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It had been a long time since a cell phone left me speechless. So I went to China to test the Honor Magic8 Pro camera

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If you asked someone from HONOR how they were going to improve the camera on their phones next year, the answer they would give you is that you hold the telephoto. A few weeks ago I was traveling to China to see first-hand the factory and the R&D laboratory from which the HONOR Magic8 Proa terminal that bets (almost) everything on the camera. And what a camera. Just stroll through the busy streets of Shenzhen or sit and enjoy the sunset in Hong Kong to discover that yes, HONOR has been working hard on its camera. I can’t talk about specifications, yet, but I can confirm that we have a wide angle, an angle and a periscopic zoom which is, without a doubt, the main protagonist. So much so that I ended up using it more than the main sensor for obvious reasons. That zoom was enjoyable A quality optical zoom not only makes the photo “look sharper”, but also gives a lot of play. The perspective we get with the telephoto cannot be achieved with a normal zoom (cropping of the sensor), since it is by using a longer focal length that we get that “compression effect” of the shots. Let’s say that the distance between two objects in different planes of the scene is reduced, something that is very useful in urban photography and allows us to achieve things like this. Photograph taken with the HONOR Magic8 Pro | Image: Xataka But let’s start at the beginning. Little can be said about the main sensor. It is a sensor that HONOR has clearly mastered and whose results speak for themselves. Good control of highlights and shadows, notable HDR work and faithful color representation, although some background work is noticeable to highlight the strongest colors. In this case, green. Photograph taken with the HONOR Magic8 Pro | Image: Xataka Photograph taken with the HONOR Magic8 Pro | Image: Xataka Photograph taken with the HONOR Magic8 Pro | Image: Xataka At night, the sensor knows how to surprise. It is no secret that there is a treatment for shadows and noise, but The result is one of the best I have seen to date.. These photos are really complex because you have fine details in highlights and huge contrast. The terminal resolves photos well, preserving detail, eliminating noise almost completely and keeping glare at bay. Photograph taken with the HONOR Magic8 Pro | Image: Xataka In this image we have to look not only at the enormous tubular building on the left, but also at its reflection in the next building. It is not a pastiche of lights without rhyme or reason, but the camera manages to perfectly capture the reflection without burning either the background or the building. Also notable is the definition not only of the lines of light, but of the light bulbs themselves hanging from the trees and the texts of the distant blocks. Photograph taken with the HONOR Magic8 Pro | Image: Xataka I liked it a lot during the day, but it’s at night when it really conquered me. If you told me 15 years ago that a gadget I carried in my pocket was going to allow me to take this photo, I probably wouldn’t have believed you. HONOR has done an excellent job not only in the camera, but in the processing. This image would be impossible to take freehand if there were not good stabilization, a good sensor and good background processing. Photograph taken with the HONOR Magic8 Pro | Image: Xataka But if this camera surprises, the telephoto is another story. The HONOR Magic8 Pro has a periscope with 3.7x optical magnification that we can digitally expand up to ten and 100x. The sweet spot, however, is x3.7. Because? Because we can get closer to the subject taking advantage of the full resolution of the sensor and take photos like these, I hope you are not hungry. Photograph taken with the HONOR Magic8 Pro | Image: Xataka Photograph taken with the HONOR Magic8 Pro | Image: Xataka In these photos you can perfectly see what I mentioned previously. Without an optical zoom we would not be able to achieve a blur as silky as this image. You don’t have to rely on portrait mode to crop your subject and blur the background, but you can achieve a superior effect by simply moving away from your subject and using the zoom. If you add a large, high-resolution sensor to that, you get a photo with exquisite textures. Photograph taken with the HONOR Magic8 Pro | Image: Xataka Photograph taken with the HONOR Magic8 Pro | Image: Xataka If we talk about urban photography, this periscope allows us to get closer to the scene and frame in ways that, normally, we could not achieve, either because it does not have a telephoto (something strange in the high range) or because the resolution of the sensor is not up to par. Photograph taken with the HONOR Magic8 Pro | Image: Xataka Photograph taken with the HONOR Magic8 Pro | Image: Xataka Photograph taken with the HONOR Magic8 Pro | Image: Xataka It also allows us to see things that we can only intuit with the naked eye. The advantage of having this resolution is that, even when cropping by zooming to 10x, we can achieve good results. Photograph taken with the HONOR Magic8 Pro | Image: Xataka Photograph taken with the HONOR Magic8 Pro | Image: Xataka The best thing is that the quality of the photos is preserved even when light is scarce. Normally, it is taking photos at night when I least enjoy testing a mobile phone. It is the most complex moment and where the seams are usually seen by the cameras. The HONOR Magic8 Pro is not exempt from those seams by any means, but the work that the Chinese firm has done is sensational. Photograph taken with the HONOR Magic8 Pro | Image: Xataka Photograph taken with … Read more

