{"id":248959,"date":"2026-01-17T04:07:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T04:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/248959\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T04:07:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T04:07:49","slug":"camera-photo-and-video-quality-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/248959\/","title":{"rendered":"Camera, photo and video quality"},"content":{"rendered":"

Full-featured triple rear setup, ultrawide selfies<\/p>\n

The Oppo Reno15 family may be a royal mess with its naming and segmentation, but at least within the already announced models, there’s a clear pattern – if it’s got a Pro moniker, it’s got a triple rear camera system in a 200MP+50MP+50MP configuration. Not bad.<\/p>\n

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The main camera on the Reno15 Pro (mini) we have here is based on the Samsung HP5 imager – this one is shaping up to be the go-to choice in the nicer midrangers this generation. It’s the same size as previous Renos in this class, only those had a 50MP resolution and this one’s at 200MP. It’s paired with the usual 24mm equivalent lens with an f\/1.8 aperture that features OIS.<\/p>\n

Then there’s the telephoto camera that offers 3.5x zoom (85mm focal length) – this one appears to have been carried over from previous iterations. Seeing the hardware (50MP Samsung JN5 sensor), it’s nothing too fancy, but it should do the job. Unless the job is closeups, which it’s not well suited for, with its 32cm minimum focusing distance.<\/p>\n

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The ultrawide camera uses another 50MP sensor, only this one is a fairly obscure GalaxyCore unit. The specs are looking quite reasonable – a 1\/2.88″ optical format sensor, 16mm lens, it’s even got autofocus.<\/p>\n

We’ve got one more JN5 over on the front of the phone, promising high-res selfies. Not only that, but it’s also using an ultrawide lens – it’s now at 18mm, replacing the already pretty wide 21mm of the previous generation Renos. It’s got AF too.<\/p>\n


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\nWide (main): 200MP Samsung ISOCELL HP5 (S5KHP5, 1\/1.56″, 0.5\u00b5m-2.0\u00b5m); 24mm, f\/1.8, OIS, multi-directional PDAF (10cm – \u221e); 4K60 video recording.
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\nTelephoto: 50MP Samsung ISOCELL JN5 (S5KJN5, 1\/2.76″, 0.64\u00b5m-1.28\u00b5m); 85mm, f\/2.8, OIS, multi-directional PDAF (32cm – \u221e); 4K60.
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\nUltrawide: 50MP GalaxyCore GC50F6 (1\/2.88″, 0.61\u00b5m-1.22\u00b5m); 16mm, f\/2.0, PDAF; 4K60.
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\nFront camera: 50MP Samsung ISOCELL JN5 (S5KJN5, 1\/2.76″, 0.64\u00b5m-1.28\u00b5m); 18mm, f\/2.0, multi-directional PDAF; 4K60.
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Daylight photo quality<\/p>\n

Main camera<\/p>\n

The main camera of the Reno15 Pro (mini) captures very good photos in broad daylight. They have excellent dynamic range and accurate auto white balance with pleasing colors overall. Detail is good, but fine high-frequency textures do have an overprocessed heavily sharpened rendition.<\/p>\n


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Daylight samples, main camera (1x)<\/p>\n

The High resolution mode that produces 26MP shots only seemed to work on a very narrow selection of scenes, apparently only ones with some sort of greenery in them (but not all the scenes with greenery). Interestingly, it consistently worked in one particular scene in two different lighting scenarios. We’d say that grass and twigs look a lot nicer in these shots, but the lack of an option to force the 26MP mode (or at least get a visual indication in the viewfinder when you’d be getting 26MP shots) makes this a shot in the dark.<\/p>\n


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Daylight samples, main camera (1x), High resolution (26MP)<\/p>\n

When shooting in the Hi-res mode on the mode selector (as opposed to the High resolution setting in the Formats menu that saves 26MP files), you’d be getting 200MP shots by default, with no option to choose an inbetween 50MP setting, though the phone will switch down to 50MP in Hi-res mode when the light drops below a certain threshold. Another unreliable and counterproductive behavior, we reckon.<\/p>\n

