![]() ![]() In case you want to grab the original images to do your own analysis, here they are, from the Lumia 950 XL and U11, click the links to download. With apologies to Sheldon Cooper (etc!) - I spotted these flags as a nice HDR test subject, shooting them almost silhouetted against a bright sunny sky - what could the auto-HDR routines in both phones achieve? Here is the whole scene, as presented by the Lumia 950 XL: Lumia 950 XL: 9 pts HTC U11: 6 pts Test 3: Fun with flags In contrast, the U11's relatively low resolution sensor (and cheaper optics) are left struggling, with just digital zoom to draw on. And, while digital zoom has never been the 950 XL's speciality, an extra 0.5x here isn't a problem and I was surprised how good the results were. Quite an amazing difference here, mainly because the Lumia 950 XL has an underlying 20MP sensor to draw on, so the 2x zoom asked for in our test 9MP/8MP shots is at least half achieved without any loss of quality whatsoever. And to look at the images in more detail, here are fairly central 1:1 crops, just wait to make sure the page has fully loaded and then use your mouse or trackpad pointer to compare the images: In case you want to grab the original zoomed images to do your own analysis, here they are, from the Lumia 950 XL and U11, click the links to download. So I tried approximately 2x zoom, though it's impossible to tell on either phone because the UIs don't break out the vital zoom factor stat! Here is the whole scene, unzoomed, as presented by the HTC U11: The sun was out a bit more here, I'm watching cricket, but the players are just dots of white without any zoom on each phone camera. Lumia 950 XL: 9 pts HTC U11: 7 pts Test 2: Sunny zoom A slight win for the 950, I think you'll agree. The U11 disappoints here, even in these perfect lighting conditions, with the colours being muted from what my eyes saw in the sun, and with details (e.g. ![]() The Lumia 950 is oversampling down to 8MP and this results in 'purer', artefact-free detail - though it still doesn't really nail the colours of real life in the way that, say, a Lumia 1020 or Nokia 808 would have done here. And to look at the images in more detail, here are fairly central 1:1 crops, just wait to make sure the page has fully loaded and then use your mouse or trackpad pointer to compare the images:īoth shots look processed - which they are. Here is the whole scene, as presented by the Lumia 950 XL: Some boats (and geese) down by the lake, under hazy sun. On Windows 10 Mobile, use the 'AAWP Universal' UWP app, which handles the comparator very competently (see the tips in the app's help screens). ![]() This comparator may not work in some browsers. Please be patient while this page loads, if you see a pair of images above each other than you've either not waited long enough or your browser isn't capable enough! You ideally need a powerful, large-screened tablet or a proper laptop or desktop. Note that the interactive comparator below uses javascript and does need to load each pair of images. All 1:1 crops are at 900x500 for comparison, but see the links for full versions. So let’s start snapping and pit the results against each other, using our Famed Interactive Comparator (FIC). all photos were taken on full 'auto' on both phones, unless stated otherwise.īut the proof of the pudding is in the eating, as they say.the resolutions best match is at 9MP/8MP at 16:9 (I do like to match up resolutions as best possible so that I can use Rafe's fancy interactive comparator, below.) I do realise that this is putting the 950 XL at a disadvantage, since it's equally happy at 16MP, but on the other hand there's the PureView oversampling, so you get lower noise at the lower resolution, plus using 8MP on the 950 XL means that the full sensor still gets used when zooming.In terms of comparing the U11's camera with the 950 XL's: * writer's note: of course, when I talk about the Lumia 950 XL here, it could equally well have been the Lumia 950, since they share the same camera unit. ![]()
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