Recently introduced highlights Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro and Mi 11 Ultra come with completely new sensors, developed in cooperation with South Korean Samsung. The main lens is also equipped with Xiaomi Night Owl for even better night shots.
Xiaomi Night Owl
At a big March event, Xiaomi presented advanced image processing for shots taken in complete darkness. The results were compared with a Sony-branded camera, and it was clear that Xiaomi’s smartphone has a solid lead in this area.
The software was developed by Xiaomi, and its job is to manage noise, stabilization, and also color correction in the resulting night photo, so that it hints at excellent night capabilities typical of “an owl”. At least, that’s how Xiaomi defined its new algorithm.
Noise, stability and color fidelity
This algorithm can capture up to 8 consecutive shots with exposure EV0, and based on AI and other sub-algorithms it will pick the best one. Using machine learning, it will also apply this knowledge in future use of Night Mode.
Besides intelligent noise reduction, which is the main drawback of night photos, the algorithm is also capable of more advanced stabilization than other algorithms, because the challenge of capturing a high-quality night photo is keeping the smartphone still during its long exposure.
So the technology simulates using a tripod to make the shot as sharp as possible. For that, it uses an optimized neural network and provides high-quality data.
Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra vs Huawei Mate 40
Night Owl also delivers more reliable and precise color rendering thanks to AI. In the photo below, you can see how the Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra handles a night shot versus the Huawei Mate 40.
It’s clearly visible that while Huawei couldn’t properly resolve objects and therefore couldn’t brighten the image, Xiaomi managed to do it—and also added minimal noise, or clearly defined object edges.
In the next shot, we can see how Xiaomi handled colors, and they are much more realistic than on the Mate 40, where they have a yellowish tint.
This feature is available for now for the Mi 11 Pro and Ultra models. However, it’s possible the company will roll it out to other models as well, like the classic Xiaomi Mi 11 version or older Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro models.
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