The OnePlus 7 Pro has had a major camera hardware update, but just how much of a difference has this made? Can it now compete with the best on the market?
The OnePlus 7 Pro is many things. A great overall package is one way to describe it. but one area that we’ve seen previous OnePlus devices really struggle in the past is in camera performance. So, has the OnePlus 7 Pro addressed this?
By introducing a triple camera setup and new optics, the OnePlus 7 Pro on paper at least looks to provide a massive step up over the OnePlus 6T in the camera stakes. Sony’s IMX 586 sensor should be the catalyst for improved camera performance but we’ve been let down by some mediocre camera software on OnePlus devices in the past.
You only need to see the Gcam ports on the OnePlus 6T to see that there was some work needed to get the most out of the hardware. OnePlus has assured us that the 7 Pro is going to right many of those missteps. My first impressions are that they’ve made gains, but how does it stack up against some of its peers — and indeed its own past?
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You can tell straight away just how differently the results on the OnePlus 7 Pro and the OnePlus 6T are from the first image I happened to take with both. Looking at the colors, dynamic range and just the overall sharpness shows a marked difference.
The resulting image looks a little overexposed in auto mode compared to the Pixel for instance but fits a middle ground between the punchy, vibrancy that we’ve come to expect from the Galaxy family.
Directly sunlight and shade can play havoc with a camera system, but the OnePlus 7 Pro seems to do a lot better than its predecessor — or at least it does in my experience. Although the 6T has never had a terrible camera, it has had a camera that doesn’t quite stack up with the of its internals. The everyday performance being above most of the market feels let down by a camera that feels a couple of steps behind.
