The Reno6 Pro 5G is the flagship model of Oppo’s Reno6 range, equipped with a Snapdragon 870 chipset, 12 GB of RAM and 256 GB of internal storage. Images can be viewed and composed using a 6.5-inch AMOLED display with FHD + resolution.
The front camera pairs a 32MP sensor with a 26mm f / 2.4 aperture lens (equivalent). For video, the Reno6 Pro’s front-facing camera records a resolution of 1080p or 720p at 30 frames per second.
Let’s see how the Oppo Reno6 Pro 5G selfies performed in our SBMARK camera test.
Main specifications of the front camera:
- Primary: 32 MP sensor with 0.8 µm pixels
- 26 mm, aperture f / 2.4
- 1080p / 720p at 30fps video (1080p / 30fps tested)
About SBMARK selfie tests: For scoring and analysis in our smartphone front camera reviews, SBMARK engineers capture and evaluate over 1500 test images and more than 2 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 the SBMARK Selfie Test Protocol, click here.
Test summary
Pros
- Precise exposure of the target on interior photos
- Beautiful skin tones on fair to light skin types
- Nice rendering of the textures with good detail on the faces in the outdoor photos
- Well controlled noise in outdoor videos
- The video focus is stable and repeatable
Cons
- Pinkish white balance in outdoor photos
- Tone compression sometimes seen in backlit HDR photos
- Hue shift sometimes visible on faces in HDR photos
- Faces out of focus in selfie / stick distance
- Blending artifacts sometimes seen in HDR photos
- Non-repeatable anamorphosis correction on consecutive photos
- Inconsistent bokeh photos with activation errors and depth estimation errors
- Ineffective video stabilization
- Limited dynamic range in the video
- Strong exposure instability in videos with a moving target
- Scene integrity artifacts sometimes seen in difficult video in low light or HDR conditions
With a SBMARK Selfie score of 85, the Oppo Reno6 Pro 5G falls into the second half of the front camera ranking of the Premium segment ($ 600- $ 799). The device scores the same as the Xiaomi Mi 11 and is only a few points behind the Xiaomi Mi 11T Pro at 91. This is a respectable, but slightly disappointing result, which leaves the Reno6 Pro several points behind the segment leader Asus ZenFone 7 Pro and Apple iPhone 13 mini.
Outdoor target exposure is slightly low with noticeable shadow clipping visible.
The main selling points of the Reno6 Pro are the pretty good skin tone rendering on light to light skin tones, the accurate exposure of faces in indoor selfies, and the pleasing texture rendering in outdoor photos, where the details on faces close to the camera are good.
The overall image quality for both selfie photos and videos, however, falls significantly short of the best Premium performance. Overall color rendition is far from perfect, with exterior images often showing a pinkish cast of white balance. Exposures in bright or high contrast conditions could also be improved. LTarget exposure and limited dynamic range often result in noticeable shadow clipping, and tonal compression errors make images with underwhelming contrast.
Oppo Reno6 Pro 5G, long range focus (120cm).
Oppo Reno6 Pro 5G, crop, very out of focus
Apple iPhone 13 Mini, long range focus (120cm).
Apple iPhone 13 Mini, crop, slightly out of focus
Xiaomi Mi 10T Pro, long range focus (120cm).
Xiaomi Mi 10T Pro, crop, in focus
For focusing, the Reno6 Pro’s fixed focus lens ensures good detail on faces in the range of 30cm to 55cm, but a limited depth of field means faces positioned further away from the lens (120cm) they are noticeably blurry.
Point penalties have also been applied to the Reno6 Pro for several visible artifacts. Anamorphosis correction is not applied consistently in consecutive shots, with distortion on subjects towards the edge often problematic. We also spotted some artifacts related to the device’s HDR rendering, with blending and hue shift artifacts on faces that are sometimes visible.
Oppo Reno6 Pro 5G, HDR scene, fusion artifacts (curved windows in the background)
Oppo Reno6 Pro 5G, crop: fusion artifacts (HDR stacking problems)
HDR processing: Strong blending artifacts and image stacking errors are sometimes visible in high-contrast scenes.
When activated successfully, the Reno6 Pro produces a pleasant bokeh simulation effect with a pleasantly blurred background. However, the effect is not applied consistently to consecutive shots, and depth estimation artifacts are often visible, especially in low light conditions.
Oppo Reno6 Pro 5G, bokeh simulation (20 lux)
Oppo Reno6 Pro 5G, cropping, depth estimation artifacts are often visible in low light conditions
When shooting video, we found luminance noise to be well controlled in outdoor conditions and the fixed focus lens ensures stable and repeatable focus. But the overall video image quality remains low. Exposure instabilities often occur in difficult lighting conditions with a moving target, target exposure is low in low light, and dynamic range is limited. Some scene integrity artifacts are often seen in HDR videos as well, but the device’s main weakness is stabilization, which is ineffective in all videos.
Oppo Reno6 Pro 5G, ineffective stabilization, limited dynamic range
Apple iPhone 13 mini, good stabilization and wide dynamic range
Xiaomi Mi 10T Pro, effective stabilization and slightly limited dynamic range
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