If you buy it you get a camera module. This is the new offer in this mobile with great power and autonomy

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Unlike what we saw a few years ago, Realme has taken a huge leap by betting on high-end mobile phones that, by all accounts, have managed to attract us both visually and technically. He Realme GT 8 Pro It arrived in stores just a few weeks ago and can now be purchased on Amazon for 899 euros. It is available in two colors: es and eye, because it comes with a charger and a camera module. Realme GT 8 Pro (12GB, 256GB) The price could vary. We earn commission from these links A mobile phone that can change the camera module At the design level the Realme GT 8 Pro It stands out above all for its camera module: It is quite large and can be exchanged with others sold by the brand. One comes by default, but when you buy it on Amazon the store gives you an additional one valued at 19.99 eurosthus allowing us to customize it. Beyond its design, the truth is that the Realme GT 8 Pro also manages to shine in power and autonomy. Regarding the first, it achieves this thanks to its processor Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 which comes, in this case, along with 12 GB of RAM and also has 256 GB of internal storage. The battery is well served thanks to its 7,000 mAh capacity. It also supports 120W fast charging and 50W wireless charging. In addition, its screen is excellent as it has a good 6.79-inch LTPO AMOLED panel that offers a QHD+ resolution and a 144 Hz refresh rate. You may also be interested realme Buds T200Lite True Wireless Bluetooth Headphones, 32dB Intelligent Active Noise Cancellation, 360° Spatial Sound, Autonomy up to 48 Hours, White The price could vary. We earn commission from these links realme Watch 5 Smart Watch for Women and Men, AMOLED 1.97″ Smartwatch, Bluetooth Calls, Independent GPS, 108+ Sports Modes, Health and Sleep Tracking/IP68/NFC, 14 Day Battery, Silver The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Images | Amparo BabiloniRealme In Xataka | The best mobile phones (2025), we have tested them and here are their analyzes In Xataka | The best quality-price mobile phones (2025). Their analyzes and videos are here

This Xiaomi mobile with a large screen and 108 MP camera costs less than 150 euros

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If you are thinking of renewing your old smartphone and you don’t want to spend a lot, now, in the official Xiaomi store you can buy one of its mid-range flagships, the Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 5G. It is on sale and has gone from costing 279.99 euros to 149.99 euros. Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 5G 6+128 GB The price could vary. We earn commission from these links A mobile phone with a 108 MP camera and large screen For its price, there are many features that make this mobile stand out. Redmi Note 14 from Xiaomi. One of them is its screen, which is type 6.67 inch OLED with resolution of 2,400 x 1,080p. It reaches a maximum brightness of 2,100 nits and has a refresh rate of 120 Hz. This model on offer comes with 6 GB RAM and 128 GB internal storage. Furthermore, another of the great assets of this mobile is its touch control. This is very precise and will allow you to use your phone even if your fingers are stained with grease or wet. The photographic system is another of its star features. Comes with a 108+2+2 MP triple rear camera and the front one is 20 MP. Its design stands out for its ice-like texture and makes you fall in love with it at first glance. As for its battery, it has a capacity above average, of 5,500 mAh and admits fast charging at 33 W. Finally, it is worth mentioning that it has a wide connectivity section, since it comes with NFCdual WiFi, GPS and Bluetooth 5.3. Some accessories that may interest you for this mobile Tentoki 3 in 1 Case and Screen Protector for Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 5G The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Xiaomi Redmi Buds 6 – Wireless headphones The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Images | Xiaomi In Xataka | The best mobile phones, we have tested them and here are their analyzes In Xataka | The best quality-price mobiles. Their analyzes and videos are here