The 200MP images themselves are pretty hard to like – huge file sizes, mediocre detail.<\/p>\n


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Daylight samples, main camera (1x), 200MP<\/p>\n

People shots are excellent at 1x. Skin tones are nice and natural, facial detail is looking life-like. The Portrait’s blur level might be a bit much in its default state though.<\/p>\n


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Human subjects, main camera (1x): Photo mode \u2022 Portrait mode<\/p>\n

At 2x zoom, the images are somewhat soft – we expected more from the 200MP sensor (and we have gotten better results from the same sensor on other phones too). It’s not bad, it’s just not quite up to its potential.<\/p>\n


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Daylight samples, main camera (2x)<\/p>\n

This slight softness is a non-issue for portraiture, where you might not want to be counting pores. The 2x zoom photos of people look great, indeed, with just the right amount of detail to go with the inherently more flattering perspective.<\/p>\n


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Human subjects, main camera (2x): Photo mode \u2022 Portrait mode<\/p>\n

Telephoto camera<\/p>\n

Moving on to the telephoto camera, the Reno15 Pro takes very good 3.5x zoom photos. Again, dynamic range is excellent, the white balance is hard to fault, and saturation is on point. Detail is also very good, if not quite the absolute sharpest. The relatively long minimum focusing distance, combined with the somewhat soft results there, is a bit of a downside, though.<\/p>\n


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Daylight samples, telephoto camera (3.5x)<\/p>\n

You can capture 50MP 3.5x zoom shots too, but you don’t stand to gain anything in terms of detail – just bigger files.<\/p>\n


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Daylight samples, telephoto camera (3.5x), 50MP<\/p>\n

3.5x portraits are top-notch, though. The perspective and compression you get at that focal length make for very appealing shots. Skin tones are great, and the Portrait mode’s default bokeh level is better suited to what you’d expect from the focal length than what we got at the previous zoom levels.<\/p>\n


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Human subjects, main camera (3.5x): Photo mode \u2022 Portrait mode<\/p>\n

The 7.5x zoom button will also get you respectable results. Random detail may have a heavily sharpened look, but overall you get reasonable sharpness and detail, along with the already excellent global parameters we saw at the native zoom level.<\/p>\n


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Daylight samples, telephoto camera (7x)<\/p>\n

Ultrawide camera<\/p>\n

The ultrawide camera’s photos are almost flagship-level. Sharpness and detail are great, dynamic range is excellent, colors are well tuned too.<\/p>\n


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Daylight samples, ultrawide camera (0.6x)<\/p>\n

Don’t expect much from the full-res mode though – these are upscaled versions of the above files.<\/p>\n


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Daylight samples, ultrawide camera (0.6x), 50MP<\/p>\n

Selfies<\/p>\n

The Reno15 Pro packs a very interesting selfie camera, its somewhat popular 50MP sensor paired with an unusually wide lens. The 18mm native focal length allows you to include plenty of context or do group selfies with larger groups. Quality is excellent too – skin tones are on point (that reviewer was outside in freezing weather for much too long – the redness is accurate), and pixel-level detail is great. The autofocus allows for sharp closeups too.<\/p>\n


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Selfie samples, 0.6x (native)<\/p>\n

The 1x zoom level produces only slightly softer results, so if you prefer regularly wide selfies as opposed to ultrawide ones, you get a solid 25mm option. The 2x zoom results are nowhere as nice from up close.<\/p>\n


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Selfie samples: 1x \u2022 2x<\/p>\n

Low-light photo quality<\/p>\n

Main camera<\/p>\n

The Reno15 Pro’s main camera is doing well after dark too. It’s not the sharpest output we’ve seen – true flagships will get you finer detail and more texture on facades that are rendered smooth here, but the results are solid for the class. Exposures are well judged and dynamic range is very good – too good perhaps, as highlight restoration can be a touch too aggressive, but we wouldn’t call that an issue. The auto white balance is unfazed by odd combinations of street lighting and colors have a nice level of pop without going into extremes.<\/p>\n


