Oppo Reno10 Pro review

A potent triple camera setup

One of the clear and main selling points for the Reno10 Pro is a versatile and powerful camera experience. The phone has a trio of cameras on the rear, including a 50MP main cam with OIS, a 32MP telephoto and an 8MP ultrawide. The 32MP selfie camera is also equipped with autofocus, making it that little bit more impressive as well. The only obvious omission in terms of versatility that we can spot is the lack of autofocus on the ultrawide, so it can double as a macro cam.

Let's go through the camera hardware the Reno10 Pro is working with. At the helm, we have the 50MP main camera. It is based on the Sony IMX890 sensor. It is a Quad-Bayer unit with a 1/1.56" size and 1.0 µm individual pixels. It sits behind an f/1.8 lens, has multi-directional phase detection autofocus (PDAF) and is optically stabilized (OIS). We have pretty high expectations of this cam.

Alongside it is a 32MP 2x telephoto camera, which Oppo insists on calling a "portrait telephoto", indicating 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, on the rear, we have an 8MP ultrawide. It is based on the Sony IMX355 sensor with a 1/2.8" size and 1.14 µm pixels. It sits behind an f/2.2 lens and, unfortunately, has a fixed focus.

The Reno10 Pro doesn't skimp on the selfie camera. It was a bit harder to dig up hardware info on this camera, but it seems to either be based on the Sony IMX709, just like the rear telephoto or alternatively, the Samsung S5KJD1SP, commonly known as the ISOCELL JD1. More likely the IMX709. The important bit about the selfie cam is that it has autofocus.

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 typical 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 30s). 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 Pro.

Daylight photo quality

The main camera on the Reno10 Pro uses Quad-Bayer tech, capturing photos in 12.5MP by default instead of its full 50MP resolution. These photos look pretty good overall in terms of quality, but far from perfect. We like the level of detail in the frame, colors also look great and true to life. Contrast is good, and so is dynamic range.

In terms of downsides, the image corners come out soft. And the sharpening is a bit too heavy-handed in some scenes.

Oppo Reno10 Pro: 12.5MP main camera samples

You can force the main camera to capture in its full 50MP resolution. The overall quality of these shots is very similar to that of the regular photos. Perhaps you get a bit more fine detail, but not a noticeable amount. Sharpening artifacts are also not pronounced, but it's a small difference.

Oppo Reno10 Pro: 50MP main camera samples

All things considered, we can't say that we would recommend using the 50MP mode. We see no clear benefit to it, and you do have to deal with pretty large file sizes.

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

Oppo Reno10 Pro against the Samsung Galaxy A54 and the Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro in our Photo compare tool

50MP: Oppo Reno10 Pro against the Samsung Galaxy A54 and the Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro in our Photo compare tool

The telephoto camera also uses Quad-Bayer tech and thus saves photos in around 8MP instead of its full 32MP resolution. 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 quite true to life. These photos look very sharp and clean, definitely more so than those from the main camera.

Oppo Reno10 Pro: 8MP telephoto camera 2x samples

Just like with the main camera, you can set the telephoto to capture in its full 32MP resolution. And once again, we see little reason to use this mode. The difference in overall quality is minimal. 32MP telephoto shots look a bit softer with less processing, which might appeal to some people. Even so, we don't believe anybody will realistically want to deal with the large file size just to get slightly less processed photos.

Oppo Reno10 Pro: 32MP telephoto camera 2x samples

Beyond 2x zoom, the camera app UI also includes a 5x toggle. These shots also come from the telephoto camera and share most of the excellent quality characteristics of 2x ones. Honestly, these look quite impressive for what they are.

Oppo Reno10 Pro: 8MP telephoto camera 5x samples

The Reno10 Pro is being marketed as a powerful portrait device, particularly for its telephoto camera. Let's start with the main camera first.

Oppo Reno10 Pro: 12.5MP main camera samples

These portraits look good with pretty good, albeit imperfect subject detection and separation and a very convincing background blur.

Oppo Reno10 Pro: 12.5MP 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 too.

Oppo Reno10 Pro: 12.5MP main camera portrait samples

As mentioned, Oppo flaunts the portrait capturing prowess of the telephoto camera on the Reno10 Pro. Naturally, we tested these claims, and we have to say that the telephoto portraits indeed look even more impressive than those from the regular cam.

Oppo Reno10 Pro: 8MP telephoto camera portrait samples

Just like with regular photos, we appreciate the extra sharp and clean detail that the telephoto captures. It is particularly noticeable in facial features. Colors are also great, and subject separation and background blur remain comparable to the main camera.

The camera app generally 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 Pro: 8MP telephoto camera portrait samples

Shots from the 8MP ultrawide camera are decent, but nothing to phone home about. These look alright in terms of detail. Contrast and dynamic range are not half bad, either. We also like the color reproduction, although it is slightly different than that on the main and telephoto cameras and perhaps a bit more saturated.

Oppo Reno10 Pro: 8MP ultrawide camera samples

In terms of downsides, these photos are noticeably and uniformly noisy and soft. There is also obvious barrel distortion left uncorrected near the edges of the frame.

