As Xiaomi's first mobile phone with three rear cameras, Xiaomi 9 is equipped with 48 million ultra-wide-angle AI cameras and Sony IMX586 48 billion sensors. Its hardware specifications are very strong. Such a good hardware configuration will be wasted if you don't master some shooting skills. Here are some shooting techniques of Xiaomi 9.
Skills of using Xiaomi 9 camera
1, intelligent super wide angle
Some users may lack knowledge about ultra-wide-angle cameras and don't know when to shoot with them. The intelligent ultra-wide angle function of Xiaomi 9 was born to solve this problem.
Using AI algorithm, whenever Xiaomi 9 camera detects scenes such as multi-person photos or some world-famous scenic buildings, it will recommend users to turn on the ultra-wide-angle camera to take photos with a panoramic view and a wider perspective.
2. Intelligent portrait distortion correction
Friends who have dabbled in taking pictures may know that due to the inherent optical characteristics, the image edges of wide-angle and ultra-wide-angle lenses will be distorted, and the specific degree of distortion is related to the distance of the subject, which has a great influence on multi-person photos.
In order to solve this problem, Xiaomi 9 also made corresponding optimization using AI algorithm. At present, Xiaomi 9 turns on the portrait distortion correction function by default when shooting with a super wide-angle camera, and different correction methods will be adopted at different distances. When shooting with a wide-angle camera, users can also turn on "photo face correction" in the settings.
3. Macro mode
Using a super wide-angle camera, Xiaomi 9 also provides a macro mode, which is convenient for users to shoot objects at close range and get some details that are not easy to notice. After the macro mode is turned on in the photo mode menu, Xiaomi 9 can support the focus of the subject with a distance of up to 4cm.
4. Moon mode
On Xiaomi 9, it is no longer difficult to shoot the moon directly with a mobile phone, which was almost impossible to complete before.
When shooting the moon with Xiaomi 9, just turn on the camera to aim at the moon, turn on the AI camera, touch the screen or wait for 1 second to finish focusing, then adjust the zoom magnification to more than 4 times, and then turn on the moon mode through the top prompt. After entering the moon mode, Xiaomi 9 can zoom up to 20 times, and the quality of the moon photos taken is greatly improved.
5. exclusive function of Tik Tok
The cooperation between Xiaomi and Tik Tok adds some exclusive functions to Xiaomi 9 when using Tik Tok. First of all, Xiaomi 9 can turn on hardware decoding when playing video with Tik Tok App, saving electricity and electricity. When shooting video with Tik Tok, Xiaomi 9 can use electronic anti-shake and multi-frame noise reduction technology, and the shooting effect is better; With a super wide-angle camera, Tik Tok can also generate videos with a wider field of view on Xiaomi 9.
In addition, even if Tik Tok App is not installed, the camera that comes with Xiaomi 9 also has the function of Tik Tok small video. Users can use the "short video" in the native camera to shoot directly with the selected filter provided by Tik Tok for Xiaomi 9.
6. Sports and shooting
When shooting a moving scene or a small animal, because the mobile phone has to move with the object at any time, it is easy to see that the object is not in the center of the picture and the composition is not good. This problem can be solved by using the motion following function of Xiaomi 9. After the motion tracking is started, Xiaomi 9 can intelligently identify the subject and crop the shot image, just like using a mobile phone pan/tilt, so that the subject is always in the video center.
7, intelligent slimming and baby beauty
Xiaomi 9 further updated the beauty algorithm. Combined with Snapdragon 855 mobile platform with powerful AI computing power, Xiaomi 9 can realize two functions: intelligent slimming and baby beauty, and solve the unnatural situations that are easy to occur when taking beauty photos. Using the smart slimming function, Xiaomi 9 is used for taking photos and videos, which beautifies the posture of the foreground characters while keeping the rear background natural. And baby beauty can intelligently identify adults and babies when taking pictures of babies alone or together, and provide just the right beautification for babies.
8. Optimization of dynamic photos
Compared with simple static pictures, animated pictures such as GIF or short videos with a length of several seconds are more attractive and have better communication effect on social networks. Xiaomi 9' s dynamic photo optimization function greatly simplifies the tedious steps of making moving pictures, and users can make their own beautiful moving pictures and photo movies in just a few simple steps. Through the AI algorithm, Xiaomi 9 can analyze the photos taken, intelligently optimize the materials suitable for generating moving pictures, and edit and generate 3-second moving pictures.