Although the sports camera represented by GoPro is already a well-known product series. However, it has been proved that few people will buy wide-angle portable cameras for outdoor sports. What users need more is a portable camera that can record life conveniently.
In response to this demand, In the tide of AI AI, Google came up with Google Clips camera, and the answer given by Xiaomi ecological chain is the Xiaomo camera of Mijia in our evaluation. Its core selling point is to claim the blessing of AI Gesture recognition photography AI capture and Now let's take a look at the performance of intelligent beauty function.
Appearance: very exquisite, I think it's OK
Xiaomo camera unpacking gif
The Xiaomo camera is packed in a pure white paper box with anti unpacking labels. The machine and lens are protected by sponge. Accessories include brief instructions, mirco USB cable for charging/data transmission, and spare base adhesive.
Xiaomo camera body is round and compact, the official parameter is 47 * 47 * 27mm, and the weight is 65g. In other words, it is a circle smaller than the box of Apple's AirPods, and its weight is about the same as that of an egg. There is no pressure to put pants pockets or coat pockets.
The surface of the white plate has a fine matte texture. Although it is easy to get dirty, the feel is really "really good". I can't help feeling it.
The most special design of Xiaomo camera is that its magnetic back cover is also a magnetic camera base, and the adhesive on the back cover/base supports repeated washing.
TF card slot, mirco USB interface and reset button are hidden on the back of the fuselage. The only physical interaction of the whole machine is the shutter button on the top. Long press to turn on/off, and short press to take a picture. Unfortunately, the recording function cannot be triggered by physical keys.
The magnetic suction base has strong suction, and the back, bottom and side of the fuselage have magnetic force
The magnetic suction base also has the function of "stepless adjustment of angle", which can be adjusted from 40 degrees forward to 30 degrees backward. The design is quite exquisite.
Use and APP
Xiaomo's camera is positioned as an AI selfie camera, and its design idea is a minimalist camera style. The mobile phone is connected to the WiFi hotspot released by the Xiaomo camera, and the view is taken and controlled through the app.
The photographing interface and experience are similar to those of mobile phones. There are flash, continuous shooting, delay and other switches, which can preview photos directly. There are even rare manual focusing in sports cameras and life recording cameras. In terms of settings, there are only a few items such as composition line and wifi name/password settings, which are easy to use products that do not need instructions at all.
When there is no mobile phone around, Xiaomo camera interacts with each other through a circle of LED status indicators beside the camera. When it is in standby mode, it will flash, and when taking a picture, it will be fully lit. When charging, it will display the power through the integrity of the circle. The settings are quite practical.
The flash of Xiaomo camera supports 7-gear brightness adjustment, and the limit brightness is close to that of mobile phone. Pay attention to the brightness when filling the light on the face. If it is too close or the gear is too high, you will be blind.
Gesture recognition photography
In the AI self camera positioning of Xiaomo camera, the following three functions are the core:
Gesture recognition photography: Open your hand and stay in front of the camera for about 0.5 seconds, the indicator light will become the "next crescent moon" shape, and start the countdown of 3 seconds selfie. This function has a high triggering rate indoors and is very easy to use. In addition to the large backlit scenes, it can be triggered when the palm is held open for about one second;
Artificial intelligence capture : This is very similar to Google Clips just launched, which automatically triggers the shutter by detecting the smiling face in the picture. The current version of firmware may be used to prevent accidental touch. The trigger rate of smile is not high, but the small capacity of grinning level can trigger within 2 meters, which is very powerful;
AI Beauty It is to automatically monitor the face so as to change the light measurement of the camera and automatically "show beautiful pictures". After AI beauty is turned on, the post processing time of photographing is extended from 1-2 seconds to 2-3 seconds. As for the effect, we will talk about it in the following live shot.
Live shooting effect
Xiaomo camera is equipped with a 13 million pixel sensor, 1.12 μ m unit pixel, five lens, F2.2 aperture. The most amazing thing is that it is not only one of the few motion cameras/life recording cameras that can focus manually, but also supports PDAF phase focusing.
