OPPO R7 Plus has used IMX278 new RGBW four-color CMOS, 13 million pixel camera, lens aperture is F2.2, and laser assisted focusing. From the hardware point of view, the overall configuration is good, but how about the specific performance? Let's explore it together.
The shooting interface of R7 Plus is more simple and easy to use. There are buttons to switch between flash and front camera on the top of the main interface, and only sample, shutter and function keys on the bottom. You can switch video or photo shooting modes by sliding left and right. When you enter the setting interface, you can select samples and video pixels. The rest are basically straightforward setting options, so we won't elaborate on them in detail.
What is worth mentioning is the flash shooting function of R7 Plus. It can directly take a photo in any case by pressing two volume keys at the same time. This is a practical function for taking a photo. For specific demonstration, see the R7 experience video we released earlier. The functions are consistent.
An R7 experience video is included:
As for the shooting function, R7 Plus has quite a number of cool functions to use, and the camera plug-in can also be freely downloaded and used through the camera store.
(Friendly tip: those who like to compare screenshots and count hairs should remember to click on the magnifying glass at the upper right corner of the picture)
Daytime imaging
As a rule, let's first see how the R7 Plus exhibits in the daytime. The imaging in the daytime is good, the white balance is more accurate, and the tolerance is fair. The image quality of the center of the sample above is good after 100% magnification. When observing the position of the grass, the detail performance is also excellent.
The imaging quality of the extreme edge position has almost no obvious decline. The edge imaging of Sony sensor has always been a weakness, but the performance of R7 Plus is good, and the imaging is still in a controllable range.
We use the sample of R7 Plus to compare with the iPhone 6. The R7 Plus in wide angle is really much larger than the iPhone 6. It can accommodate more scenery around, and is very suitable for taking landscape photos. In terms of hue, iPhone imaging is more accustomed to slightly warmer, while in terms of appearance, R7 Plus samples will undergo some sharpening, plus the advantage of 13 million pixels, R7 Plus is also better than iPhone 6 in terms of gross details.
The above figure shows the comparison of the details of the R7 Plus and iPhone 6 samples after 100% magnification. We can see that the grass in the center of the sample and the beer bucket on it are slightly smeared on the iPhone, while the R7 Plus is relatively clear.
In terms of sample tolerance in automatic mode (this contrast sample is shot with auto focus and auto metering), R7 Plus is even slightly better than iPhone 6.
For details, we can see the words "Window of the World" on the imitation Paris Tower and the structural details of the tower body. The R7 Plus still keeps enough details, while the details of the iPhone 6 prototype have been covered by shadows.
HDR
HDR imaging solves the problem of overexposure and underexposure in proofs by shooting multiple proofs for synthesis, highlighting more details in shadows. The HDR effect of R7 Plus is good. It has obvious effects on overexposure and improving shadow details, but its color performance is slightly weak.
The picture shows HDR mode repairing the overexposed sky.
This phenomenon is not unique. The samples taken basically have this phenomenon, but the situation is not bad. After all, the effect of HDR is real. In addition, HDR is not used very often in daily life. In terms of the tolerance performance under normal circumstances, the effect of ordinary mode shooting has been quite good.
Macro
For mobile phones, macro is one of the highlights of mobile phone photography. Because mobile phones now basically have a large aperture, it is generally easy to create a shallow depth of field proof.
However, for shooting small objects, the automatic focus of the phone is sometimes difficult to focus accurately. The R7 Plus has manual focus, which makes it easier to shoot at a macro. This is the recent focus effect of the R7 Plus, with more prominent background virtualization effect.
What's surprising is that the white balance performance of R7 Plus is quite excellent. When shooting these pink and yellow florets, the white balance performance of R7 Plus and S6 edge is very accurate. Only the iPhone has serious color deviation, and the florets appear very ruddy, but in fact, the color of the florets should be pink and yellow with the naked eye.
In addition, when shooting macro, if you think the macro effect is not very good, or you can't get too close to the subject for some reasons, you can also try the super macro effect. The principle is to magnify the subject through digital zoom, but the super macro effect will be better than the simple digital zoom effect. The second picture above is the butterfly photographed at the same position in the first picture.
excess
There are also some panorama, double exposure and other functions that will not be discussed in detail. Here are just some shooting suggestions. When shooting panorama, especially in such a crowded scene, because people often move around, if they don't pay attention to it, there will be a panorama problem like Figure 1. The characters are intermittent and incomplete. To solve this problem, you can slightly speed up the movement of the horizontal moving camera. The camera processing ability of early mobile phones is insufficient, and moving too fast may not be able to shoot. Today's mobile phones have no such problem. We can use a relatively fast mobile phone to shoot panorama samples with few residual images. For example, the demo sample in Figure 2 basically has no residual images. This method can be used to simply shoot panorama samples with many people.
In addition, the camera plug-in of R7 Plus includes the dual exposure function. This mode is to take two photos, and then combine them into one photo by overlapping processing. Originally, this shooting mode is pioneering, but the linear mode is that both photos are reduced by 50% transparency and overlap. This dual exposure is a bit hard, If the transparency of photos can be adjusted separately, the usability of this mode will be higher.
There are different kinds of filters in the colorful filter that can be applied. If you are interested, you can try them separately.
Nightscape
In terms of night photography, we can also make a comparison with iPhone 6. In terms of the appearance of thumbnails, the night photography effects of the two are similar, the white balance is similar, and the noise control is also good.
The night scene still needs a few hairs, which is a very heavy test for the night photos, but it is also this test that can better experience the quality of a mobile phone camera.
Here we choose more rigorous edge imaging for comparison. Both are 100% magnified, not to mention the inherent advantages of R7 Plus with 13 million pixels. The image quality and noise reduction alone are much better than the iPhone 6. However, the R7 Plus picture is slightly overexposed, and the exposure of iPhone 6 is very good.
Finally, the manual mode of R7 Plus is more useful in some darker scenes. In addition to the macro focus adjustment, we can set the low ISO to extend the exposure time to get better exposure and details of the night scene.
Let's also zoom in and compare. In the manual mode, the details and noise of distant high-rise buildings are better controlled, and there will be no automatic mode smearing effect. However, the R7 Plus automatic mode also has its own sharpening effect. It is not unnecessary to shoot the night scene in automatic mode.
In general, the camera of OPPO R7 Plus has really brought us a lot of surprises. It has a wide range of views, excellent analytical power and tolerance, and the performance of color and white balance is also quite faithful to the effect seen by the naked eye. It has excellent macro shooting and night scene capabilities. It can handle and suppress noise while maintaining excellent analytical power, which is rare in domestic mobile phones, The sincerity of R7 Plus is quite enough. Of course, there are also shortcomings, but the shortcomings do not hide the merits. We also hope OPPO can develop more excellent domestic cameras in the future, continue to optimize, and bring consumers more beautiful photographic experience.
