As photographs and video content continue to influence the way people communicate, today’s smartphone users expect more out of the camera on their devices.
As such, OPPO, one of the biggest makers of smartphones in the world, continues to explore new ways to create powerful and smart features that can turn anyone into an expert photographer - from creating camera systems capable of capturing clear, high-quality, and true-to-life images, achieving breakthroughs in lens technology and highly sophisticated image processing algorithms, to collaborating with renowned photography, lighting, and post-production effects masters from around the world.
The result is the creation of its own timeless photography aesthetic—one that revolves around capturing the true relationship between light and shadow, following the same standard as a professional camera.
This aesthetic takes on a new form with the latest edition to its well-received OPPO Reno series: the Reno10 Pro+ 5G which offers users a professional-level portrait photography experience across every aspect of the imaging chain — from image capture and processing to image display—setting a new benchmark for professional portrait photography on a smartphone. It is officially the high-end level Reno being the most advanced in the series and at par with some of the more expensive flagships out there in terms of camera, performance, and design.
Setting a new standard
The rapid increase in available computational power on smartphones has led many smartphone brands to introduce so-called image ‘optimization’ or ‘beautification’ effects designed to help make the subject stand out by boosting their brightness while reducing brightness in the background.
Light and shadow play a key role in good photography. The way in which the two interact can completely transform the contours of a face, making it appear more three dimensional and lifelike.
A side-by-side comparison of two images — one featuring minimal processing to preserve the natural light and shadow of the scene, and another heavily utilizing algorithmic optimization — is enough to see just how different the images produced by these two approaches are. Here, the same spatial and three-dimensional textures are heavily compromised by the aggressive algorithms, where the three-dimensional contours of the person are compressed into a two-dimensional flat surface.
With a team of over 1,000 dedicated imaging specialists and an annual investment of more than 1 billion yuan(approximately US$156 million), OPPO says it’s sparing no effort when it comes to building the technology needed to help its users shoot enduring and beautiful works of photography on their mobile phones.
End-to-end upgrades
On the new OPPO Reno10 Pro+ 5G, OPPO has implemented end-to-end upgrades across the entire image experience — from shooting to image processing and image display — to deliver SLR-standard portrait photography capabilities based on new breakthroughs in image clarity, light, shadow, and color.
As the first component in the image capture chain and the bridge between the camera sensor and the light of the outside world, the quality of the camera lens ultimately determines the bottomline of image quality. On OPPO Reno10 Pro+ 5G, OPPO has introduced an independent, professional quality telephoto lens for the first time in Reno history to improve image clarity and quality from the root.
Behind this lens sits a large 64MP, ½ inch sensor capable of capturing more light with greater color sensitivity. The camera features a 3x optical zoom with a large f/2.5 aperture and a minimum focusing distance as little as 25 cm, offering more freedom of composition when using optical zoom with 71mm equivalent focal length. By enlarging landscapes in the distance without magnifying the subject in the foreground, viewer attention can be drawn to both subject and background, merging them into one. If additional magnification is needed, OPPO Reno10 Pro+ 5G also offers a new optical quality 6x zoom built on OPPO’s In-sensor Zoom Technology.
On top of these features, the lens is coated with an ALD anti-reflective optical coating and BG spin-coating process to reduce color glare and lens flare caused by complex lighting, like point light sources. It also includes cutting-edge Prime floating OIS to improve image stabilization for clearer photos.
While the camera design of OPPO Reno10 Pro+ 5G emphasizes capturing high quality images from the source, image processing still plays a key role in ensuring this source information is captured and presented in the best possible way. It’s at this point that OPPO’s new image processing architecture does its magic to unleash the full strength of the Snapdragon® 8+ Gen 1 Mobile Platform to give full play to a process called multi-frame synthesis.
By dedicating such a huge amount of processing resources to this task, OPPO Reno10 Pro+ 5G is able to perform multi-frame synthesis in the RAW domain, rather than the lossy YUV domain, bringing enhancements to environments like low-light HDR photos, portrait mode, and high-resolution digital zoom.
Through improvements to processes including AI denoising, AI demosaicing, and deep pixel compositing in the RAW domain, OPPO Reno10 Pro+ 5G delivers new breakthroughs in image clarity and color and is able to reproduce three-dimensional lighting in two-dimensional images by restoring the natural relationship between light and shadow in images to the greatest extent. With such natural and vivid 3D details, viewing photos taken on OPPO Reno10 Pro+ 5G instantly feels as if you are living in the moment itself.
