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In this video, I'm taking the brand new Xperia 1
Mark8 out into the wild landscapes of Gotland. So,

this phone has a brand new telephoto lens with
a significantly larger sensor behind it. We're

chasing sunrises and sunsets, putting the new
features to the test, and seeing what nature

decides to throw at us. So, take a deep breath,
grab something really good to drink, and let's go.

Well, hello and welcome back to another video.
It's just not a uh regular outing here. We're

finally have a new Xperia. So this is the Xperia
1 Mark8 and I am really really excited to try it

out here at Gotland to see how it performs and
how how it handles nature just like we've been

doing for the last couple of years now which feels
just amazing and uh yeah so I'm super excited to

try this out and especially the new and improved
telephoto of this phone. So I have a friend with

me his name is Sami. If you've been following my
earlier Xperia videos, you might recognize him

from from there. Well, as you can see, we have a
brand new design this year. And I'm a big fan of

this look and especially the kind of stonelike
feeling to it. It's It feels really nice and

it's not as slippery as like phones usually are.
And one of the main reasons for the new look is

not only for the looks. It is because we have
a brand new sensor behind the telephoto lens,

which is about four times larger than the the last
one, which is a very welcome upgrade. This means

that we now have 48 megapixel sensors behind all
of the three different cameras on the Xperia. So,

I'm really curious to see what that actually does
in real life where where it actually matters.

Let's turn back time a couple of hours when we
went up super early to try to catch the sunrise.

Good morning. So, what a morning we are
visiting the Raokar, as they're called.

They're sea stacks that are probably the
most famous like phen phenomenon from from

this island that we're on. So have an idea
that I've been scouting. There's and I can

see it. You see this here? It looks like
a like a gate. And why we went here in the

morning is that the sun is going up over the
ocean here. We will probably kiss this whole

area with the sea stacks and I think it could
make for a really cool shot. No time to spill.

So, one of the most things I'm curious about this
year is definitely the new and improved telephoto.

So, we now have a 70 to 140 mm range, but with a
much larger sensor behind it. And a bigger sensor

generally means more detail, better dynamic range,
and like overall improved image quality. And which

I think is a very welcome upgrade. And what isn't
a better place to uh to try it out than here. So

I have an idea of the gate here to have Sammy walk
up on that little hill behind it. And then he will

look pretty small inside of this little hole
here. And I think uh I think it could uh make a

pretty cool photo. So, I I think I have to back up
a bit to uh so I can use the 70 mm or the 140. So,

yeah, let's get to work. Okay, we can start
to see the light on this beautiful rock here.

So, I'm going to go for the 70 mm, I think,
and have Sammy standing to the left of this

tree here. Okay, look at this. That's
pretty cool. Okay, let's snap the photo.

I'm going to back off a little bit more.

Okay, I can clearly tell a difference
in the details of the photos.

This is sharp. That is very nice. And I really
like how how natural it looks. Like usually on

on zoom lenses on phones, you get this like overly
sharpened kind of artificial look because it has

to kind of compensate to to get the quality. But I
like it reminds me of of something you get out of

like a traditional camera. So the image quality
has improved mainly thanks to the much larger

sensor. like that alone makes a huge difference.
But on top of that, they've also improved the

um raw multiframe processing that's happening
like behind the scenes when you're taking photos,

which results in cleaner, like more high quality
photos as well. So, it's a really nice upgrade.

Well, that was nice, but it's not over yet.
We still have some incredible light. So,

I'm going to I need to take some photos before
it's over because in just like half an hour,

it will be too harsh light to to get something
like this good. Oh, this is beautiful.

So, this path we've been walking here is full
of these like evil things. It's like bushes

with thorns on them. So you kind of get stuck
and it's hurts a lot when you're walking into

those. Why are they evil? So one of the
new features of the Xperia 1 Mark8 is the

AI camera assistant. And what it does is that
when you're shooting in the regular photo mode,

not in the the pro mode. It analyzes the scene
and what you're photographing and gives you up

to four different like suggestions of different
looks and edits to to that shot. Whether you're

shooting in a forest or you're shooting leaves,
family photos or anything like that, it gives you

different options to choose from. Okay, let's
see what the camera assistance suggests here.

Going to check here. Here you can see you get
four different four different examples of what

it thinks could look cool based on the scene.
So, it's analyzing the actual scene what you're

shooting. So here you can preview them by clicking
on them like this. And this is a pretty cool like

warmer tone. I think I kind of like this kind
of little bit washed out. And and you can still

make adjustment if you want to by clicking here.
It's done all of these adjustments by itself. So

if I want it a little bit darker, I can can do
that and then snap the shot. That looks nice.

