With OPPO Smartphones, Everyone Can Take Pictures Like A Pro
Camera and imaging technology has always been a key area of focus for OPPO, with significant investment in research and imaging technology resulting in continued success. From this year to 2023, OPPO has placed imaging technology at the core of its development strategy, and with the commitment of more than 1,000 professionals, we are operating on an annual R&D budget of over US$140 million.
But despite this huge investment, OPPO never intended to develop comprehensive camera features like night vision or zoom lenses. In contrast, OPPO focuses on improving shooting performance at the focal lengths most commonly used by smartphone users. OPPO strives to enable people to easily capture the charm of every moment with the touch of a button.
Shoot with the Find X6 Pro's telephoto camera
As part of this effort, OPPO has formed the Photography Insights Group, which is mainly made up of professional photographers, with the aim of critically analyzing the weaknesses or limitations of current smartphone photography from a professional perspective and rethinking the imaging techniques that should be used. Phase. . Photography development process.
In March this year, OPPO implemented the first recommendations from the Photography Insights team to its latest flagship smartphone, Find X6 Pro.
To showcase the unique photography capabilities implemented in the device, OPPO invited professional photographers and media representatives to the OPPO Photography Tour in Bali, where participants can use Find X6 Pro's unique photography capabilities to capture the beauty of the Pacific island.
OPPO's revolutionary telephoto lens brings a new perspective to smartphone photography
Scroll through the photo albums on your mobile phone and count the number of photos taken at 10x magnification or more. Most likely the number will be very small, even zero. While many smartphones now have the ability to shoot at such high magnifications, in practice this feature is rarely used. Why are telephoto lenses rarely used?
After investigating the issue with professional photographers, OPPO's imaging team confirmed that a smartphone photography technology that can track multiple focal lengths without compromising image quality is being developed. Super telephoto lens periscope units are often too large, limiting the sensor area and not getting enough light. This leads to image distortion, overexposure, and a lot of noise in low-light environments, which users don't like.
Shoot at 3x zoom on the Find X6 Pro
Taken on Find X6 Pro with 6x zoom
An advanced, easy-to-use telephoto lens should provide the best image quality at commonly used focal lengths. Very large enlargement factors are rarely needed. However, it is very difficult for smartphone manufacturers to fit a large telephoto module into a thin and lightweight body. In contrast, a periscope telephoto module is easy to fit into a high-magnification smartphone.
The good news is that OPPO has a long history of developing telephoto lenses for mobile phones, including retractable cameras with continuous optical zoom. Building on this catalog of innovations, OPPO has developed an innovative structure that reduces the size of the periscope lens to provide more sensor area and a larger periscope prism.
Due to the large sensor, even in low light, the phone does not force the camera to switch to a wide lens for digital zoom. And the large prism can cancel the movement of the glass to get a stable image. Now you can enjoy a full range of image quality, from optical zoom to telephoto, to capture stunning, professionally produced images in low-light or high-contrast environments.
For the first time on a smartphone, the Periscope telephoto camera covers not only distance, but light and dark as well. To make it easier to take professional-looking photos with the telephoto lens, OPPO also includes 3x and 6x zoom presets, which are the focal lengths commonly used by professional photographers. Armed with these easy-to-use lenses and presets, users will find it easier to explore and capture beauty from new perspectives.
OPPO's Portrait Mode brings DSLR-level depth-of-field capabilities to smartphones
Professional photographers now prefer DSLR cameras over smartphone cameras because today's modern photographers only take beautiful pictures and are far from professional. Depth of field has a big impact here, as smartphone shooting modes often lack precision in identifying people, and background bokeh is far from realistic.
This is because the current depth-of-field algorithms of smartphones cannot accurately distinguish between the edges of people, for example, hair and background have a uniform layer and are indistinguishable for all objects that make up the edges. The pictures look very unrealistic.
Find X6 series professional cameras feature bokeh effect to create more realistic portraits. OPPO's bokeh algorithm gradually creates bokeh for everything but people depending on their distance from the lens, which is close to the level of a DSLR camera. The points of light in the background are also covered by the bokeh algorithm. Daylight distribution provides the correct spatial relationship and light level for a diffused fireplace.