The Reno series’ renowned Portrait Mode also returns to OPPO Reno10 Pro+ 5G with several notable updates. Drawing on the phone’s enhanced image processing capabilities, Portrait Mode introduces an updated bokeh flare effect that has been benchmarked against professional camera lenses to produce a highly realistic level of bokeh, layering, and flare patterns according to the lighting and objects in a scene. With the aperture setting being freely adjustable from anywhere between F1.4 and F16, each portrait can be customized to get the right kind of bokeh and depth of field effect.
The updated portrait processing also includes advanced keying algorithms that separate the subject image from the background layer with greater precision. As part of this, the accuracy of the AI algorithms has been improved through special training for portrait shooting that enables them to better detect things such as hand-held objects, gestures, and more. Further to this, multi-semantic segmentation has been implemented to improve detection accuracy for repetitive textures and other scenes, and edge feathering algorithms are used to optimize the appearances of edges in images based on depth data.
As the last stage in both shooting and reviewing photos, the screen is in many ways just as important as all the other steps that come before it: without a high-quality screen to view photos on, all other improvements are made in vain. So, to give the fantastic photos and videos shot on OPPO Reno10 Pro+ 5G the stage they deserve, another fresh innovation has been brought to a 2772 × 1240 resolution Ultra-clear Display in the form of ProXDR Smart Display Control.
To better display the light and shadow information captured right at the moment a photo was taken, OPPO Reno10 Pro+ 5G begins making preparations to display the image during the shooting stage itself.
Based on research into more than 20 kinds of lighting — including backlight, side light, top light, bottom light, and mixed light sources — OPPO has developed a new image exposure strategy that redefines the HDR fusion and tone mapping processes to bring new realism to the relationship between light and shadow.
During the shooting stage for every HDR photo, a frame of grayscale information is generated with up to 12 million pixels. This image is then converted using 4-in-1 pixel binning technology to create a 3 million-pixel grayscale image containing rich light and shadow information. Using this data, OPPO Reno10 Pro+ 5G can locally adjust screen brightness by up to 1100 nits when displaying HDR photos, in a process OPPO calls ProXDR Smart Display Control. ProXDR uses a high-precision image recognition algorithm to automatically detect light sources stored in the grayscale image data and locally adjust screen brightness in these areas of the display, for example boosting the brightness of the sky, streetlights in the city, or sunset over a hill. This provides up to 8 times higher dynamic range than standard SDR, so every time you view photos on OPPO Reno10 Pro+ 5G, it puts you back in the moment once again, or for the very first time if you are viewing someone else’s snaps.
Masterpiece in the hands of everyone
Through never-ending exploration of what makes a good image, and constant benchmarking of its technology against professional camera standards, OPPO continues to evolve its camera offerings to create the most professional experience on a smartphone. This has given OPPO the opportunity to analyze what separates a contemporary Instagram-worthy photo from a photograph that transcends both time and cultures.
The OPPO Reno10 Series 5G is now accessible in authorized stores nationwide, including Shopee, Lazada, and TikTok Shop.
Exclusive benefits await early Reno10 Series 5G adopters who redeem the following on the MyOPPO App:
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200 Ayala Malls Cinemas movie passes worth Php 500
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100 limited-edition photobook featuring Bea Alonzo and Nadine Lustre
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100GB Google One Subscription (exclusive for Reno10 Pro+ 5G)
Moreover, the OPPO Reno10 Series 5G can be acquired through Globe postpaid plans, starting at Plan 1799 without upfront payment. Smart postpaid plans offer the OPPO Reno10 5G, and OPPO Reno10 Pro 5G, starting at Plan 999 with a cash-out. All postpaid plans include complimentary OPPO Enco Buds2.
Home Credit offers 0% installment options for 6/9/12/15/18 months across OPPO stores partnered with Home Credit.
Lastly, the OPPO Reno10 Series 5G is also available with 6 and 12-month 0% interest installment plans for all credit cards.
To know more about OPPO’s latest Reno10 Series 5G, visit the OPPO Philippines’ official website at www.oppo.com.ph/or its official Facebook page at OPPO Philippines.