The Nubia Z80 Ultra is not only a beast with 7,200 mAh battery. It also has a photography kit that transforms it into a camera

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Nubia does not fail its annual event and has just announced its new high-end, the Nubia Z80 Ultra. The ZTE subsidiary follows in the footsteps of the Nubia Z70 Ultra and opts for a technical sheet that practically has no room for more cutting-edge features. Furthermore, this year they are jumping on the bandwagon of photographic mobiles with a kit that transforms it into a retro camera. Let’s see everything it offers. Nubia Z80 Ultra technical sheet nubia z80 ultra DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHT 164.5 x 77.2 x 8.6mm 227 grams screen 6.85 inch OLED FullHD+ resolution (2,688 x 1,216 pixels) 144Hz 2,000 nits No notch processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen5 ram memory 12/16GB LPDDR5x internal storage 256/512GB/1TB UFS 4.1 rear cameras Main: 50MP, 1/1.3″, 35mm, OIS, f/1.7, OV50H Ultra wide angle: 50MP, 1/1.55″, 18mm, f/1.8, AF, Macro 5.5cm, OV50E Telephoto: 64MP, 70mm, f/2.48, OIS, OV64B front camera 16MP battery 7,200 mAh 80W fast charging (wired and wireless) operating system Nebula AI OS 2.0 Android 16 connectivity 5G, WiFi 7, Bluetooth 5.4, GPS L1+L2+L5, NFC USB type C others Camera under the screen Fingerprint reader under the screen Face unlock DTS:X Ultra camera button Artificial intelligence Water resistance IP68, IP69 price To be confirmed Without a camera in front, with a super camera in the back It was 2020 when ZTE hid the front camera under the screen of the phone for the first time. ZTE Axon 20. It has already become a hallmark of its high-end range and in its Nubia range it was not going to be any less. Thanks to this, The front of the phone is all screen, specifically a 6.85-inch panel with brightness of up to 2,000 nits and a refresh rate of 144Hz. In addition to the front camera, the screen also hides a fingerprint reader. When we turn it over we find its other hallmark, the camera module that resembles the appearance of a retro camera. It is rectangular and occupies the entire width of the phone. Furthermore, unlike other cameras that usually place the sensors together in a square or circular arrangement, here we have the main sensor that stands out from the rest, with the telephoto one below and the angular one further to the right. All three sensors are OmniVision. The main one, 50 megapixels, is the largest, brightest and has an optical stabilizer. The wide angle also offers the same resolution, but the sensor is smaller and the lens is not as bright. Finally, the telephoto lens has 64 megapixels of resolution and also has an optical stabilizer. The photographic kit. Speaking of cameras, the Nubia Z80 Ultra comes with a photography kit sold separately and consists of a housing to which we can attach an external telephoto lens. The housing has controls on the top that make it almost a compact camera. No details have been given about the telephoto lens, but it is very reminiscent of the Vivo X300. The latest from Qualcomm and battery for a while Under the hood of the Nubia Z80 Ultra we find the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 which Qualcomm announced just a month ago. In addition to the most advanced chip, it also has 12 or 16 GB of LPDDR5X RAM and storage up to 1TB UFS4.1. Comes standard with the cape Nebula AI OS 2.0 based on Android 16. For the battery, it is surprising that the new model shares almost the same dimensions and weight as the previous one, but its battery is much larger. Are 7,200 milliamps and 80W fast charging, whether we use a cable or a wireless charger. Versions and prices of the Nubia Z80 Ultra The Nubia Z80 Ultra goes on sale in Spain on November 6 and will arrive in several versions depending on color and memory. In addition to the black and white versions, Nubia repeats one more year and brings a ‘Starry Night’ version, decorated with a drawing reminiscent of the well-known work of Van Gogh. At the moment, they have not revealed the prices for Spain, but we will update as soon as they are confirmed. The versions that will go on sale are these: 12+256GB: black. 16+512GB: black, white and ‘Starry Night’. 16+1TB: black. Images | Nubia In Xataka | Google finds it difficult to continue boasting about the best photographic processing: Vivo has surpassed the Pixel on its own field

