OPPO presents new camera technologies: more light, more stability, more zoom
from Dominic Lux 
on August 20, 2021, 8:00 pm | Write a comment | OPPO blog x TechnikNews - More
OPPO presented on its yesterday "Future imaging technology“Event some interesting camera technologies. I will summarize for you what innovations there will be in the cameras in OPPO smartphones in the future.
The big motto of this event was OPPO's new camera technology. These were divided into four areas: Sensor, OIS, Zoom and USC. Let's start with the new sensor first.
The four major technological achievements of OPPO. (Image: OPPO Germany)
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OPPO's next generation RGBW sensor
OPPO installed an RGBW sensor in smartphones back in 2015. To be precise, the IMX278 in the OPPO R7 Plus. This RGBW sensor technology has now been further developed and in the next generation brings, among other things, increased light sensitivity and improved color performance.
How is this possible? By introducing additional white subpixels (the W in RGBW). With DTI technology and OPPO's 4-in-1 pixel algorithm, the end result is further improved in quality. The new RGBW sensor also captures 60 percent more light than the older sensors. And reduces noise by up to 35 percent. This enables better images in poor light.
Image: OPPO Germany
This new sensor not only optimizes recordings in poor light, but also optimizes photos and video portraits by adapting the skin, texture and contrast to the respective situation. OPPO also reveals when we will see the new generation RGBW sensor in the first smartphones. The time will come in the fourth quarter of 2021. The Reno7 series could well be meant here.
OPPO continues to zoom
At their event, OPPO also presented a new optical zoom technology. OPPO had already attracted attention with their "Hybrid 10x Optical Zoom" in the Reno 10x Zoom and with the 2nd generation in the OPPO Find X2 Pro. In the OPPO Find X3 Pro, they did not install a large optical zoom, they focused on a very good ultra-wide-angle camera. Back to the topic.
OPPO showed an 85 to 200 mm stepless optical zoom, this intervenes on the hardware level in these areas:
- G + P lens (glass + plastic) to minimize stray light
- TMR sensor (tunnel magnetoresistive sensor) for stable and more precise movements
- New motor with guide shaft enables stepless optical zooming at higher magnifications
The stepless optical zoom from OPPO. (Image: OPPO Germany)
5 axes for stabilization
The 5-axis OIS (Optical Image Stabilization) technology is also one of OPPO's latest tricks. Here it becomes the systemprozessor allows to receive movement data from the gyroscope. This data is then sent to the lens and sensor, as well as the ball bearing motors and "memory metals" that power this mechanism.
The 5-axis OIS system in detail. (Image: OPPO Germany)
OPPO has also given a "launch date" here. The 5-axis OIS is expected to be installed in OPPO products as early as the second quarter of 2022. Perhaps even in the OPPO Find X4 Pro.
R&D centers around the world
OPPO has come a long way since its global launch in 2018. For example, you opened six research institutes and five R&D centers across the globe. Among others in Hyderabad, India and an imaging laboratory in Yokohama, Japan. The latter has also developed some imaging technologies that we have already seen or are currently seeing in the Reno series over the past few years.