And what is pretty cool that is that it's
also giving you suggestions for the bokeh

mode. So let's say you're shooting a portrait
in the regular photo mode. It detects that and

it basically says, "Hey, you should try the bokeh
mode and it applies the effect and you can choose

whether you like it or not." I usually like to
edit my photos myself, but for people who don't

want to spend time like editing photos, I think
this is a pretty cool feature. And honestly,

I think it's a pretty good use of AI because
we all know that there are great ways to use

AI and there are less than great ways to use
AI, especially in in the photography world. So,

I think this is a pretty cool use of
it. Well, let's continue the adventure.

So, there are some heavy waves today. Perfect
for filming in 4K 120 fps with the new telephoto.

Heat. Heat.

Okay, look at this. How cool is
that? It's like a portal here. Okay,

how does it look from from the other angle?

Okay,

look at this. That is sick. Okay, we need to
place a human being in this little portal here.

This is so nice. Okay. Uh, okay. I think
I got a pretty cool idea. So, look here.

I think we're going to place Sami as
a subject inside of this hole here,

but not typically in the opening. I'm thinking
of placing him on that little hill here. So,

he's like smaller in frame. And I think the
perspective can can look pretty cool. So,

look here. If we stand here and get low, you can
see that that it's like the perfect opening for

it. Yeah. Let's try it out. We get some clouds
now, so maybe we can get some soft light, too.

Okay, I love this perspective. It kind of looks
like a like an optical illusion or something. So,

I'm going to use the the 16 mm ultra wide to
kind of get this whole frame in the scene.

So, in a very backlit situation like this,
when we have like the dark shadows here and

the super bright sky in the back, it's usually
better to go with the the regular photo mode.

Uh because then it uses computational
processing. When you snap the shots,

it combines different photos with
different exposures to get a like a

more balanced photo. Um I think in situations
like this, it's pretty pretty nice to have.

Okay, that is so cool. I really
like how small he looks in frame.

wants to see that.

So, I found these. I have no idea what this is,
but it kind of looks like tiny little ferns,

which I think is perfect to
try out the the macro mode.

What I like about the the telephoto is that
when you when you get close, you get the the

macro capabilities, but you also get a really nice
like natural actual optical like background blur,

which is really cool. You also get like the
natural foreground. This is nice. Like look

at the look at the uh the foreground and
the background blur. This is not like a

the bokeh mode or anything like that. This is
all optical actual blur, which is really cool.

So, I'm going to try to get some video of these
things in the in the macro mode. The regular macro

mode has al actually been integrated into the when
you just use the telephoto and get close, you kind

of get the macro capabilities. And the same is
for video. So, you basically have macro in video,

too, which is nice. I'm going to try it out. I
really like how how the background looks on this.

So now we have also have autofocus when using
the macro mode which we didn't have on the XP

1.7. So that's quite nice. Oh, this leave is
just back lit by the sun. Oh, this looks nice.

Something I find really cool is that you
get the the separation blur as I mentioned,

but like this leave here and then like
already here which isn't that far away,

you get a really nice separation which is not
like typical from a phone camera because the

sensors has all always been so small. But now now
that we have the telephoto combined with like the

bigger sensor, we get these capabilities. And
I think it's really cool to play around with.

So, here on YouTube, I've I've had the same
profile picture since I started this channel

in 2021, and I kind of look like a baby on that
picture. I I need a new one. And I figured why

not since we have a new updated sensor on the 70
mm, which should paired with the the bokeh mode

make some pretty cool portraits. So, I figured we
want to test it out and Sami is going to be the

photographer and see if we can uh get some shots.
And we've been walking looking for any forest

with some shadow because the sun has been pretty
harsh, but it's starting to look pretty good. And

uh I think we have a nice spot. I'm I'm looking
for like a location where we have some depth. Like

here you can see a road, then we get the depth.
Here we have a like a backlit forest. Also very

nice. So yeah, and I'm going to pose with my uh
200 to 600 and the the A75 uh just to uh yeah,

I'm I'm a wildlife photographer and I think the
photo needs to to tell that or I want the photo

to tell that at least. So uh but I hate being
in front of the camera for for photos. Yeah,

one important thing. Can't look stupid. So,
I think this forest is a good location to

start with. We have the ability to shoot some
backlit sky and leaves. That's perfect. But we

also have some side light coming in here. And
yeah, lots of possibilities. We'll start here.

They have but weird.

creepy.

Like look here. Even the smallest little bits
of hair, it cuts out perfectly. I think I want

to try some uh flatter shots too out on
the road just just to see what we can get

because there we have the the depth. Now,
we've been shooting at the blur amount at

like 50%. You can crank it up to like 100,
but I find 50% be like the perfect amount.