Realme seeks to make the mobile phone the best street camera. And it has joined the street camera brand par excellence

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Shenzhen and Beijing have two things in common: they are endless and both have been the perfect setting for two mobile presentations that have photography in the spotlight. He Vivo X300 Pro hit first, betting on a very long zoom to capture every last detail of the highest roof. The Realme GT8 Pro arrived later with a contrary argument: “Take me out on the street and start taking photos.”. Realme’s new high-end has been an open secret for weeks and I’ve already had it in my hands for a few days. But with one condition: I can’t talk about the phone, only its main camera. The reason? They have not presented the mobilebut an agreement with a striking camera brand: RICOH. And below I’ll tell you my first impressions of the Realme GT8 Pro camera. Technical specifications of the Realme GT8 Pro? Maybe they are the strangest first impressions I have ever made because… I can’t tell you about the cell phone. In fact, any detail is extremely generic: screen that occupies the entire front, an imitation of the Dynamic Island of the iPhone that Realme has been implementing for some time in its models and a design with flat sides. Photo: Xataka There was a rule: you cannot remove the case, you cannot remove the sticker that covers the camera module. Because I can’t, I can’t even tell you what hardware it has because the characteristics in ‘Settings’ are falsified. What I can tell you is that it has a periscopic telephoto, a wide angle and a main camera. And I’m going to get into it now because it is the jewel in the crown (beyond a power and battery that, if they follow in the wake of the Realme GT7 Prowill be rubbing shoulders with the best mobile phones of 2025). Realme GT8 Pro: a mobile phone made for the street “The collaboration with RICOH to create the Realme GT8 Pro goes beyond a union of brands.” Also about specifications: RICOH has overseen all aspects of the camera’s hardware and software. In the presentation of the agreement (because the mobile phone has not yet been officially presented), the Chinese company made it clear that the differentiating point of the new terminal is the main camera. Photo: Xataka It has a wide angle, it has a telephoto, it will surely mount the latest from Qualcomm, but the protagonist is the result of a very close collaboration between the Chinese and Japanese brands. Megapixels? Why do you want to know that (it’s not official). Focal? 23mm. Opening? 1.8. Does that matter? Not the slightest. Let me explain. Entering the Realme GT8 Pro camera app is like doing so in any mobile camera app: a carousel of options that are overwhelming in some cases and processing that feels excessive in some aspects. However, the secret is if we slide our finger down on the shutter button: this way we access the RICOH GR mode very, very quickly. Photo: Xataka To give some context, RICOH is a company that makes very compact cameras, ideal for street photography. They have specialized in fast focus cameras, silent shooting and ‘stealth’ modes to go unnoticed in the urban jungle. Also by 28 mm or 40 mm fixed focal lengths, depending on the model. Entering that GR mode directly activates the 28mmbut it is not a real focal length: it is a small cutout of the sensor to go from the native 23 mm to that RICOH-type focal length. It is not the only one: we also have a 40 mm (which would be a 1.8x crop of the sensor) and if we tap on the 28 mm and 40 mm icons, two more distances are added. That is, in practice the main camera is: 23mm in normal mode 28mm in GR mode 35mm in GR mode 40mm in GR mode 50mm, or 2x, in GR mode I imagine at least the 50mm or 2x will also be available in the regular camera app, but it wasn’t available on my test unit. As soon as you enter GR mode, the shutter changes to mimic that of a RICOH and the 28mm and 40mm crops are activated. Photo: Xataka The use is very intuitive and there are other things that change a lot in this GR mode. To start, the colors. We have several filters typical RICOH tonal variations. As in its day with Apple ringtones, It’s not about filters. In fact, from Realme they commented that “People are tired of filters that make all photos look the same”. What they have done is work with RICOH to apply their color science to photo processing. Auto mode. The defendant wants everything to look “good” in the photo. Photo: Xataka GR mode. More (coughs and fixes his bow tie) cinematic. Photo: Xataka Thus, there are tones that vary slightly, opting for a more bluish tone in elements such as shadows, but in addition the processing does not enhance the shadows to the extreme nor does it apply aggressive HDR (in normal mode, yes). And we have five default color profiles that are based on the technical characteristics that RICOH has set. GR mode profiles. Photo: Xataka Within each “color recipe”, we can create our own, modifying parameters such as tone, contrast, exposure or black level to create a unique profile that adapts to what we like. And they stay stored, something that I loved. Apart from the color profiles and focal lengths, the GR mode allows you to save in the usual JPG, JPG+RAW and RAW, but something else: modify the focus point to leave it fixed. Within each profile, we can customize parameters. Photo: Xataka We have several options here and, basically, it is about making the mobile even faster in its point & shoot function. A practical example: if I am shooting at everything in front of me, be it close-ups or panoramic shots, I can leave the focus on auto so that the phone … Read more

