To further improve its smartphone cameras, Chinese giant Oppo has unveiled a bunch of new imaging technologies at its 2021 Future Imaging Technology Launch event. These include a new Continuous Optical Zoom lens, the next-gen RGBW sensor, and a five-axis OIS system. The new imaging technologies come days after the company unveiled its next-gen under-display camera earlier this month. So, let’s take a quick look at each of these new technologies.
Starting with the new telephoto lens, it is an 85-200 mil lens with support for continuous zoom technology. Unlike the periscope lenses that are found in today’s high-end devices such as the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra or the Huawei P30 Pro, Oppo’s new lens elements move smoothly throughout the 85-200mm zoom range to capture crisp and clear pictures without the need of digital zoom, artificial sharpening, or cropping.
According to Oppo, the new five-axis OIS technology will offer 3x better performance than the current OIS-supported camera modules. It will start appearing in Oppo phones starting from the first quarter of 2022.
