 was the best but the overheating was atrocious. 5 started having processing and it didn't feel so natural. I think 6 marks the end if my Sony run. I liked using the video pro and camera pro apps (even though sometimes froze).
Oppo Find X8 Ultra will be a global release so that's my next one!
The telephoto kills this phone... what a shame.
Xperia 5 VI may make more sense when it comes out...
Watched about 5 other reviews which were obviously paid for by Sony before finding this one, so glad you pointed out how mushy the telephoto looks.
Sony should start making phones for regular consumers, not for niche ones, because niche ones already have mirrorless cameras. I just hope Sony doesn't go out of business.
They have
Xperia 1 model is for high end camera
Xperia 5 model for mid phone
Xperia 10 model is for budget phones.
The problem is that Sony doesn't have a global version.
I think Sony is just failing to get both the phone and now the camera part right in their Xperias.
I prefer the 1V honestly
actually the tele macro mode was started a few months ago with huawei pura 70, I think. Lots of Chinese phones has this feature this year, from a few months ago. Vivo, Honor, and recently is Xiaomi too. Sony isn't the first one, but I glad they include it to their xperia.
Actually, there no competitor for Huawei Pura 70 Ultra. THERE IS NOT - yet. Xiaomi 14 Ultra is closest, but not there.
@@pentagramyt417Vivo X100 Ultra?
@@pentagramyt417 I'm not a fan of huawei tbh. That tele macro mode is my only impression with their pura 70- the rest of cameras depend on situation and personal taste. Vivo and xiaomi has their special field too, I'm just saying that Sony isn't the first introduce this feature- and from images in this clip, pura 70 do a better job in this mode too.
That's true, but the close focusing limit on Sony is in a completely different league.This makes the depth of field so small And it looks really great In addition, the camera does not oversharpen at all but the images are naturally sharp So the macro mode is really impressive.
My experience with 1 VI so far was that 24mm@12MP does not make much sense apart from speed of shooting - 48MP comes out better, even sharper in low light somehow; maybe it is supposed to be a "flex" mode with all bells and whistles like denoise stacking or HDR.
Yeah I agree - for me what just doesn’t make any sense is that the main advantage of smartphone photography is the computer behind it. Not the hardware. So having a phone where the processing is crappy just really is a big disappointment
But. Where are the Top phone companies heading with their pricing structures?
Can you tell me what's good about it? specifically. I don't think the photos are any better than other brands, other than the photo app.
Is 48mp really the sweet spot for RAW? I wished smartphones actually put 24mp and put more resources on other areas like all lense being 1.4 aperture at 24mp with much faster shutter priority.
Using a Sony A6700 APS-C and that is 26MP RAW - love it! The Apple ProRAW at 48MP is naff IMO. Apple still add all their AI crap to the image and it does not play nice with LightRoom. The Xperia is much better for the natural (as shot/seen) images, but it does like to blow out skies and highlights if you don't tame it with the EV.
But yes - 48MP is overkill for RAW, 12MP is decent, but that 24MP middle ground would be the sweet spot for cropping and detail. I guess we'll need to wait for bigger sensors, no point in having higher MP count if those MP's are not getting enough light.
Thank you for preventing me from spending another £1,200. I am having some problems with the telephoto of my Xperia 1v when taking shots on the street at night. I expected a massive camera upgrade from a V to VI, but it's minor. I guess I will have to wait two more years.
Sony has never ever never ever made a competitive phone in the past decade, I'd say the Xperia 1 and 1V were the most competitive ones
1V user here, I wanted to upgrade but I also wait a year or two
@@northshore7123 I would give 2 years for a big change.
Good job
can you review and compare the Huwawei P70 pro?
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My vivo 100x ultra or even the pro version will blow the living shit out of that phone
overprocess vivo 😂
@@ainajoe5874unlike sony, Vivo has sharpening controls in full auto. Don't like sharpening? Turn it down.
And the manual mode on Sony is less convenient than the pro mode on the phones that don't pretend to be cameras.
And yes in pro mode you get more natural photos with any phone including Samsung, i don't get why everyone praises Sony's pro mode when literally every flagship on the market has it too.
@@ainajoe5874find time to check my review and comparison with vivo. I made one
@@ainajoe5874 bullshit
Vivo X100 ultra is simply amazing
Guess who ordered the phone abd then saw all the negative feedbacks after ordering it 🥲
Don't let them put you off! The phone is great in so many ways and when it comes to the cameras will beat most if you wrestle with it. And that is the key take away from most reviews - manual mode! Straight out of your pocket and yeah - the images won't be Samsung/Apple. But take the time to dial in the settings and those with Samsung/Apple phones will be like "ah, so that was well worth you taking longer to get the shot". Also, the battery life is the best and the sound (front firing speakers) is really really good.
Sony phone always had the deeps bug after u used it, they don't tell you about that, like turn off the camera features when it goes hot, etc, they are always tell sony is the best.
Interesting you said "camera focused" so I guess for a normal user like myself who doesn't care about the camera, maybe it's not for me since the price of it is mainly for the camera?
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How much did you get paid from Sony? You call that macro shots? Dude they suck!! They blurry AF… software innovation? 😅
I bought one, I am disappointed about the blur effect, it is doing a fake blur. At the background it is doing a mask and blurring on the background. Made a photo about a product, where the BG is blurred and there was an opening in the product where you can see the BG through it, and it was crisp and not blurred. For the rest everything is OK.