It is having put the whole mobile in the camera module

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Apple checked yesterday with the design of its iPhone Airand rightly. But not because of its extraordinary thinness, which many seems to us a wrong obsession, but for something very different: its camera module, which is actually much more than that. Why is it important. In that small Apple module has managed to encapsulate not only the camera sensor, but almost the entire circuitry of this iPhone. They have done it with an objective: that the rest is just what an ultradelgado mobile needs, which is, Logically, drums. A Plateau prodigious. Those responsible for the firm explain in the description of the iPhone Air how the new Plateau (“Plateau”), that camera module, houses the cameras, the speaker, and the Apple Silicon family chip. Taking into account the reduced dimensions of said module, the achievement is exceptional. The rise of the MAC Mini M1 in Ifixit showed that Apple had a lot of space in that chassis. I was sung that they would end up offering a more compact model, as we saw with the Mac Mini M4. The Mac Mini M1 taught us the future. The extreme miniaturization Achieved by Apple in its integrated circuits already astonished us With the launch of the Apple M1 in the Mac Mini M1. These teams retained the chassis of the traditional Mac Mini, but in reality they could have been much smaller because the motherboard was tiny. So much so that with the Mac Mini M4 we could finally verify how small these teams could be. In the case of the iPhone Air that achievement goes one step further. The iPhone Air points to the folding iPhone. This technical achievement makes us inevitably think that this type of module can also end up being the protagonist in the hypothetical folding iPhone of which We have been talking for years. Rumors are in fact that we will see this device in 2026, and although the format does not seem definitive, Apple seems to be turning towards a foldable shell type like the Z Flip5, and not one type Z fold that when deploying resembles an iPad Mini. Of course, any of these options remains feasible. Unstoppable evolution. Other “Desceces” of Ifixit Like that of the Vision Pro They demonstrate that Apple’s ability to integrate all components into almost impossible volumes, and that is what they have demonstrated generation after iPhone generation. The motherboards of these devices have been dwarfing until we reach that minimum expression that we have seen on the iPhone Air. Total control = total integration. In that achievement it has a lot to do with that vertical integration that Apple has achieved. The firm already controls practically all sections of manufacturing and in fact on the iPhone Air and the iPhone 17 debut New connectivity chips and decisions like Eliminate traditional SIM slots. All aimed at making thinner devices, yes, but also more efficient. But. That technical achievement is unquestionable, but once achieved, why obsess with thinness? Having great autonomy remains one of the most valued characteristics in these mobiles, but in Apple they seem to prioritize once again – as in the time of Jony Ive – the form on the function. The iPhone Air looks striking, without a doubt, But I didn’t need to be so thin. Even Apple itself seems to recognize it: to announce a Magsafe battery in the form of “backpack” specifically designed for this mobile. In Xataka | The iPhone Air is the new attempt to solve what has tormented Apple for years: the fourth iPhone syndrome