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Low-light samples, main camera (1x)<\/p>\n

At 2x zoom, dynamic range takes a hit and highlights get notably harsher. Detail is pretty sketchy too. Not a great showing here from the Reno15 Pro.<\/p>\n


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Low-light samples, main camera (2x)<\/p>\n

Telephoto camera<\/p>\n

The telephoto camera’s photo quality is good without setting any standards. We’re looking at good detail levels that stop short of true greatness. Dynamic range is also quite good, white balance is typically accurate and saturation is on point, though there can be the occasional bleached outlier (the facade in the 8th sample is notably warmer in real life).<\/p>\n


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Low-light samples, telephoto camera (3.5x)<\/p>\n

The 7x zoom level produces relatively soft results but the global parameters remain likeable – it could be useful if the right framing is more important than pixel-level quality.<\/p>\n


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Low-light samples, telephoto camera (7x)<\/p>\n

Ultrawide camera<\/p>\n

The ultrawide’s photos are nothing special, but not too bad either. Detail is good for an ultrawide camera of this caliber and dynamic range is great. The white balance can be a little off on occasion but it’s not a dealbreaker.<\/p>\n


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Low-light samples, ultrawide camera (0.6x)<\/p>\n

Photo quality verdict<\/p>\n

The Reno15 Pro is a reliable stills camera producing overall great daytime results with all three of its rear cameras – you can count on wide dynamic range and pleasing colors, plus generally good detail (though a notch below ideal). The phone is particularly adept at portraits, too. Low-light performance is good, with no major faults on any of the cameras, but again slightly underwhelming detail. A standout performer is the versatile selfie camera with an ultrawide lens and AF which is great for all use cases including large groups and closeups.<\/p>\n

Video quality<\/p>\n

The Reno15 Pro is a decently well-specced camcorder (remember that word?). It can capture video at up to 4K60 on all of its cameras, in addition to the regular 4K30, but there’s no 24fps mode to be found anywhere. There’s no Pro video mode, but there is a Movie mode, which locks you in 2340x1080p resolution at 30fps.<\/p>\n

As usual, you can choose between the h.264 and h.265 codecs with the more efficient h.265 being the default. You can also record in HDR in all of the quality settings. Stabilization is optional and is off by default.<\/p>\n

You can check out the playlist below, which includes multiple video samples.<\/p>\n

There’s somewhat of a pattern with image quality on the Reno15 Pro and it holds true with the phone’s videos too – you can expect excellent dynamic range and color output, but generally less exciting sharpness and detail. That said, while the main camera and the telephoto can muster good sharpness levels, the ultrawide is more into ‘too soft’ territory.<\/p>\n


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Oppo Reno15 Pro, video screengrabs, daylight: 0.6x \u2022 1x \u2022 2x \u2022 3.5x<\/p>\n

After dark, it’s more of the same – reasonably solid results overall at 1x and 3.5x, soft ultrawide footage.<\/p>\n


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Oppo Reno15 Pro, video screengrabs, low light: 0.6x \u2022 1x \u2022 2x \u2022 3.5x<\/p>\n

Stabilization proved very reliable on the Reno15 Pro. Walking shake is expertly ironed out and shooting from a standing position results in very stable clips as well. Pans are nicely smooth too.<\/p>\n

Video quality verdict<\/p>\n

The Reno15 Pro’s all-round 4K60 video recording capability is most welcome and you get an HDR option across the board, as well as near-flawless stabilization. Colors and dynamic range are looking great, day and night, while detail is alright on the main camera and the telephoto, but substandard on the ultrawide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Full-featured triple rear setup, ultrawide selfies The Oppo Reno15 family may be a royal mess with its naming…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248793,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[61,60,202,80],"class_list":{"0":"post-248959","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-mobile","11":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}