Optics Lab Analysis: The Xiaomi 15 Ultra reaffirms its mobile photography crown with an uncropped 1-inch Sony LYT-900 50MP sensor and a 200MP periscope telephoto lens capable of 100x hybrid zoom.
Stepless Mechanical Variable Aperture
Photographers can fine-tune physical depth of field between f/1.63 and f/4.0 in 0.05-stop increments, eliminating synthetic software blur artifacts in macro and portrait scenarios.
Leica Summilux Optical Coating
Multi-layer ALD nano-coatings on all 8 lens elements suppress internal lens flare and ghosting by 42% when shooting directly into sunset or stadium floodlights.
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