If You have a relatively recent phone, you probably have a dedicated night mode in your camera app. These features have transformed the possibilities for night time photograph blending multiple images together to create a single bright exposure. But there are limitations to this approach you have to stay still for example and it does not work with videos.
The makers of a new camera called the DUOVOX make pro which just launched on kick starter are betting that there is still a place for dedicated low light hardware. The mate pro is a compact camera with a Sony starves 2 sensors that DUOVOX claims is a thousand times more sensitive than the sensor in an iPhone 13 pro and has 148 percent more dynamic range than a Sony A7S |||.
The light sensitivity is clearly apparent when walking around with the mate pro. I live in Tokyo where it is difficult to find yourself in a truly pitch black situation, but the darkest alleyways in my neighborhood looked like daylight on the mate pro is screen with shades rendered clearly. It is an interesting alternating to a flashlight you can see by shining a light in a certain direction.
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Just do not expect the image quality to hold up for still photography. The sensor is only 2K resolution and the odds are really stacked against the mate pro when you compare it to a smart phone night mode that makes use of complex algorithms and a modern image signal processor. DUOVOX says it is using advanced noise reduction, but the results are still very noisy.
