Oppo has launched its flagship Find X9 series in China this week – but we don’t have long to wait to see it for ourselves, with the company confirming a global launch for the Find X9 and Find X9 Pro on 28 October.
The Find X9 Pro is a camera-focused flagship with a spec to match, featuring a large 6.78-inch screen with ultra-slim 1.15mm-thick bezels, along with upgrades to its camera system. The 200MP Hasselblad telephoto lens is the star of the show this year, offering “unparalleled detail and clarity in zoom shots”, according to Oppo.
But in a bit of a plot twist, the Find X9 Pro doesn’t need to rely on its built-in high-res telephoto for zoom chops; there’s also an optional Hasselblad-branded Professional Telephoto Converter Kit that adds 10x, 20x and 40x optical-level zoom to the experience.
It simply snaps onto the rear of the device when using the dedicated phone case, aligning with the new 200MP telephoto to take advantage of its high-res tech.
I was lucky enough to get my hands on both the Oppo Find X9 Pro and this wild zoom lens attachment ahead of this week’s big China reveal, and while I’m not quite ready to share my full opinions just yet, I can show you some of the shots I’ve taken so far.
Below is a shot of the Prince Albert memorial statue, outside the Royal Albert Hall in London, taken on the X9 Pro’s primary lens.
You can, of course, use the built-in 200MP lens to get closer to the action, as shown here:
But it’s when you snap on that telephoto converter add-on that you can really get close to the action. Here’s the same shot using the default 10x zoom provided by the lens kit:
But we can get closer than that. In fact, the lens kit provides 20x and 40x optical lengths in addition to the base 10x magnification, seen below.
Of course, this was when there was still plenty of light around. So, to see how it’d fare in more challenging conditions, I got the phone and associated camera kit out to snap some photos of a Sigur Rós concert at the Royal Albert Hall.
For context, the shots below were taken on the primary lens, just so you can understand what I was actually seeing with the naked eye.
And, to be fair, I could get much closer using the built-in telephoto lens, as seen here:
But it’s only when attaching the rear lens that I could really get close to the action, to the point where I could clearly see the musicians’ scribbled notes on music sheets. Here’s a selection of shots taken straight from the lens with no editing whatsoever:
With the international reveal scheduled to take place in Barcelona on 28 October, you don’t have that long to go to try it for yourself either.
