This barbarity is the photographic kit of Xiaomi 15 ultra. And I have decided to take it to its limit

A few days ago I traveled to Singapore for the presentation of the Little F7 ultra. Taking advantage of the fact that I was going to spend a few days in the city, I took my Xiaomi 15 Ultra With a fairly special accessory: the photography kit. The objective of this accessory is to bring the experience of a professional camera closer to a telephone, although even further.

I am going to tell you what my experience has been with this accessory, and if it is worth it or not to get it, since at the 1,499 euros that the Xiaomi 15 ultra costs it would be necessary to add 199 euros, a figure that brings the whole to 2,000 euros.

What includes the kit. The Xiaomi photographic kit is composed of the following:

• A telephone case.
• 2,000mAh battery grip
• Three camera rings (one of them 67mm ND Filters adapter).
• Two obturator buttons.
• Detachable grip grip.
• Belt.

The composition of the kit is more than correct, and allows you to meet its objective: turn the phone into a device closer to a camera, including the option of introducing neutral density filters.

How is the installed kit. The first thing we have to keep in mind is that the kit increases, and much, the volume and dimensions of this phone. Its reason for being is the grip, and this makes the mobile stop having the design of a mobile. The grip is very, very comfortable, and makes the ergonomics by taking pictures for hours excellent.

One point to be taken is the one that the adapter for ND filters is 67mm, a measure for which you most likely do not have filter. If, as in my case, you have a larger ND, it will have to use adapter rings. It is quite funny how a conversion to ND of 82mm is. Of course, forget about putting your mobile in your pocket, this is already a camera.

The experience with the kit. This kit has four buttons.

• Record button (very uncomfortable and very small)
• Sailing button (perfect)
• Dial for zoom (very good)
• Dial for exposure compensation (perfect)

The kit does not add any extra function that we cannot perform through the phone’s own screen, but it does everything much more comfortable. For example, exposure compensation is one of the functions that I have used most thanks to having it in a dial. Mobile cameras usually overexpose a lot and move away from a film look, with this it is solved in seconds.

It seems a minor detail, but being able to access professional mode functions directly from a button make the experience doing photos excellent.

The shutter button is technically well executed. Experience is very similar to using a mirrorless in electronic shooting mode, and touch is quite pleasant.

Finally, pointing out that the key to this kit is that it works like a PowerBank. In total, it has 2,000Mah. If we are taking many photos and the phone begins to run out of battery, you can give us about 40% additional autonomy.

Kit software. When we connect this kit, we can configure from the ‘grip of camera’ adjustments their behavior. In this menu we will find adjustments related to when the phone loads, what function activates each of the buttons. This is, by far, the best functionality of the kit, since we can make full customization, as in the best Mirrorless cameras.

This kit has its own firmware and is updated independently, so the doors open to, in the future, Xiaomi adding extra functionalities.

Not everything that shines. On a technical level, the kit seems to me a great idea. If we have bought a phone for your camera, this is a great option to take it to the fullest. But, as a professional photographer, I have found some buts.

The first is the matter of size. It is assumed that the advantage of the phones is to have a pocket camera. If I have to carry this grip, it ceases to be, and charge (at least, for me) more sense to use a real camera. There are countless small -sized mirrorless that yield much better than any phone.

The second point is that Xiaomi has completely forgotten the most used format today: the vertical. If we want to make a vertical video, or shoot in this format, the kit is completely unusable, it is only designed for vertical guidance.

The last point has to do with the price. An ultra xiaomi 15 more this kit goes to 1,700 euros. 1,700 euros for a phone whose reason for being is the camera, and that we cannot transport comfortably if we carry the kit.

In my opinion, buy any more economical mobile, such as Xiaomi 14T (500 euros) and a Mirrorless + Kit target of about 1,200 euros, it is a much more logical purchase if we really like photography. Now, if you have already bought an ultra Xiaomi 15, getting the kit is something you want yes or yes.

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