The selfie camera also uses a Quad-Bauer sensor, but despite that saves photos in 32MP. This is not ideal for several reasons, including upscaling and file size. On a positive note, the included autofocus helps get the subject sharp and focused.

The selfies look good overall. Colors are good, and so is detail. That said, facial features don't come out particularly detailed and get lost in the capturing process even with no filters or beautification options enabled.

Oppo Reno10 Pro: 32MP selfie camera samples

Dynamic range could be better as well. Contrast is generally fine but could use some improvement as well. An OK showing overall that is mostly being carried by the presence of autofocus.

Selfie portraits are quite impressive in terms of subject detection and separation as well as the quality of the very convincing background blur.

Oppo Reno10 Pro: 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 Pro 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 15Mbps 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 and potentially lose some quality.

The main camera captures pretty good 4K video. Detail is not half bad, and the frame has no obvious noise or shimmering on finer details. Colors are good but perhaps a bit too vibrant for our taste.

That might partially be because contrast is cranked quite high. All the while, dynamic range could be a bit wider since detail in the shadows is currently being crushed.

The main camera on the Reno10 Pro has OIS, but additional EIS for video capture is available. 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 e decent but imperfect job, still leaving in bigger shakes and stutters. All the while, you are losing quite a bit of resolution and detail in the process. Here, you can judge for yourself.

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 Pro against the Samsung Galaxy A54 and the Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro 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, but we didn't really like the results. These videos look overprocessed with a lot of obvious sharpening artifacts. All the while, contrast is still too high for our taste and dynamic range is on the lower end.

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 or shimmering in finer detail. Colors also look good.

Our sole complaint with these videos is the relatively limited dynamic range, which, once again, leaves details in the shadows crushed.

The ultrawide camera captures decent but largely unimpressive FullHD videos. Detail and colors are decent, though the color rendition is noticeably different compared to the main camera.

The video is pretty soft, particularly near the edges of the frame. Dynamic range is expectedly pretty narrow here as well, with crushed shadows.

The selfie camera on the Reno10 Pro also captures decent, but largely unimpressive FullHD video. Colors are true-to-life. Contrast is a bit too high, while dynamic range is rather narrow. Detail is good, but it could be better.

The Reno10 Pro offers EIS on the selfie camera as well. It is captured at 1080p, so you are not using resolution and detail overall, which is great. Still, the EIS videos come out looking just a bit softer. The stabilization also crops away quite a bit of the frame. You can see the results for yourself.

Low-light camera quality

The main camera captures decent but largely unimpressive 12.5MP low-light photos. Detail and contrast are good, and so are colors. Light sources are handled reasonably well. There is some detail in darker areas, which is also good to see.

Oppo Reno10 Pro: 12.5MP low-light samples

Our main complaint with these shots is the excessive noise in the frame. Lines are a bit soft, too.

As we mentioned, the Reno10 Pro 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. It is surprisingly snappy to capture and process, which is a plus. In terms of its effect on the photos, we would say that it sharpens lines a little bit but makes for a more processed look overall. It also contains light sources and noise a bit better.

Oppo Reno10 Pro: 12.5MP Night mode samples

Oddly enough, the dedicated Night mode samples come out looking a bit darker than their regular counterparts. All things considered, though, the regular and dedicated Night mode photos don't look too different.

The telephoto camera does about as well as the main camera in low light conditions. Perhaps even a bit better and cleaner with less noise, but still plenty in the frame. Colors look good, and light sources are handled well.

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

The Night mode telephoto shots look a bit too aggressively processed due to sharpening and just like main camera night mode photos, these come out looking slightly darker than regular ones.

Oppo Reno10 Pro: 8MP Night mode telephoto 2x samples

At 5x, shots from the telephoto look surprisingly similar to 2x ones. We generally consider that a positive.

Oppo Reno10 Pro: 8MP low-light telephoto 5x samples

The same goes for the comparison between regular 5x and Night mode 5x photos.

Oppo Reno10 Pro: 8MP Night mode telephoto 5x 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 Pro: 8MP low-light ultrawide samples

Enabling Night mode does fix up ultrawide shots a bit, but the difference is not drastic. The frame has a bit more detail, and everything is sharpened up, but not overly so. Noise is handled a lot better, and so are light sources. There is more detail coming through in the darker areas, too.

Oppo Reno10 Pro: 8MP Night mode ultrawide samples

Even so, we wouldn't exactly praise these photos for their quality characteristics.

The selfie camera captures pretty decent low-light photos. The level of detail is good, and most features come through. Skin texture isn't perfect, but it is not entirely smoothed-over, either. Skin tones are a bit washed out.

Oppo Reno10 Pro: 32MP low-light selfie samples

Night mode on the selfie camera doesn't really do much for the quality of the shots.

Oppo Reno10 Pro: 32MP Night mode selfie samples

Expectedly, the main camera captures pretty good low-light 4K videos. Detail is great, and so are colors. There is very little noise. Details in darker areas are crushed, though and almost non-existent.

The Reno10 Pro has no issues shooting with its telephoto camera in low light as long as you specifically switch over to 1080p resolution. These videos look pretty good. The level of detail is decent, especially for FullHD, and so are 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 generally like how it looks.

The ultrawide camera low-light videos are a total mess. They are dark and noisy, soft with blown-out light sources.