Shoot in portrait mode Find X6 Pro
In addition, recognizing the challenges of smartphones in accurate detection of hand, motion and spherical objects, OPPO engineers created an excellent solution to this problem by training a unique and accurate algorithm. OPPO's updated technology enables professional-grade photos on the Find X6 Series smartphones, ensuring perfect and natural bokeh in portrait mode.
All three Find X6 Pro cameras feature best-in-class sensors to ensure proper light input at typical focal lengths. Whether exploring nature, taking photos at the beach, or capturing memories of a friend's birthday party, users can capture faces and blur scenes beautifully, just like in a studio, with accurate natural lighting. The composition of the image is captured by an optical lens, and it blends perfectly with the background.
Thanks to the Find X6 Pro's pop-up telephoto camera and large IMX890 sensor, Portrait mode now includes the best focal lengths for professional portraits, giving you the experience of using a DSLR. Shooting at 3x zoom provides more options for image composition, but the slight perspective pressure offered by a telephoto lens is usually nice.
OPPO's accurate reproduction of light and shadow transforms the concept of a good photo.
Among the many elements used to create a stunning image, none is more important than lighting. In photography, light acts as the basis that forms all aspects of an image. In general, the degree of separation between objects, colors, textures, moods and various descriptions reveals this. Professional photographers stress the importance of taking the correct exposure while being aware of the effects changes will have on the final composition.
In an effort to improve night photography or high-contrast landscape photography, for example, with strong backlighting, many smartphone models have adopted solutions that increase image brightness by superimposing information from several photo frames on top of each other. While this often achieves the desired result, primitive methods result in a loss of detail and beauty in the natural light and shade of the original scene.
To capture and reproduce the true essence of light and shadow on the Find X6 Pro, OPPO takes a two-pronged approach. The first step is to take full advantage of the phone's triple camera system to capture various light data. The second step is to use a set of advanced algorithms, the result of more than $5.6 million research and development, to accurately process light information at every step of the imaging chain, from image capture to image for display.
Find X6 Pro is equipped with a next-generation image processing architecture that uses 10 times more computing power than its predecessor, making progress in image clarity, brightness, shadows, and color. The higher computing power of the new image-processing architecture provides multi-frame RAW field synthesis for additional requirements in the Find X6 Pro, resulting in a 30% improvement in image clarity and a 60% reduction in image noise.
Take any photo with the Find X6 Pro and the natural textures and contrast of light and shadow are restored to create lifelike images. In the bottom left image, the human face, horse, and sky are all set to the same level of brightness, making the scene appear flat and shallow. In contrast, the image on the right is quite the opposite: it transports us into the scene, faithfully presenting each element in its distinct light, reflecting the subtlety with which we find it in real life.
OPPO also uses Photon Matrix technology to accurately display natural highlights and shadows. Find X6 Pro can record up to twelve million photons of light data, providing eight times the dynamic range of conventional SDR technology.
Find X6 Pro's immersive play of light and shadow in photography has redefined the standard of excellence for smartphone users and sparked their creativity to explore the art of different lighting techniques. In April this year, OPPO launched the OPPO Imagine IF Photography Awards 2023. Although the call is open to the public, the quality of entries received so far might lead one to mistake this as a competition for professional photographers with years of experience and equipment worth thousands of dollars.
It has never been easier to take high-quality photos with OPPO smartphones. After launching Find X6 Pro, we received a lot of feedback from users. They say the Find X6 Pro has rekindled their desire to become a better photographer. It is experiences like this that make OPPO invest so much in imaging technology: to make it easier for them to discover and pursue their love of photography.
Along with rave reviews from those who tested the phone, the Find X6 Pro set new industry records, including the highest score of 153 in the DXOMARK camera test. This recognition from the public and the industry strengthens OPPO's belief that we must do everything we can to develop imaging technology. The next step for OPPO is to bring the proven technical prowess of the Find X6 Pro to the OPPO Reno series, enabling users around the world to enjoy an advanced camera experience and take pictures like a seasoned pro.
