Jul 20, 2023 4:46 PM

Sony Xperia 1 V Camera Samples

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Sony Xperia 1 V main camera. The main camera captures loads of detail and accurate colors on this overcast day.

Sony Xperia 1 V main camera. Theres no macro mode but you can capture great close ups and get it to focus on your...

Sony Xperia 1 V main camera. The camera captures Bodhi mid yowl as he demands a rub. You can see the natural bokeh effect.

Sony Xperia 1 V main camera. This shot of Luna on the stairs picks out every hair and those deep blue eyes really pop.

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Sony Xperia 1 V, main camera. The main camera captures loads of detail and accurate colors on this overcast day.
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Sony Xperia 1 V, main camera. There’s no macro mode, but you can capture great close ups and get it to focus on your subject with a little patience.

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Sony Xperia 1 V, main camera. The camera captures Bodhi mid yowl as he demands a rub. You can see the natural bokeh effect.
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Sony Xperia 1 V, main camera. This shot of Luna on the stairs picks out every hair and those deep blue eyes really pop.

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Sony Xperia 1 V, main camera. You get a sense of the depth of field here, and while it can’t compete with the Xiaomi 13 Ultra I just tested, it’s not bad.
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Sony Xperia 1 V, main camera. The camera picks out loads of details in the ivy and brickwork and you can see the natural bokeh effect when you focus on something close.

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Sony Xperia 1 V, main camera. Lots of sharp detail here with the rivets in the gun and the colors look exactly as they did on this overcast day.
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Sony Xperia 1 V, main camera. The night mode does well to pick out the droplets on the car roof here, but the street lights are blown out.

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Sony Xperia 1 V, telephoto camera. This robin was sitting in the shade of a bush and while it’s not the sharpest shot, I managed to zoom in with the telephoto lens and snap it before it flew away.
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Sony Xperia 1 V, ultrawide camera. This next series of photos shows the zoom levels, starting with the ultrawide lens which struggles with the dark spots.

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Sony Xperia 1 V, main camera. You can see how much better the main camera is at bringing up those dark spots without over brightening or losing the color accuracy.
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Sony Xperia 1 V, telephoto camera. The telephoto lens takes over at x3.5 zoom and captures a detailed shot, though it does brighten things up significantly.

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Sony Xperia 1 V, telephoto camera. At x5.3 zoom it still looks fairly sharp, but both of these telephoto shots look washed out compared to the main camera.
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The portrait mode enables a Bokeh slider to get that blurred background for selfies.

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