Oppo Find X2 Pro vs. Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra and Huawei P30 Pr
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(Pocket-lint) - Oppo's latest flagship,
Find X2 Pro
, has one of the most impressive data sheets of the year so far. It's clear that the popular manufacturer is looking to fill this gap in the market left by Huawei, as its lack of Google Play has made it unpopular in Western markets.
Along with a powerful, fast-charging battery and an epic screen, Oppo has also equipped it with a high-performance and versatile camera system that puts it alongside the
Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra
and
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. But how does it compare?
Watch the video below and let us know which one you think takes the best photos overall.
Camera specs
Oppo: 48MP f/1.7 primary, 13MP periscope zoom, 48MP ultra-wide
Samsung: 108MP f/1.8 primary, 48MP periscope zoom, 12MP ultra-wide
Huawei: 40MP f/1.6, 8MP periscope zoom, 20MP ultra-wide
One of the main reasons we wanted to run these cameras side-by-side is that they all feature very similar setups. Although the number of pixels may differ between all sensors, it is the camera function that we find most interesting. Specifically: there's a standard (wide) camera alongside an ultra-wide zoom and periscope zoom.
That latest camera is something we've seen on a growing number of flagship phones over the past 12 months. Essentially, the glass elements in the lens composition sit horizontally within the body of the phone, with a 90-degree prism directing light to the sensor and through the lens elements.
This means you can achieve previously impossible levels of 'optical zoom'. But these phones go one step further, then combine the natural zoom offered by the camera makeup with high pixel count sensors, optical stabilization and machine learning to make photos look passable at very high zoom levels.
Zoom Zoom
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The first thing worth saying is that all of these cameras are generally very good in daylight. You can see in the images above that there are subtle differences in how the cameras handled color, but generally detail is good and none of the three seem to have as much difficulty with highlights or shadows. shadows.
Samsung is noticeably brighter and possibly oversaturated compared to the Oppo and Huawei in the wide shot, but when zoomed in using the zoom capabilities the Oppo seems to get darker and warmer than the other two .
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It's when you get close to an object that the problems start to arise, especially with Samsung's which seems to fire into a very shallow depth of field when up close. It - along with the Huawei - struggled to capture the red flower in the images above, blurring out a lot of detail in the flower itself. You also get an interesting insight into how each camera automatically adjusts white balance to make the image cooler or warmer and saturated.
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Interesting when using some fairly extreme zooms in focal lengths, each again tends to process differently. Samsung and Huawei tend to saturate colors more in the example above, but also smooth out details, making them appear more blotchy. None of them look perfect, but you can still see some of the wood grain in the sign in the Oppo photo.
night mode
Night mode is a given in smartphones these days, as it attempts to make low-light photography possible even when using a completely handheld phone. Again, use the AI to automatically adjust any hand movement/shake while holding the shutter open for a few seconds at a time. The result: more light enters, but the image isn't blurry from the inevitable shaking of your hands.
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It's worth noting that all of this is possible is great on any handheld smartphone, but each phone again approaches things differently. Samsung, once again, tends to give you a lot more saturation in the blues of the sky, even when it's dark.
Huawei seems to be doing the opposite, with much more emphasis on the warm light coming from the orange streetlights around the stage. Samsung and Oppo also seem to be doing a better job of picking up the pastel colors of the building across the river in the first image, where Huawei is overexposing that part, leaving it looking bleached out.
Written by Cam Bunton. Originally published on
March 18, 2020
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