The best novelty of the iPhone 17 is one that is going unnoticed: a square front camera

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Apple has presented an innovation that has gone unnoticed among the most striking improvements of The iPhone 17: A completely redesigned front camera with a square sensor. Why is it important. For the first time in the history of the iPhone, Apple has abandoned the traditional format 4: 3 of the front camera. The new square sensor allows selfies Grupales horizontally without turning the phone. What has happened. Apple has equipped this system in all models of the new generation: iPhone 17, iPhone Air, iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max. The resolution has increased from 12 to 18 megapixels. The square sensor works as a broader canvas than different formats are cut according to the need. The AI ​​automatically detects how many people appear in the frame and adjusts the field of vision accordingly. However, the final result is 7 megapixel photos, according to The images shown by Apple during the Keynote. In detail. The new camera allows three different formats: 4: 3 portrait for selfies individual. Horizontal 16: 9 for groups. Square format for social networks. During video calls, Center Stage, an old acquaintanceautomatically keeps the user centered on the frame, even if it moves. The function also allows you to record simultaneously with the front and rear cameras. Yes, but. No Android manufacturer has implemented exactly this solution. Samsung, Xiaomi, Vivo or Google have opted for ultra -angular front sensors to achieve similar effects, but maintain the traditional rectangular format. The advantage of Apple’s approach is simplicity: it prevents users from physically turning the device to change the orientation, something especially useful when the phone is held with one hand. The context. This improvement comes after years of relative stagnation in Apple’s front cameras. The last important update had been the jump to 12 megapixels in the iPhone 12 of 2020. The commitment to the square sensor reflects the Apple approach to simplify usual gestures through software. Instead of forcing the user to adapt their behavior to the device, the iPhone adapts to the needs of the moment. In Xataka | If you buy an iPhone Air, you will not be able to use a physical sim: Apple forces its users to go to ESIM Outstanding image | Apple

NASA lost the best camera in Jupiter. A suicide plan has served to recover it successfully

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It seemed the premature end of the mission. The Junocam, the camera that has given us the most spectacular images of Jupiter and his moons, was dying. The relentless radiation of the gaseous giant had degraded the sweat sensor Juno turning his photos into a noise knead and corrupt lines. We had to try. With an overfruit of the moon ío just around the corner, the NASA team played the whole for the whole with a risky maneuver: cook the camera slowly at 600 million kilometers away to try to repair it. Although all at the control center endured breathing, the play worked. And not only that, but the miraculous rescue has sat a precedent for future space missions. Jupiter’s best photographer. Trying it was worth it because Junocam is not any camera. Is responsible for those Jupiter images that seem impressionist paintings and that, curiously, they are prosecuted by a community of fans on Earth. But its location is priced: it is out of titanium “bunker” that protects the main electronics of the Juno probe. NASA engineers knew that their useful life would be limited in one of the most radioactive environments of the solar system. The Calvary of the Junocam. The juno probe, that arrived in Jupiter in July 2016was designed to last until 2018, but its success has led NASA to extend the mission several times. During the first 34 orbits, Junocam worked perfectly. From orbit 47, radiation ravages began to be evident. For orbit 56, in November 2023, the situation was critical. “Almost all the images were corrupt,” admits NASA In a statement. The planet Jupiter and the moon ío photographed by Juno before and after repair A repair to all or nothing. Diagnosing the failure of a component at millions of kilometers is a titanic task. Repairing is a miracle. The clues pointed to a damaged voltage regulator at the camera power supply. With few options, the team resorted to a process called annealing or Annealing. The idea was, in essence, to heat the material and then cool it slowly, with the hope that heat would repair microscopic defects at the atomic level. “The annealing can sometimes alter a material such as silicon at the microscopic level, but we did not know if this would solve the damage,” explains Jacob Shaffner, chamber engineer. Forged on fire. NASA sent a command to Juno so that the only heater in the Junocam raised its temperature at about 25 ° C, much more than usual. The result was a success … temporary. The camera sent sharp images for several orbits. But Jupiter does not forgive. As the probe entered the radiation belts, the damage returned more strongly. “After orbit 55, our images were full of stripes and noise,” says Michael Ravine, head of the instrument. With an upcoming one Near Iro of íoonly one option was left. The only thing they had not tried was to take Junocam heater to the fullest and see if a more extreme recovery would save us. The reward. The first week there were no improvements. The tension in the equipment was maximum. But just a few days after the encounter with ío, the images began to improve dramatically. By the time Juno went to just 1,500 kilometers of the most volcanic moon in the solar system, the camera worked almost as well as the day of its launch. The success of the maneuver allowed Juno to capture very unprecedented and unprecedented images of the northern pole. The images revealed mountains covered with sulfur dioxide frost and Lava rivers that allowed scientists to rebuild geological formations as fascinating as A lava lake with a glass mountain Inside. This achievement is the culmination of an extended mission that has led Juno to explore Jupiter’s great moons. First it was Ganímedes in 2021the largest satellite of the solar system, and then Europe in 2022. I was as follows on the list, and losing the main camera would have been a hard blow. The repair, of course, is not eternal. NASA informs that noise has begun to reappear in orbit 74. But the lesson learned is incalculable. Images | NASA/JPL-CALTECH/SWRI/MSS In Xataka | The NASA Juno probe sends six photos of its passage through ío, the most inhospitable moon of the solar system

