Xiaomi Redmi Note 12S smartphone review: Light, cheap and with OLED screen

The main camera in the Redmi Note 12S has a resolution of 108 megapixels, and Samsung’s Isocell HM2 is used as the sensor. It combines 9 pixels into one large pixel and thus shoots 12-megapixel images with good light sensitivity. Full resolution can only be used in a special mode.

The resulting photos are rather cool in terms of white balance, but this contributes to realistic reproduction. At first glance, the images look sharp, but details become lost when enlarged. The dynamics are satisfactory in daylight, but decrease in weak lighting and show clear weaknesses in both dark and bright areas.

The wide-angle camera has a resolution of 8 megapixels and you can use a hybrid zoom with focal lengths between the two lenses in normal photo mode. The camera takes decent pictures, but you shouldn’t zoom in for detail. The third lens on the back is a low-resolution macro camera that can only be used in a special mode.

On the front is a 16-megapixel Sony camera. It takes solid selfies in good light, but there is little in the way of dynamics, and details look very grainy when zoomed in.