Oppo Find N review

A total of five cameras

The Oppo Find N offers a triple-camera setup on its back, which can also be used for taking selfies, thanks to the cover screen. There are also two identical selfie shooters - both found within perforations on the outer and inner displays.

The primary camera uses a 50MP Sony IMX766 sensor - a 1/1.56" Quad-Bayer imager with 1.0µm pixels. It has 24mm f/1.6 stabilized lens. Also, it's got all-pixel omnidirectional PDAF is available.

The ultrawide camera relies on a 16MP Sony IMX481 sensor - a 1/3.06" imager with 1.0µm pixels. It sits behind a 14mm f/2.2 lens and the focus is fixed at infinity.

The telephoto camera utilizes a 13MP Samsung S5K3M5 1/3.4" sensor with 1.0µm pixels and f/2.4 52mm lens for 2x optical zoom. PDAF are available here, but there is no OIS.

The two selfie cameras use 32MP Sony IMX615 1/2.8" sensors with Quad-Bayer color filters and 0.8µm pixels. The lenses are also identical, with both having an f/2.4 aperture. The focus, of course, is fixed.

Camera app

The Find N camera app is similar to what you'd find on other Oppos. You can change modes with swipes (up/down in this case). You can also scroll through the Mode rolodex, which is under the shutter key on the right. Also there, above the shutter key is the front camera switch.

There are more modes in the More section - Expert, Panorama, Movie, Dual View, Time Lapse and Slow-mo. You can rearrange the modes and add or remove ones.

Camera app

There are numerous ways to operate the zoom controls, but the numerical zoom has been replaced with trees. How original! There is one tree for 2X zoom and three trees for the ultrawide view. The standard one is still marked as 1X.

Tapping on the current zoom level reveals more zoom modes and a zoom wheel. The wheel offers 0.1x steps and can get you all the way to 20x. Pinch to zoom works too.

On the left side of the viewfinder, above the zoom switches, you will find an AI trigger, 50MP mode, flash and More Settings shortcuts.

Camera app

The Pro/Expert mode that can be found under the 'More' gives you more photographic control. You get to tweak exposure (ISO in the 100-6400 range and shutter speed in the 1/8000s-32s range), white balance (by light temperature, but no presets), manual focus (in arbitrary 0 to 1 units with 0 being close focus and 1 being infinity) and exposure compensation (-2EV to +2EV in 1/6EV increments).

Expert and zooming

You do get to shoot on all cameras in this Expert mode, but switching them is handled in a truly bizarre way. You get the familiar 1x and 2x selector, but that doesn't operate the actual cameras - it's digital zoom from whichever camera you've picked from the tree selector on the opposite end of the viewfinder. There is another zoom switch with trees above that one and this one you want.

All three rear cameras support RAW and RAW Plus formats. The latter captures HDR information and should allow even more room for fine-tuning in post-processing.

Night Mode is available on all cameras.

There are two almost invisible shortcuts around the upper left corner of the full-blown UI. The first one, with the two arrows, minimizes the camera viewfinder to one part of the screen, while the other half allows you to scroll, view and edit your recently shot images. This way, the camera stays ready if another cool moment worth capturing comes around.

The other one shows a preview on the cover screen - this way, your friends will see themselves while you are taking photos of them. And if you hit the same key on the cover screen while in this mode, you will be able to use it as a primary viewfinder and take selfies with the rear cameras. Cool.

Split-screen view in camera (Flex mode)

You can shoot with the phone closed, of course. There the UI is pretty much the same, without the switches for a secondary viewfinder and recent photos.

Cover screen viewfinder

And before we close this chapter, we want to point out that you can use the Flex mode (the halfway opened position) for tripod purposes. If it's not windy, it's a great way to take timelapses and group photos with you in them.

Photo quality

The main camera saves 12.5MP photos by default and the ones we took on this cold winter day are pleasing. They are rich in detail are sharp, but (mostly) not over-sharpened, with natural-looking trees and bushes, as well as people's faces - stuff that often ends up smeared or looking like a watercolor painting on other cameras.