For the first time we have pointed to heaven with a 3,200 megapixel camera. In just 10 hours he has done several years

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The world’s largest digital camera is already operational. And what he has seen in just a few hours of trial is simply overwhelming. The Vera Rubin Observatory. Located in the privileged Watchtower of Cerro Pachón, Chile, the Vera Observatory C. Rubin points to the sky with a digital camera of the size of a small car. Its 3,200 megapixel sensor is ever built. He has been developing more than two decades, but the wait has been worth it. What is capable of capturing They are not simple “beautiful photos” of the universe. In just 10 hours of operations, the preliminary results already exceed years of work from other observatories. What he has seen in 10 hours. In this very brief period of time. The Rubin Observatory has been able to capture 10 million galaxies. It is only 0.05% of the 20,000 million galaxies that their operators expect to catalog during their main mission. But also has discovered 2,104 asteroids Never seen before. This figure is surprising if we compare it with the approximately 20,000 asteroids that discover all other observatories in the world throughout a whole year. Rubin has done 10% of that work in less than half a day. Among them, he has found seven asteroids near Earth, but all out of our trajectory. Trifida nebulous and lagoon seen by the LSST camera of the Vera Rubin Observatory The biggest camera in the world. Financed by the National Foundation of Sciences (NSF) and the United States Department of Energy (DOE), the Rubin Observatory promises “to capture more information about our universe than all optical telescopes of all history together”, in the words of Brian Stone, director of the NSF. It is a matter of brute force. Mounted on a telescope of 8.4 meters in diameter is the space-time research chamber as a legacy for posterity (LSST), a technological feat of 2,800 kg. Each image that captures an area of ​​the sky equivalent to 45 full moons. And who was Vera Rubin. The Observatory owes his name to the American astronomer which contributed the most conclusive evidence of the existence of dark matter, the invisible substance that seems to constitute 85% of the matter of the cosmos. The dynamic and ultra -precise map that will create the Rubin Observatory for the next ten years will play a key role to understand its nature. The Observatory will generate approximately 20 data terabytes every night. Throughout its ten years of useful life, the final data set will reach the figure of 500 petabytes. Only in its first year will collect more data than all previous optical observatories together. In Xataka | Caltech has published the “stronger” tests that there is an unknown planet in the solar system

The iPhone camera had me to my noses. Until Google Pixel’s father arrived to fix it

