The Xiaomi 13 Series with the latest Leica Camera Features
The Xiaomi 13 Series with the latest Leica Camera Features
In July last year, Xiaomi and Leica Camera AG successfully launched their first jointly developed product, the Xiaomi 12S Series. Now, they present the second jointly developed product generation for the international market: The Xiaomi 13 Series.
As the second generation of devices developed in this strategic mobile imaging partnership, the Xiaomi 13 Series presents new optical and computational capabilities with Leica True Color Imaging and a newly developed 75mm telephoto lens. It also offers professional camera features already featured on the Xiaomi 12S Ultra, including signature Leica optics and two photographic styles.
The optics shine with their high resolution, large aperture, and barely perceptible distortions: The lenses thus form the appropriate basis for outstanding image quality. The new 75mm focal length is particularly suitable for expressive portrait shots.
“With the successful launch of the strategic partnership and our first joint devices, we have been able to demonstrate that “co-engineered with Leica” sets new standards in the field of smartphone photography. We are pleased to bring Leica’s pioneering camera features such as Leica True Color Imaging and the 75mm telephoto lens with floating element technology to the Xiaomi 13 Series,” said Marius Eschweiler, Vice President of Business Unit Mobile Leica Camera AG.
The main camera of the Xiaomi 13 Pro features a 1-inch ultra-large IMX989 sensor with a professional 23mm ƒ/1.9 Leica lens, which consists of eight aspherical lenses, ALD Ultra-Low Reflective Coating, Lens Edge Ink Coating, a new cyclic olefin material and a rotation-coated infrared filter to achieve the same optical quality as the Xiaomi 12S Ultra. The main camera of the Xiaomi 13 consists of an IMX800 sensor with a professional 23mm ƒ/1.8 Leica lens consisting of seven aspherical lenses, ALD Ultra-Low Reflective Coating, and the new cyclic olefin material for crystal clear images. Both devices support HyperOIS.
As with the Xiaomi 12S Ultra, consumers can also choose between the “Leica Authentic Look” and the “Leica Vibrant Look”, two different image profiles and a novelty in the smartphone camera segment. Leica fans in particular will be delighted with the “Authentic Look” specially developed by Leica and will delight all other customers with smartphone images in the iconic “Leica Image Look”.
Leica Image experts have designed the Authentic Look with a focus on aesthetically pleasing and natural colour reproduction, well-drawn shadows, realistic local contrasts and excellent reproduction of fine details. In addition, the “Authentic Look” features reduced vignetting correction to achieve minimal light fall-off between the centre and corners of the image, giving it the typical look of a picture taken with a Leica Summicron lens.
The “Leica Vibrant Look” was developed jointly by Xiaomi and Leica. Combining Xiaomi’s expertise in smartphone photography with Leica’s signature image aesthetics, this look allows photographers to perfectly capture the emotion of the moment in a vivid yet realistic colour world.
With the support of the Xiaomi Imaging Engine, the Xiaomi 13 Series has the most powerful computational photography capability of any Xiaomi flagship device. Based on its powerful operating efficiency and expandability, it can not only support RAW-level computational photography by utilising the parallel computing pipeline to greatly improve the speed of photography but also utilise heterogeneous graphics processing capabilities to achieve Xiaomi ProFocus. The Xiaomi 13 Series also offers great creative freedom to professional photographers.
The professional mode of the camera app allows manual adjustment of shooting parameters and supports shooting of photos in a 10-bit RAW format calibrated by Adobe Labs, as well as 4K 10-bit Dolby Vision HDR videos and 4K-bit LOG videos.
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Joanne Carter is a British photography journalist, editor, curator, and the founder of *TheAppWhisperer.com*, one of the world’s leading platforms dedicated to mobile photography and art. Since its launch in 2009, TheAppWhisperer has become an international hub for artists of all levels to discover, learn, exhibit, and engage with contemporary photographic practice.Built on principles of inclusivity, accessibility, and artistic excellence, Joanne has spent almost two decades championing mobile photography as a serious artistic medium. Through interviews, critical essays, exhibitions, competitions, and education, she has helped shape and document the evolution of mobile art on a global scale.Her work has taken her internationally, lecturing on photography and mobile art at institutions and events including the Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea, alongside appearances in the UK and Europe. She has served as a juror for international photography and mobile art awards across Portugal, Canada, the United States, South Korea, Italy, and the UK.Joanne is also the founder of *TheAppWhispererPrintSales.com*, one of the first online galleries dedicated exclusively to collectible mobile art, connecting artists with collectors across Europe, the United States, and Asia.Before founding TheAppWhisperer, Joanne worked extensively in print journalism and photographic publishing, including roles at a paparazzi photo agency and as deputy editor of a leading photography magazine. Her freelance journalism, criticism, and commentary have been published widely in both the UK and the US, with bylines in *The Times*, *The Sunday Times*, *The Guardian*, *Popular Photography*, *NikonPro*, *DPReview*, *Which?*, *Vogue Italia*, *LensCulture*, the *BBC*, and more recently, the *Financial Times*, where her published letters on photography continue to contribute to wider conversations around the medium.Alongside her editorial and curatorial work, Joanne’s own photographic practice has been exhibited internationally across the UK, Europe, South Korea, and the United States. Her work increasingly explores themes of grief, loss, death, memory, and the body.Her current research interests centre on grief, death, and poverty, with forthcoming postgraduate study leading towards doctoral research in these areas.Joanne is currently developing new long-form writing and photographic projects and is available for commissions, editorial projects, speaking engagements, and collaborations.Contact: joannetheappwhisperer@gmail.com)