The dynamic range is good, too, but not extreme, and the contrast is high enough. Noise is handled very well, too, and seems no-existent on most images.

The white balance isn't always accurate in the winter it seems, and some photos can benefit from some warmth, just a tiny little bit. But other than that, the colors stay true to reality in most scenes.

The only issue we see - the soft corners. The lens of the main camera are pretty wide, and this could be part of the issue. The softness isn't a major party pooper, but it's there, and it's something that's supposed to be eradicated on flagship cameras.

Still, even with these soft corners, the photos do look natural and pleasing, and we liked them all.

Main camera, 12.5MP

There is an AI toggle on the viewfinder - it's a smart scene recognition mode, which will boost contrast and colors depending on the scene like sky, foliage, buildings, persons, etc. Usually, it provides eye-popping colors and increases the contrast.

AI mode, 12.5MP

There is a 50MP mode, but unfortunately, it is no AI/smart/high-res mode like other flagships. The one on the Find N offers an upscaled version of the default 12.5MP images.

Main camera, 50MP

The 16MP ultrawide-angle camera also shoots likable photos. Those are nicely detailed as far as these shooters can offer, natural-looking, and the noise is handled well - there is some left, but there is also a lot of detail. The corners seem proficiently strengthened, and those images are indeed plenty wide.

The contrast is adequate, and so is the dynamic range - more than the average, but not over the top.

Some purple fringing can be seen around the corners, but it's expected with such shooters.

The colors are alright but look a bit, well, anemic. They can certainly benefit from some saturation tweak.

Ultrawide camera, 16MP

The telephoto camera offers 2x optical zoom over the main snapper and shoots in 12MP even if it uses a 13MP sensor. We've seen this on a couple of other phones, there could be a few reasons for it, but none of them is critical, so we won't be dwelling on that.

The photos from the zoom camera are excellent - they are incredibly detailed, with the right amount of sharpening, contrasty and with good dynamic range.

They are a bit noisy, but that's probably why they are so incredibly detailed, so we won't hold this against the quality, on the contrary.

Sometimes, the colors can be a bit dull and in need of some saturation punch. Other times the white balance may not be as good, and instead of extra saturation, they may need a bit of warmth. None of these is really a bummer, but it could have been better without these tiny issues, for sure.

Telephoto camera, 12MP

You can take portraits with both the primary and the telephoto shooters.

The ones taken with the main camera are great - the subject separation is proficient, though we suspect more complex haircuts will throw it off to some extent. The artificial blur is likable, too.

Then the subjects are detailed enough, noise is handled well, and the contrast is high. The Auto HDR triggers when necessary to improve the dynamic range.

Main camera portraits

The portraits from the telephoto camera have an even better subject separation. They are natural-looking, but they are softer and noisier - and nearly impossible to take if the light is not ideal (say indoors, away from the windows). We suspect these 2x portraits are likely to be taken outside most of the time, and they will be plenty satisfying.

Telephoto camera portraits

The low-light photos from the main camera are outstanding - they have good exposure, plenty of resolved detail and excellent sharpness, good color saturation and higher than expected dynamic range (blown highlights are common, but they are not as many and not of proportion). Overall, we are happy with the standard images, and we couldn't wish for more. The OIS surely helped a lot for such a good quality.

Main camera, 12.5MP

Night Mode is available, and usually, it chooses about 2 seconds of exposure time on the primary camera and needs another 1s-2s for processing and saving.

The Night Mode photos from the main camera share the same good qualities as the standard ones but are brighter with noticeably improved exposure. This brings more detail in certain dark areas and sharper details in well-lit spots. Some blown highlights are restored, too, and sometimes - the color saturation gets a minor boost, too.

Main camera with Night Mode, 12.5MP

The 16MP regular low-light photos from the ultrawide camera are barely usable. You can see what's on them, and we liked the colors and the contrast, but they are often dark, noisy, with many blown highlights, and poor in detail.