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I’ve been loading with me for some time Canon R7 Every time I’m on a trip. The reason is easy: I am very tired of the photos of the iPhone 16 Pro. It is not an exclusive problem of this phone, After analyzing all high -end cameras I have been reaching the same conclusion for years: it is of no use to improve the hardware if the defendant is still bad. And why do I consider it bad? Because with sensors that touch the inch and processors more powerful than those of a computer, mobile phones should be closer to a SRFLEX than of the same photos they made five years ago. Almost 10 years ago, there was a company that wanted to change everything with the “computational photography.” That company was Google, who launched in 2016 Google Pixel. In his day, it was a milestone: a mobile that took advantage of artificial intelligence (although at that time there was not so much emphasis on that word) to take much above those of his rivals. At the head of the photography team for the Google Pixel was Marc Levoy, currently an adobe worker. After a few years in silence he has done what no manufacturer has wanted to do: squeeze to the limit the power of a mobile to teach us what he can really do. Why is it important. Adobe has announced very discreetly Indigo Projectan app that applies as we had never seen the principles of computational photography to the iPhone. Until now, no such radical attempt had been made: this application consumes many resources and shows results that, until now, did not seem possible in the automatic mode of a phone. Is the best sample of The stagnant that manufacturers carry (including Google) in mobile photography. And although we spend more than 1,000 euros in a telephone, The camera is always well below what I could really do. Levoy himself makes it clear in his publication: “People often complain about the” appearance of the smartphone “: too bright, low contrast, high color saturation, strong softened and strong sharpness. This prosecuted comes, in part, for the most mainstream user preferences. But when someone spends a grassland on a phone (and in Europe we are doing it more than ever), this begins to be a problem. What is project indigo. This is a free app developed by Adobe Labs and led, among others, by Marc Levoy. The most nerd can enjoy manual controls, but the average user will not have to worry about anything: it is a “normal and current” with which you open, aim and shoot. The key is that, when he takes the photo, he is doing something completely different from what Apple does. This is what Indigo can do with a RAW from the iPhone. At all rag. A few years ago, when Apple talked about Smart HDR, the company showed combinations of up to 9 images to get a photo in HDR. The current number is not known, but Apple’s HDR has not improved substantially in recent years. Levoy does make clear how his app works: 32 PHOTOS IN RAW to create only one, neither more nor less. Combining 32 frames to create a single photo is a very high figure. Thanks to this, less noise is achieved in shadow areas, less reflections, and less overexposure (white parts, very burned), using more low-exposite frames. Thanks to having so many information, the textures are maintained better, the reduction of software noise is less necessary, and the softened is minimized. MAPOO DE TONESO NUGUAL | What can be achieved with a correct tones mapping. Going beyond. Another of the big problems of current photography has to do with HDR, and how shadow areas are crushed (or, vice versa, everything is burned) in scenes that require a high dynamic range. To avoid the classic (and unpleasant) forced HDR effect, this app has its own tone mapping (a fundamental process to obtain information on luminosity and color when dealing with HDR content). In other less complex words: this app processes as adobe wants, And not as Apple wants. The zoom. Indigo’s last key has to do with the zoom, one of the historical weak points of the iPhone. This application, without us noticing, takes multiple photos constantly while it is open (do not fear for your storage, until you shoot the final photo and processed, nothing is saved). This allows, when we take a photo with zoom, they can be combined to obtain a final in more detail. When to use this app. Everything looks great with Indigo, until you wonder how it is possible that a mobile can take 32 photos and process them without flinching. It is not so easy. This application puts the iPhone to work to the fullest, which can cause it to hot, especially in summer. Despite this, if you have time to take a good photo (it takes a few seconds to process) and want to escape that mobile look, this camera is practically perfect. His own developers consider it as an experimental camera app, and in their first phase of development it will be completely free. It is compatible with all iPhone from 12, and it is planned to end up landing on Android soon. Despite being experimental app, it has a great future ahead. Its developers claim that they want to load it with personalized looks, computational video functions, and improvements they show in the potential of well -applied computational photography. Image | Xataka In Xataka | Best iPhone. Which to buy in 2025 and recommended models based on budget, tastes and quality price

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