El Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro It is, without a doubt, one of the most striking high-end of this year. Released in February with the Snapdragon 865 under the hood and with excellent camera sensors, it has positioned itself as a high-performance mobile with nothing to envy.
DxOMark, as usual with the most popular mobiles, has made a deep scan to your front camera, which is 20 MP and has an aperture f / 2.0. In the analysis that he has described about this, he details his performance, and then we will let you know.
This is what DxOMark says about the performance of the front camera of the Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro
A score of 83 given by DxOMark places the Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro in a medium position in the platform's front camera ranking, close to mid-range mobiles such as the Samsung Galaxy A71 or older models like Apple's iPhone XS Max. His score of 84 is also considerably lower than the one obtained by the Huawei P40 Pro a while ago, which is 108, but the Mi 10 Pro is capable of recording decent selfie shots in the right conditions.
Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro Front Camera Scores by DxOMark
Target exposure to faces is good under most circumstances, and a large depth of field means that even subjects at the back of the group or selfie stick users are captured with acceptable sharpness. On the downside, the limited dynamic range results in rather intrusive highlight clipping in high-contrast scenes, and the color reproduction leaves room for improvement, says DxOMark in its review.
Only in very low light (10 lux or less) images may be slightly underexposed. Nevertheless, the dynamic range is noticeably more limited than in many devices of this class, and backgrounds and skin tones can often show cropped areas in bright conditions.
As for the color, the Mi 10 Pro generally offers an accurate white balance in bright light and in typical indoor conditions, but overall color reproduction is not great. Saturation in outdoor images can be slightly low, and skin tones can turn unnaturally red in low light.
Indoor photo taken with the front camera of the Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro | DxOMark
The Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro comes with a fixed focus lens. While this doesn't provide the same flexibility as a good autofocus system, the depth of field of the lens is quite wide. In practice this means that sharpness is good at a shooting distance of around 50cm and is still acceptable even at 120cm.
Its front camera does a good job of capturing detailsespecially in bright outdoor conditions, but image noise on faces and background is always visible as well. The acutance levels hardly decrease in indoor conditions, but the drop in low light conditions is more significant. That said, the high-end still records acceptable details in low light.
Bokeh mode of the selfie camera of the Mi 10 Pro with estimation errors | DxOMark
The Mi 10 Pro features a bokeh mode on its front camera, but it is not one of the camera's strong points. The system detects the subject in the frame and then blurs everything around it, even objects in the same focal plane. There is also no gradient blur, with the camera applying the same amount of blur throughout the frame. Also, the spotlights in the background are too small and lack contrast. Usually, Xiaomi's bokeh effect is quite unnatural.
What about the video section?
The Mi 10 Pro achieves a score of 81 for video in the DxOMark database, which puts it in the middle of the pack for this category. In general, many of the strengths and weaknesses that the experts noted for still images can also be seen in the video of the Mi 10 Pro. Its video sub-scores are as follows: exposure (66), color (76), focus (79), texture (74), noise (81), artifacts (80) and stabilization (42).
When recording video, lens exposure on faces is good in bright light and typical indoor lighting. Once the light levels drop below 10 lux, the exposure also begins to drop, and images shot in very low light are underexposed. As with still images, the dynamic range is limited, and recording in high-contrast conditions will almost inevitably result in highlight clipping in bright areas of the frame.
The color characteristics of video are also very similar to that of still images. Skin tones are reproduced very well in bright light and when shooting indoors, but they may look slightly unnatural in images shot in low light.
On the bright side, the camera's large depth of field helps keep subjects in the scene in focuseven when moving or panning, and details are good in bright light when shooting at FullHD 1080p resolution. Levels of detail are still good up to 100 lux, but start to drop noticeably when things get dimmer.
Unfortunately, video mode is slightly disappointed by the stabilization system, which is not very effective in counteracting camera shake or walking motion, so using a gimbal or at least some additional grip might be a good idea when using the Mi 10 Pro for vlogging or similar tasks. . A jelly effect can also be quite visible when scrolling quickly.