Ultrawide camera, 16MP

That's why you should use Night Mode. It saves brighter images with better exposure, restores most of the blown highlights, cleans a lot of noise, and improves the color saturation.

The photos are surely not ideal - there are traces of the noise reduction - smearing and some artifacts, but the point is that the Night Mode images are very much usable.

Ultrawide Night Mode, 16MP

The camera app chooses not to use the telephoto snapper in low-light conditions, and instead, it offers a 2x digital zoom from the main camera. And it's not so bad, so we'd say go for it if needed.

2x zoom, 12.5MP

Sometimes, when using Night Mode in 2x zoom, the camera app may choose to use the actual telephoto camera (the first photo). The images are brighter and more colorful, with fewer blown highlights. The digital zoom is much more noticeable this way, though - the sharpness drops significantly.

2x zoom with Night Mode

And here are photos of our usual posters taken with the Oppo Find N. You can see how it stacks up against the competition. Feel free to browse around and pit it against other phones from our extensive database.

Oppo Find N against the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3 and the Huawei Mate X2 in our Photo compare tool

The Find N has two identical 32MP selfie cameras that offer identical photos and portraits. Their sensors have Quad-Bayer color filters, but Oppo saves 32MP photos instead of the native 8MP ones. So, you can't expect superb detail and sharpness.

The 32MP selfies are good - the colors are accurate, the contrast and dynamic range are high. The detail is average, and the sharpness isn't great, just as expected from such type of Quad-Bayer camera.

Still, these selfies are some notably good shots, especially when downsized, say to 8MP or 12MP (whether by choice or by the social network), and we can't imagine someone using them in their full 32MP resolution.

Selfies, 32MP

You can also do selfie portraits, and they present satisfying separation and likable blur. The sharpness takes another hit, but other than that - the quality is a match for the regular selfies.

Portrait selfies, 32MP

Video quality

The Oppo Find N can do up to 4K at 30fps on all rear snappers. The main camera can also offer 60fps video capturing, including in 4K. While it seems you can do 60fps with the telephoto as well, it's just a digital zoom over the main camera.

There is no 8K video capturing on the Find N.

All cameras feature always-on electronic stabilization, while the main camera also benefits from optical stabilization. Super Steady action camera-like mode is available if you need that (it is shot at 1080p at 60fps and crops a lot from the main camera).

Finally, audio is always captured stereo with about 96Kbps bitrate. The three mics are doing a good job, and despite the low bitrate, the audio is better than what the numbers suggest, even if not ideal.

Let's talk quality now.

The main camera captures amazing 4K videos with a generous 50Mbps video bitrate. The resolved detail is plenty, the sharpening is just the right amount, and the forage is incredibly natural. The colors are accurate, the dynamic range is adequate, and the contrast is great. Overall, these are some great video clips, especially when considering that EIS is always involved.

The ultrawide camera also offers brilliant video quality as the main one and an even more generous 60Mbps video bitrate. The footage is rich in detail, with low-enough noise, accurate colors, high contrast, and above-average dynamic.

The telephoto camera shoots great 2x zoomed videos, too. Once again, the picture is detailed and sharp, the noise is handled well, and the colors and the contrast are great. The dynamic range is satisfying, too.

The low-light videos from the main camera at 4K are alright. There is enough detail to render them usable, and the colors are good. However, the exposure could have been better, and the dynamic range is low. They are noisy, too.

Using the AI Highlight Video option helps if you want to slightly boost the exposure and the color saturation, but those are shot at 1080p resolution. We can imagine using this in busy city streets at night. Otherwise, it looks just like the regular mode.

The ultrawide camera captures noisy, soft and dark 4K videos at night. They do retain good colors, but that's about the best we can say.

Finally, the zoom camera can also offer usable 4K at night. Those are extremely noisy, but we can see some good detail as the noise reduction is quite gentle. The colors are so-so. Maybe it's better to use the main camera.

Finally, here is the Oppo Find N in our video comparison database.

2160p: Oppo Find N against the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3 and the Huawei Mate X2 in our Video compare tool