Oppo Reno10 review

A potent triple camera setup

One of the main selling points of the Reno10 is a versatile and powerful camera setup. The phone has a trio of cameras on the rear, including 64MP main, 32MP telephoto and 8MP ultrawide units. The 32MP selfie camera has lost its autofocus capabilities, and the main camera no longer has OIS but otherwise the setup is very close to the Reno10 Pro.

Let's go through the camera hardware the Reno10 is working with. At the helm, we have the 64MP main camera with the OmniVision ov64b sensor. It is a Quad-Bayer unit with a 1/2" size and 0.7 µm individual pixels. It sits behind an f/1.7 lens and has multi-directional phase detection autofocus (PDAF). There is no OIS as we mentioned.

Alongside it is a 32MP 2x telephoto camera, which Oppo calls "portrait telephoto" to indicate its primary intended purpose. It is based on the Sony IMX709 sensor - another Quad-Bayer unit with 1/2.74" size and 0.8 µm pixels. It sits behind an f/2.0 lens and has phase detection autofocus (PDAF).

Finally we have an 8MP ultrawide. It is based on the OmniVision ov08d sensor with a 1/4" size and 1.12 µm pixels. It sits behind an f/2.2 lens and, unfortunately, has a fixed focus.

For the selfie camera, the Reno10 is using a Sony IMX615 sensor. It sits behind an f/2.4 lens and, unfortunately lacks the autofocus present on the Reno10 Pro.

There's nothing too sophisticated about the default camera app - it is similar to what you'd find on any recent Oppo or Realme. The main camera modes are arranged in a carousel formation. Controls for resolution and aspect ratio are found on top of the viewfinder. Interestingly, there is no toggle for AI mode, which was present on other recent Oppo phones.

Auto HDR settings are tucked away in the More sub-menu. Another thing missing here seems to be an Auto Macro mode. In fact, there is no dedicated Macro mode in the camera app at all.

You will find four toggles on the viewfinder - one for the ultrawide, one for the main 1x mode, and two zoom shortcuts - 2x and 5x.

Although there's a dedicated Night mode, we found that even in Photo mode, there's Night mode processing at play if the lighting conditions are met and all photos (default and Night) are very similar. There's also a tripod mode within the Night mode that uses longer exposure for better results. The Night mode is supported on all three cameras.

Camera app

Oppo has brought Pro mode support to all of its cameras. It gives you control over the usual stuff like ISO, exposure, white balance, manual focus, and shutter speed (up to 30 seconds). There is also a histogram available. However, the Reno10 lacks RAW support and focus peaking, which are present on some higher-end Oppo devices.

Camera settings

In terms of advanced video capture options, you only get HEVC. There is no HDR video capture on the Reno10.

Daylight photo quality

The main camera on the Reno10 is a Quad-Bayer unit that shoots in 16MP resolution by default. In good light these photos are pretty noise-free with plentifyl detail and true to life colors.

There are slight traces of oversharpening on straight lines, but nothing excessive. Dynamic range could be better though.

Oppo Reno10: 16MP main camera samples

You can force the main camera to capture in its full 64MP resolution. These shots add veryy little extra detail though, so they are not worth the hassle and larger file sizes.

Oppo Reno10: 64MP main camera samples

Here's how the main camera compares to the competition in our extensive camera compare database.

Oppo Reno10 against the Xiaomi Poco F5 and the Google Pixel 7a in our Photo compare tool

The telephoto camera is also of the Quad-Bayer type and thus saves photos in 8MP resolution after 4-to-1 binning. Quality-wise, the telephoto shots are very impressive. Detail is great, and so are contrast and dynamic range. Colors are well matched with the main camera and true to life.

Oppo Reno10: 8MP telephoto 2x camera samples

Just like with the main camera, you can set the telephoto to capture in its full 32MP resolution. These photos definitely have more finer detail than regular ones, so you can use those in cases where total resolving power is critical. Other than that, colors look identical and equally great.

Oppo Reno10: 32MP telephoto 2x camera samples

We can see a bit more reason for using full-resolution mode on the telephoto, but again, only in critical applications is the file size trade-off worth it.

Beyond 2x zoom, the camera app UI also includes a 5x toggle. These shots come from the same telephoto camera, but the generous digital zoom applied means they are rather limited when it comes to detail levels.

Oppo Reno10: 8MP telephoto 5x camera samples

Shots from the 8MP ultrawide camera are usable, but nothing to phone home about. These look uninspiring in terms of detail, but contrast and dynamic range are alright and color reproduction is good. It is surprisingly close to that of the main and telephoto cameras. There's visible noise even in perfect lighting, though.

Oppo Reno10: 8MP ultrawide camera samples

The Reno10 is being heavily marketed as a powerful portrait device, particularly for its telephoto camera. Let's start with the regular shots from the main camera for reference.

Oppo Reno10: 16MP main camera samples

The dedicated portrait mode shots have solid subject separation with only minor imperfections here and there and a very convincing background blur.

Oppo Reno10: 16MP main camera portrait samples

The effect works pretty well on non-human subjects, too, and the camera app is quick to pick up on these subjects.

Oppo Reno10: 16MP main camera portrait samples

The telephoto portraits look even more impressive with their better suited focal length.

Oppo Reno10: 8MP telephoto camera portrait samples

The phone struggles a bit more to identify non-human portrait subjects while using the telephoto camera, but with enough patience, you can still get great results.

Oppo Reno10: 8MP telephoto camera portrait samples

The selfie camera also uses a Quad-Bauer sensor, but despite that, it saves photos in the full 32MP resolution. This is not ideal as you end up with huge files that hold little extra useful information.