The light is starting to be really good now. So,

we need to head down to to the beach where
we're planning to shoot uh the sunset. Let's go.

This is pretty sick, to be honest.

Not to jinx it, but it kind of feels like the
wind has it isn't as aggressive as before.

How cool is that?

So, we're almost up and we're here for
just scouting uh for the evening. Oh,

there's some black parts here. Oh, boy.

Oh,

when the light gets really good, those last 15
minutes before sunset go by incredibly fast.

That's why planning the shot in advance can
be the difference between getting the shot

or missing it. And now that we have a plan, all
left to do is to wait for that golden light. Okay,

look at this. All the trees are leaning in
the same direction like this. Beautiful.

I need to try to capture this. So,
I'm going to go with the 24. I think

now we're getting some warmer light. So, I
think I'm going to warm the set the white

balance to something warmer. Maybe daylight
could work. Make sure that we're lined up.

I kind of like the look of this.
It looks pretty pretty artsy,

what do you call it? But I'm going to check if
I can frame it so I don't get this tree in. I

don't really want that. It kind of disturbs
the scene. So, uh, yeah. Going to see.

So, I really like how these pebbles or stones or
what you call it, how it how the sun hits it. So,

I'm trying to find a spot where I can where
it looks good. Like, it's a Yeah, it's a

lot of stones, but uh we should be able to find
somewhere that I can frame it up. And obviously,

I I think it works anywhere to be honest. But
this is pretty cool. I think we have a winner

having this in the center. So, as I mentioned
earlier, now we have a 48 megapixel sensor

on all of the different lenses. But what does
that actually mean? Like in the re in reality,

most of the times when you're shooting, you're
getting a 12 megapixel photo as the final result

because of something called pixel binning. So,
I won't go too technical here, but basically,

the camera combines several smaller pixels into
one larger pixel. So that helps it to capture

more light which gives us clearer images and
better low light performance and better dynamic

range and so on. So even though you don't
get the 48 megapixel high resolution shot,

you get the best possible image quality that the
sensor can do. So this is something to to improve

image quality really. But if you want like a
super high resolution shot, you can still do

that on the 24 mm lens. So that is exactly what
I'm going to do here on these uh pebbles here.

Okay, the sun goes down in 27 minutes. So,
it's time to uh get up to take the shots.

Here we are again stressing in the most beautiful
location ever as usual. Okay, we have light.

Well, yeah. I'll see you
on the other side. See you.

Well, time to get up.

It's pretty stressful because I've
planned this shot like from home.

And now I'm here and want to take it. And I
have the chance. So I better not screw this up.

Oh boy. Oh, I can see some. Nice. Look at
that. I don't know if you can even see him,

but he's down there. Okay, we need to
take the photo. Hello. Hey. Hey. Hey.

The moment we've been waiting for. All set
up. I want the focus to be on s over there.

Oh, look at that.

In the end, everything finally came together,
and I'm really happy with how this adventure

turned out. But we weren't quite done yet. On
our way home from Gotland, we run into one more

incredible sunset. One we simply had to stop
for. And I couldn't be more happy because we

have birds in the water close to the to the edge
and I have a vision in my head that I want to take

with the 70 mm or the 140 like a backlit shot of
a bird and a swan is the perfect subject for this.

So, we've been sitting here for a little
while now and it's slowly coming this way.

And the light is just gorgeous. Nice.

So now I have the swan right outside here. And if
I just move myself like five, six meters this way,

I will have the sun right behind the swan. But
I don't want to disturb it. So I'm I'm going to

move slowly slowly and see. He or she doesn't
seem to care that much that I'm here. Okay.

Somewhere here, I think.

So in a shot like this, it's very nice
to just crank up the shutter speed so I

get really only the silhouette of the small.
Look at that. Look at that. That's gorgeous.

Hey.

The trip with the new Xpair 1 Mark 8 has come
to an Once again, I've had a great time here

at Gotland, and I can finally say when somebody
asked, "Have you ever been to Gautland?" I can

finally say yes. And I've been really impressed
with the image quality coming out of this thing.

And it's really nice that we now have equally good
image quality on all of the different lenses. So,

I think it's been really fun trying it out. And
we've been shooting pretty heavily during these

days here. And the the battery on this thing is
hold up really well. And yeah, I'll definitely

be coming back to Gotland. And uh I could easily
spend a week here just looking for all the new

spots and looking for birds and yeah, what an
island. Well, it's time to say goodbye. And huge

thanks to Sami for following along on the trip.
Huge thanks to you for watching this far into

the video. And huge thanks to Sony for making all
this possible and for sponsoring this video. Yes,

I'll be seeing you in the next one. And until
then, get out and shoot. and have a good one. Bye.