If smartphone photography is important to you, then the new Oppo Find X9 Ultra is a formidable option. Is it the absolute best camera phone available today? Possibly. The most versatile? Definitely.
Its camera module comprises four front cameras spanning 14-230mm focal lengths; there's also an optional 300mm teleconverter in a Hasselblad Explorer kit, plus an impressive selfie cam to boot.
I've already pitted the Find X9 Ultra against a popular travel zoom compact camera and a professional mirrorless camera, the Lumix TZ300 and Nikon Z8, respectively. Yes, those are proper cameras, not other leading phones, and Oppo flagship's 3x and 10x telephoto cameras held their own against the 15x optical zoom compact.
Our reviewer of the Oppo Find X9 Ultra called it 'the best I've ever tested', referring to the phone's camera. Its design is easy on the eye, too — for me, as a Hasselblad X2D fan (aka the best quality stills camera I've ever used), it's the closest to a baby Hasselblad yet.
But rather than waxing lyrical once more, here I'm going to let my pictures do the talking. I've been using the Find X9 Ultra for over a month and have stacked up over 2,000 images using a variety of shooting modes, cameras, and color profiles.
The following shots are some of my favorites, created using a variety of the shooting modes. I've included a watermark, which can be added in the phone's editor, so you can see what camera settings were used.
Portraits
Panoramas – the Hasselblad Xpan mode
Close up photography with the 10x lens
Long exposures
Ultra-wide
Street photography
300mm teleconverter
Action mode
3x camera
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