The Oneplus 7 Pro brings a fantastic camera to its segment. It brings a rear triple camera setup of 48MP Sony IMX486 F/1.7 Primary + 8MP Sony IMX471 F/2.6 Ultra-Wide + 16MP Samsung S5K3M5 Telephoto Lens, which features a 3K optical zoom and 4K video recording at 60FPS along with dual OIS. But is that a 3x optical zoom or not?
The OnePlus 7 Pro’s telephoto camera is not 3X optical zoom as advertised.
Yes, it’s true. The Oneplus 7 Pro Telephoto Lens doesn’t provide a 3x optical zoom. While you can check yourself by putting a finger on your third camera sensor, which is a telephoto lens, the fact is that the telephoto lens only provides you with a 2.2x optical zoom. The 2.2x and the portrait image are the same, which means the telephoto lens is a 2.2x zoom, not a 3x zoom.
You can check yourself by dialing *#808#, where you can check the second back camera preview without using an electronic lens. Which again shows the same image from the portrait and a 2.2x zoom image. There is more. The resolution of the portrait mode image is 13 MP, but 3x was an 8 MP photo.
But how can it be if OnePlus says “8MP” but captures 13MP? Here, one plus says
“The Oneplus 7 Pro has 3x zoom with no digital zoom or loss of detail. The telephoto camera serves two main purposes. 3x Zoom and Portrait Mode Photography. It will switch the field of view depending on the camera mode with 3x zoom. The telephoto camera delivers the advertised lossless 8 MP image. Portrait Mode uses all 13 MP from the sensor in the telephoto camera.”
We noticed that it didn’t mention optical zoom instead of lossless. It is clear that the Oneplus 7 Pro was used to crop the 13MP image down to 8MP. That’s how it says “3X” zoom. This same scenario will happen in 2019 as well at the time of the Oneplus 5. “The OnePlus 5 Telephoto Camera had only 1.6x optical zoom but was advertised as 2x zoom.
This is the Wrong Side of the Biggest Smartphone Manufacturers their Flagship Smartphones. Already, the OnePlus 7 Pro has Awesome Camera Features. We Said Misleading their customers fell for those Who bought smartphones because of Trust. Oneplus doesn’t need to do this.
It is wrong about 3x Zoom, as it was 2.2x Zoom, which we called 2x Zoom (57.447mm / 26mm = 2.2095x PHYSICAL Optical Zoom). In addition, they lied about the 13MP telephoto sensor, but it was not an 8MP sensor. The 3x zoom captures 8-MP images, but according to the diagnostics app hardware information, there is no 8-MP sensor as well.
We don’t have any problem paying less compared to other flagship competitors, but false-making claims aren’t fair. Thanks for being with us. Tell us: What did you think of it? Share your opinion in the comment section below. Stay tuned for more updates.