I can achieve this deathly images just using one or 2 years old sensors 😅 not own high one imx 989
After a couple of years of using Galaxy flagship phones and improving my skills in handling Pro photography mode, I would really like to give Sony a chance. However, Xperia is, in my opinion, overpriced: Their software support is not the best, and the telephoto lens is one of my favorites to shoot with, but as you mentioned, Sony is not winning in that category, although the optical zoom range could be quite impressive.
There are much better alternatives
Vivo x100 Ultra, Xiaomi 14 Ultra,Oppo Find X7 Ultra
They are much better
And Pixel 8 Pro, S24 ultra, iPhone
WOW 👑SONY GOD IS FOREVER 🥇✌️👑
And that's it!
Very accurate review, I can confirm
Man may i get that mobile from u . Cant afford to get one thats why
Apple and Samsung did no innovation in cameras from last 4 -5 years.they are using same cameras from 2020. Sony itself is GOD❤. Definite purchase.
Sony isn't anywhere near the competition. They are coming from a few years behind
I really want to buy this phone but every review says not to. Is it really vastly incomparable to iphones?
I have the 1 V from last year. I came from the S23 ultra. And I can say my Sony phone beat it in every category for the most part. Better pictures than my S23 ultra, better speakers, better screen. My wife and I went on vacation and it took better photos then her galaxy ultra in pretty much every scenario. Don't listen to people. It also has expandable memory and he's phone jack. The photo pro app on the 1 V isn't hard, and on the new 1 VI they made it even easier and more user friendly. If you are into pictures it's a great phone. I'm not an apple guy, but it definitely beat my ultra. The only thing Samsung had over the Sony phone was more software stuff, but Sony also doesn't have all that extra bloatware
@@Direbhedia I had the 5IV but changed it to a iPhone 15+
The camera was fun, but not reliable. When everything was right it took much better photos than my iPhone. But when not optimal, my iPhone performes so much better.
Phone wise it was a mixed bag as well. I had lot of problem with Bluetooth connection. And the finger print reader stopped working for no reason at all and had to be replaced. The iPhone is less fun, but so much more stable. Things just work. And sadly that was not the case for me with the Xperia. Granted that was last years model and the smaller version, so maybe things have improved?
Come on, please give yourself a jolt. I've had it for almost a month now and won't give it away 🙃🫶
Just one more question for you three gentlemen, would you still buy this phone if there was no service center for in your country? You see I really love this phone but Sony stopped selling their phones here so there's no service center.
@@Direbhedia What do you have to lose? You have warranty in the country where you buy it online 😎👋
Come for India 🇮🇳
sony is chasing a non-existent niche with their "camera" phones. their camera phone's does not warrant their pricetag at all. a person with some photography knowledge can get similar shots from a mid range phone or a pixel, why would anyone spend so much on a sony phone?!
Agreed to be honest with you
No, that is definitely not true.
Actually the "non existent niche for pro photographers" where destroyed by deleting Pro app, which was the only reason you could feel the phone as the professional camera, because it had Sony layout - at least close to Sony operating screen. Now it's average phone, no other than any android phone. Undistingushable.
@@pentagramyt417 Camera mode is still great.
@@pentagramyt417 Hold your horses till September, dude.
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As a Photographer, I can say, now Sony left, the thing I could actually buy it for - menu, and pro app. The look was insanely satisfying. Now it's average "black&white" menu.
They changed EVERYTHING that camera really had. The cameras are falling behind really hard. I'd not place this camera in top 5. It's worse than S24 Ultra, and S24 Ultra is worse than Huawei Pura 70 Ultra. That says a lot.
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Agreed. What really gets me is that Sony does not even use their top camera sensor in their own premium phone but sells it to their competitors such as Apple and Xiaomi. They could make a phone with the best 1 inch sensor but leaves their loyal customers with a sensor that is 3 generations old. I have the 1 V and the photos can look very good but I just can't stop thinking about how good it would be with the newest camera sensor from Sony. Maybe I will by a Xiaomi Leica phone next if they continue sticking it to their customers like this.
@@JensVesterChristiansson-wr4lz It's no worth to play around this models anymore. Untill they release PRO I mark II with 1" don't go further. Choose something else, but Sony needs to understand they have to stop joking of us, because they LITERALLY COULD put a better cameras, but they didn't. MAYBE THEN, they prepare Pro I mark II soon with better cameras, so I'd forgive this move. But how much would cost this model then? 500$ more? lol..
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First !
Zoom macro mode innovation? You don't go out much, do you?
I take a lot of videos. iPhone is still the winner in that category.
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Using Sony Camera Sensor 😅
Worst zoom on the smartphone. Have Xperia 1 VI - zoom is terrible!! Actually, worst phone of 2024!
Use the 85 and 170mm for things you can't get close to,like birds,flowers. Not for objects far far away. That is not the use for those lenses. I have 1 mark V and at first I thought the same but learned better. I shoot 85mm more than the 24mm. For portraits it's sharp.
I'm actually not surprised. Camera on the Xperia 1 VI is poor when compared to the premium division
So many rules just for this phone's cameras bruh
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