The Oppo Find X5 Lite competes in the High-End segment Cons competitors such as Samsung A72, Xiaomi 11T or Redmi K40 Pro + and offers a 643-inch AMOLED display with Full-HD resolution, 8 GB of RAM and a MediaTek Dimensity 900 chipset.

The rear camera combines a 64MP main shooter with an 8MP ultra wide-angle camera and a dedicated 8MP macro for close-ups. In video mode the camera is capable of recording 4K movies at 30 frames per second.

Let’s see how the Oppo Find X5 Lite performed in our SBMARK camera test.

Key Camera Specifications:

  • Primary: 64MP sensor, 24mm equivalent focal length, f / 1.7 aperture lens, AF
  • Ultra-wide: 8MP sensor, 15mm equivalent focal length, f / 2.25 aperture lens
  • Macro: 8MP sensor, f / 2.4 aperture lens
  • 4K at 30fps, 1080P at 60fps / 30fps (1080p / 30fps tested)

About SBMARK Camera Tests: For scoring and analysis in our smartphone camera reviews, SBMARK engineers capture and evaluate over 3000 test images and more than 2.5 hours of video in both controlled laboratory environments and indoor and outdoor natural scenes, using the default camera settings. This article aims to highlight the most important results of our tests. For more information on SBMARK Camera Test Protocol, please click here. More details on how we rate smartphone cameras can be found here.

Test summary

Pros

  • Good exposure in bright light on the main camera
  • Wide dynamic range in bright light and indoors for photos and videos
  • Good exposure to all tele ranges
  • Preview the image on the display near the final capture
  • Fairly neutral white balance in the video

Cons

  • Lack of saturation causes unnatural skin tones
  • Instability of exposure in bright light conditions and indoors
  • Fusion and ghosting artifacts
  • Lack of detail in photos and videos
  • High levels of noise in video in low light conditions
  • Move the texture artifacts in the video
  • Ineffective video stabilization when walking or running

With a SBMARK Camera score of 106, the Oppo Find X5 Lite offers average performance for a device in the High End segment. The camera produces well exposed images when the lighting conditions are not too difficult. However, photos suffer from a lack of saturation and detail, as well as exposure instability in consecutive shots and some image artifacts. The overall results are quite similar to previous Oppo phones of this class, for example Find X3 Lite or Reno 6.

In bright light, the Find X5 Lite is capable of capturing images with good exposure and a fairly wide dynamic range.

Still images tend to be well exposed in bright light indoors and out, but in low light, exposure drops rapidly. A fairly wide dynamic range ensures good detail in highlights and shadows, but the instabilities are visible in consecutive shots. Images also lack saturation, which results in unnatural skin tones, and we also observed a lack of detail in most of the captures. Ghosting and blending artifacts can also be noticeable, and in low light conditions using the flash generally offers better results than flash-off mode.

In this graph you can see that the exposure is good in bright light and indoors, but decreases in low light.

This graph shows the brightness measured on the vertical cutout of the DMC graph versus the light level (in lux). The white area represents the region where the brightness is considered correct.

At 16mm Oppo’s ultra wide-angle camera offers a narrower field of view than many competitors. We also found that dynamic range is more limited and texture levels are lower than many devices in its class. On the plus side, target exposure is generally accurate and image noise is pretty well under control.

When zoomed in at close range, the details are decent and on a similar level to the competition. However, at medium and long range settings we can see a noticeable loss of detail, especially in low light conditions. The camera works well for telephoto exposure as long as you don’t shoot in low light, but even then the dynamic range is more limited than some competitors. Our testers also observed some white balance dominants in low light and inaccurate color rendition.

Oppo Find X5 Lite, medium range canvases, low light: green color cast and bad color rendering

Oppo Find X5 Lite, crop: strong lack of texture

Oppo Find X5 Pro, medium range canvases, low light: good white balance and beautiful color

Oppo Find X5 Pro, crop: good texture

Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max, medium range tele, low light: yellowish white balance, accurate colors

Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max, crop: good texture

When recording video, the resulting footage shows a fairly wide dynamic range in outdoor and indoor conditions. The exposure is also quite accurate, but we did observe some instabilities. Video clips lack fine detail, and even under indoor lighting, noise becomes noticeable. Our testers also observed autofocus convergence issues and instability in indoor and outdoor conditions. When walking or running while recording, the video stabilization isn’t doing a good job and you still notice a lot of camera shake.

In low light conditions video performance is very poor and video footage shows a severe lack of detail and noise. Dynamic range is limited, resulting in clipping of highlights and shadows, and autofocus can lock on the wrong target and is generally unstable, especially in high-contrast scenes.

This sample clip shows good exposure and accurate white balance. However, we can also see exposure adaptation and autofocus issues. Finer detail is lost on the subject’s face than in comparison devices, while the noise level is similar. There are also some moving texture artifacts in the clouds.

Oppo Find X5 Lite, good color but exposure problems and autofocus adaptation, noise on the face

Oppo Find X3 Pro, wise dynamic range and beautiful colors, noise well under control

Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max, limited dynamic range, noise on the face

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