![]() ![]() Like other Xperias, the Xperia XZ's camera lets you capture moments in the blink of an eye - from a locked phone, it takes a mere 0.6 seconds to capture the first shot. It even reminds you to look at the camera lens when taking a photo. The selfie cam has pretty much the same features as the main camera aside from minor differences (the selfie cam's manual mode has no ISO selector or manual focus slider). Some of the available modes are Sweep Panorama, Slow-motion video, Face in picture, Sound Photo and a few more. The Camera App tab holds some useful features and some features, which are just there for fun. The ISO setting is still tucked away in an extra settings menu, though. What was once just exposure compensation and white balance selectors, has now been expanded to include full range shutter speed selection (1/4000s - 1s) and a manual focus slider. There's a Manual mode too, which has gotten a few more features this time around. Superior Auto will probably be the main mode you use, only make sure you select the 23MP resolution - it's 8MP by default. You change modes by swiping up and down (or left and right, if you're holding it in portrait). The Xperia XZ uses Sony's latest camera UI. This is great for subjects who would move all around the scene such as a toddler or a pet. The idea is that you can tap on your subject and the camera will track its movement, keeping the focus locked on it. Introduced on the Xperia X, predictive autofocus is here as well. There's just one LED for the flash, though - no change there. Sony has also installed an RGBC-IR sensor (RedGreenBlueClear-InfraRed) to assist the image sensor in figuring out the color temperature of the ambient lighting, and adjust the white balance accordingly. While from the Z5 on high-end Xperias have had hybrid contrast/phase detection autofocus, the XZ adds laser autofocus to the mix, to help speed things up, by taking care of close-distance subjects and letting the other systems, well, focus on the rest of the focusing range.īut wait, there's more. That's not all that is new about the Xperia XZ's camera. ![]() In cases, where both of these conditions don't apply, it's back to its usual 3-axis algorithm (pitch/yaw/roll). It's activated in FullHD mode only, and when shooting close-up subjects. ![]() However, it only works in a narrow range of scenarios, when shooting video. Or shift shake in the X and Y direction and yaw, pitch, and roll shake. We're not too comfortable with the term 'axis' that's become all too popular for describing what is a 'degree of freedom', but the point is that Sony's system is able to compensate for translation alongside two axes and rotation around all three. Sony's SteadyShot with Intelligent Auto has been upgraded, however, and now offers 5-axis image stabilization. Historically, flagship Xperias have had no optical image stabilization, and neither does the XZ. These particular specs of the camera have not changed since the Xperia Z5. The sensor is placed behind a 6-element lens with an ultra wide-angle 24mm-equivalent field-of-view and a f/2.0 aperture. You can read more about it in our dedicated article we published back when the Z5 came out. Later on, the same sensor was used in the Xperia X and the Xperia X Performance. Among the benefits of having such a multi-aspect sensor are the similar field of view in both modes (measured diagonally), and higher-res 16:9 shots than what you'd get by cropping from a regular 23MP sensor with a 4:3 aspect ratio.Īs we already mentioned, this sensor was first used in the Xperia Z5. It is a custom sensor model, which is used only on Sony smartphones, and not supplied to other OEMs.ĭepending on whether you shoot in 4:3 or 16:9 aspect ratio, different portions of the sensor are used and you get either 22.8MP or 20.1MP images, respectively, and never the full 24.8MP. The sensor isn't new - starting with the Z5, Xperias have used a multi-aspect 24.8MP sensor, now officially named as Sony IMX300. The 23MP primary camera of the Sony Xperia XZ is familiar from existing Sony high-end models, but in some aspect it's better than any of them. ![]()
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