Its lens has an equivalent focal length of 28mm and a wide angle of 76 degrees, which is the same as that of iPhone and other common mobile phones, but this is also not the setting that conventional motion cameras/life recording cameras will use. Similar cameras generally choose a large wide angle lens for panoramic shooting, sacrificing discrimination, but having a wide field of vision and low anti shake requirements.
The setting bias of Xiaomo's camera is obviously for the purpose of discrimination (in order to better take a clear picture of human face?), while manual focusing can be used to take macro shots or create virtual effects, but the long focal length and focusing structure, To some extent, it also leads to the focus and film rate of Xiaomo camera in low light.
Indoor proofs, direct size and visual field comparison
The ratio of Xiaomo camera is 16:9, and the resolution is 4608 * 2592. Since it uses a camera system that is close to the height of the mobile phone, we will use the current photography benchmark iPhone X for live comparison.
It can be seen that in common screens, the 16:9 demo of Xiaomo camera has a higher screen utilization rate, with the 12 megapixel iPhone X main photo on the left and the 7 megapixel iPhone X front on the right Set a sample sheet.
Indoor proof sheet, central magnification
Outdoor scene (iPhone triggered HDR)
Central enlargement of outdoor scene
The default color of Xiaomo camera is bright, the wind direction is a little close to iPhone X, the white balance is stable and relatively accurate, and the analytical power has even surprised the main camera of iPhone X, and the overall imaging has exceeded the author's expectations.
The Xiaomo camera is a self camera, and its original rival is actually the front camera of the mobile phone. The front camera of the iPhone X can't hold its head up when it is placed in front of the camera. Its analytical power is several levels inferior, and there is no comparability.
Intelligent beauty mode, scene contrast, 100% magnification
Character contrast in intelligent beauty mode
In the intelligent beauty mode, Xiaomo camera will slightly increase the brightness and color saturation, and the white balance will shift to red and yellow. This training will be more pleasing to the eye when shooting people and scenery, and there will be a certain amount of picture cutting (may be the result of electronic anti shake?), so there is a sense of zooming in. When a face appears in the picture, the camera will add skin grinding and processing, and the overall effect is OK.
Sample of intelligent beauty mode
user's experience
Magnetic suction base supports upside down and side hanging
To support Gesture recognition, photographing, manual Intelligent capture and Intelligent beauty and other functions, Xiaomo camera The A53 is equipped with four 1.35GHz cores. The machine body is equipped with 8G storage, which can be used for about 5G except for the system occupation. For most users, there is no need to add an additional memory card.
Xiaomo camera is also like GoPro and Xiaoyi camera. After a long time of use, the body will be relatively hot, but the heat is slightly better than that of competitors. The 910 mAh battery comes with the body, which can last more than one and a half hours when connected to the mobile phone. If it is not connected to the mobile phone, it will last for most of the day.
The gesture recognition of core selling points and the smiley face capture of artificial intelligence have good usability. The former is a function that is seldom used at ordinary times (after all, they are used to taking pictures again after taking pictures), but occasionally it is inconvenient to take out the phone or when the phone has no power, they think it must be added. And the intelligent smiley face capture will take more casual smile scenes for us in the preparation process similar to group photos. They are all functions that I thought were nothing before, but I thought they were worth the ticket price after using them once.
summary
Xiaomo camera is a portable intelligent camera that is easy to use, which is also the ultimate goal of AI. The algorithm and settings are completed by AI, so users just need to press the shutter. Its direct rivals are life recording cameras such as Goolge Clips and sports cameras such as GoPro/Little Ant. But I think it is more like the terminator of the selfie stick. For users who will buy a selfie stick, it is better to buy a Xiaomo camera rather than take a selfie stick that is in the way.
In the past, when taking a selfie stick, the photographer always had one hand occupied by the selfie stick, and many POSEs could not put it out. In addition, the photos taken with the front camera were really bright... Finally, they had to deal with Meitu Xiuxiu. These problems are not found in Xiaomo's camera. Find a railing or wall to stick the camera on, and the rest is the creative time to shoot, and you don't need to repair your own drawings.
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