How powerful is the OPPO Find X9 Ultra’s 10x optical zoom?

The OPPO Find X9 Ultra will be officially released in April, claiming to “put a Hasselblad in your pocket and be your next professional camera”.

Following the release of 10x optical zoom sample photos, Zhuo Shijie, head of OPPO Find series products, shared a handheld video of the Find X9 Ultra today, highlighting the new phone’s zoom and image stabilization capabilities in a concert scene.

Compared to common 10x digital zoom, the Find X9 Ultra achieves a significant lead in detail, color, and light and shadow performance.

Zhuo Shijie stated that, relying on the physical advantages of the built-in teleconverter and the customized large-sensor, OPPO has pushed the video clarity of the 10x zoom to a new height of true 4K 60fps.

The hair of idols at concerts is no longer a detail to be guessed, but a real texture captured by native optical lenses.

Regarding the challenges of telephoto video, Zhuo Shijie pointed out that the most difficult thing is not the distance, but the light. The glaring spotlights at concerts and the extreme backlighting at sunset often result in only pure white or pure black images when using traditional methods, losing the atmosphere of the scene.

The Find X9 Ultra, relying on its end-to-end high dynamic range (HDR) capability, effectively preserves the layers of light and shadow, and can fully present both stage highlights and shadow details.

In terms of image stabilization, the new camera is equipped with gimbal-level sensor image stabilization technology, which uses high-precision dynamic compensation to make handheld shooting as steady as a rock.

You can hold up your phone in a crowd, or even sway gently to the rhythm, and shoot cinematic-quality stable footage with just one hand, without needing a tripod or stabilizer.

It is understood that the OPPO Find X9 Ultra features a pioneering 5-reflection prism with an equivalent focal length of 460mm (20x optical quality). Its Hasselblad 10x optical zoom telephoto lens supports native 10x optical zoom, 20x optical quality zoom, and up to 120x digital zoom.