That aside selfies look with nicely rendered colors and decent total detail levels. Facial features are rather heavily processed, though even if you disable all beautification options.

Oppo Reno10: 32MP selfie camera samples

Dynamic range could be better as well. On the upside the lack of autofocus didn't much of a negative influenceon the overall usability as the selected focal plane is pretty wide and forgiving.

Selfie portraits are quite impressive in terms of subject separation and you get decently convincing background blur.

Oppo Reno10: 32MP selfie camera portrait samples

The rest of their quality characteristics are similar to regular selfies and thus merely decent.

Video capture quality

The Reno10 can capture videos at up to 4K@30fps resolution on its main camera, while the ultrawide and telephoto cameras top out at 1080@30fps. By default, capture is done in a standard H.264 AVC video stream (about 50Mbps for 4K and about 20Mbps for 1080p) plus a stereo AAC 48 kHz audio stream inside an MP4 container. You can choose to record in H.265 HEVC instead to save some space, but will lose some compatibility with older players.

The main camera captures good 4K footage. Detail levels are good, noise is kept low and there's no shimmering on finer details. Colors are nice and true to life.

Dynamic range could be a bit wider since with detail in the shadows frequently being crushed.

The Reno10 lacks OIS on its main camera. It still has EIS for video capture, though. The mode is called "Ultra Steady". It takes its footage from the main camera by shooting at 1080p@60fps for extra smoothness.

The EIS does a decent but imperfect job, still leaving in bigger shakes. There is also some focus hunting going on constantly, likely triggered by the motion. All the while, you are losing quite a bit of resolution and detail in the process.

Before we move on, here's how the main camera and its video capture stack up against the competition in our vast video compare database.

Oppo Reno10 against the Xiaomi Poco F5 and the Google Pixel 7a in our Video compare tool

We also tried capturing 2x 4K video with the main camera since that is a toggle on the camera UI alongside 5x. The footage is noise-free, contrasty and with decent enough colors, but dynamic range is limited and fine detail is lost to the digital zoom.

In case you were wondering, 5x 4K videos from the main camera are a total mess. So much so that we are just going to outright recommend against even trying them and not bother including a sample.

Instead, here is how the telephoto camera does at 1080p. The video is surprisingly clean and detailed, given the FullHD resolution. There is no noise and colors look good.

Contrast is cranked a bit too high here as well, once again hurting the dynamic range.

The ultrawide camera captures largely unimpressive FullHD clips. They come out soft and with color rendition noticeably different compared to the main camera.

Dynamic range is pretty narrow here as well, with crushed shadows.

The selfie camera captures surprisingly good 1080p video. Detail is good, considering the resolution and there is no noticeable noise. Colors are slightly washed out and dynamic range could be a bit wider. It's nothing too dramatic, though.

The Reno10 offers EIS on the selfie camera as well. It is captured at 1080p, so you are not losing resolution and detail overall, which is great. However it does narrow the field of view significantly and the results aren't particularly impressive with many shakes and jitters are left behind.

Low-light camera quality

The main camera captures pretty decent low-light photos. Detail and contrast are good, and so are colors. Light sources are handled reasonably well and shadows aren't half bad either.

Oppo Reno10: 16MP low-light samples

Our main complaint with these shots is the excessive noise in the frame.

As we mentioned, the Reno10 already applies some night mode processing on its regular photos when the lighting conditions call for it. There is, however, a dedicated Night mode as well. Capturing in this mode takes quite a bit of time, but it restores lost detail around light sources and shadows and reduces noise significantly. The overall look is somewhat overprocessed and unrealistic, but we are sure some will prefer those shots to the ones above.

Oppo Reno10: 16MP Night mode samples

The telephoto camera does about as well as the main camera in low light conditions. Its photos are surprisingly detailed, with nice colors and good handling of light sources. We wouldn't call them clean, though, since there is plenty of noise in the frame.

Oppo Reno10: 8MP low-light telephoto 2x samples

Night mode on the telephoto camera increase the exposure considerably but leads to a similar overprocessed look overall, perhaps even more so than the main camera.

Oppo Reno10: 8MP Night mode telephoto 2x samples

Low-light photos taken with the ultrawide camera are quite disappointing. They are soft, particularly around the edges and very noisy. Light sources are blown out.

Oppo Reno10: 8MP low-light ultrawide samples

Enabling Night mode is highly recommended on the ultrawide camera. It adds a bit more detail, and noise is handled a lot better, while dynamic range expands. There is more detail coming through in the darker areas, too.

Oppo Reno10: 8MP Night mode ultrawide samples

Low-light photos from the selfie camera are not particularly impressive. Facial features look pretty soft and noisy. Skin texture barely comes through, and everything looks pretty overprocessed.

Oppo Reno10: 32MP low-light selfie samples

On a positive note, skin tones look good and true to life, as do most other colors.

Night mode on the selfie camera doesn't really do much for the quality of the shots, but it does brighten them up.

Oppo Reno10: 32MP Night mode selfie samples

The main camera captures pretty good low-light 4K videos. Detail is great, and so are colors. There is very little noise. The camera does struggle with darker areas, though.

The Reno10 allows shooting with its telephoto camera in low light as long as you specifically switch over to 1080p resolution. These videos look alright with decent detail and pleasing colors.

Light sources are a bit blown out, there is some noise in the frame, and the video has a bit of an overprocessed look to it. Still, we expected worse.

The ultrawide camera low-light videos are poor. They are underexposed and noisy, soft with a blown-out light sources.