Camera comparison Oppo Find N5 vs OnePlus Open

I have been using the OnePlus Open for a few months now as my daily driver and I have been happy with it. It was powerful, the hardware was superb, and the crease on the internal display was minimal and could barely be noticed unless you looked for it specifically. The Software UI is awesome and I would rank it as one of the best in terms of multitasking. However, with the phone being over a year since it was released it is now classed as old tech. So this is where the Oppo Find N5 comes into view. it does everything that the OnePlus Open did in terms of the above but it does this in a body that is thinner than the older phone. Now a lot of people were concerned that due to the thinner device sacrifices had to have been made in terms of the camera experience and their capability of capturing good quality photos.

I was intrigued to see if there was much truth in these concerns but before we get into that I want to quickly recap on the relevant specs of the camera between the two phones.

	OnePlus Open	Oppo Find N5
Rear Primary	48 MP, f/1.7, 24mm (wide), 1/1.43″, 1.12µm, multi-directional PDAF, OIS	50 MP, f/1.9, 21mm (wide), 1/1.56”, PDAF, OIS
Rear tele	64 MP, f/2.6, 70mm (telephoto), 1/2.0″, 0.7µm, PDAF, OIS, 3x optical zoom	50 MP, f/2.7, 75mm (periscope telephoto), 1/2.75″, 3x optical zoom, PDAF (10cm – ∞), OIS
Rea ultra-wide	48 MP, f/2.2, 14mm, 114˚ (ultra-wide), 1/2.0″, 0.8µm, PDAF	8 MP, f/2.2, 15mm, 116˚, (ultra-wide), 1/4.0”, 1.12µm, AF
Front Inside	20MP, f/2.2, 20mm (ultra-wide), 1/4.0″, 0.7µm	8MP, f/2.4, 21mm (ultra-wide), 1/4.0”, 1.12µm
Cover Display	32MP, f/2.4, 22mm (ultra-wide), 1/3.14″, 0.7µm	8MP, f/2.4, 21mm (ultra-wide), 1/4.0”, 1.12µm

Well, we can see from that table above that we have some areas that look like there could be issues primarily the Ultrawide camera. So with that taken care of let’s see some actual images.

First up the rear primary camera

The above shots were all taken using the 1 x zoom setting and as you can see apart from the additional lens flare on the OP Open bunker shot they are very close in terms of the colours and shadows. I think that in both cases the images are so similar that had I not used the watermarks you wouldn’t be able to tell them apart (Spoiler, this is a trend going forward btw).

Next up we look at what can be done with Zoom.

These shots above were both taken using 6 x zoom which is double to optical zoom length so it is using some pixel binning to produce the 6 x zoom. I am honestly very happy with the results on both of these images and would be happy with either of them. Let’s dive into the zoom levels a bit further for both the phones below.

Using this tower as a reference I was able to test the zooms up to what I feel is going to be reasonable levels, as anything beyond 20x zoom is going to start getting weird in terms of AI and artefacts. Again we are unable to determine much in the way of differences at the lower levels but once we get into the 10 x and 20 x then things do start to happen. On the 20x the post at the top of the tower starts to look a little fake at this zoom level. However, I also noticed when I looked a bit closer and started to pixel peep that the edges on the stonework of the OP Open’s image were less defined and crisp than on the same image with the Find N5. This is not immediately obvious unless you zoom into the images side by side as I have done but it is there.

Strangely though when we look at the 10x zoom the artefacts and fakeness efforts seem to be reversed as the areas jutting out from the wall seem to be more “drawn on” with the Find N5 than they do with the OP Open.

Next up is some examples of extreme zoom levels for this set of photos i used 60X Zoom and we were trying to focus on a ship out at sea.

So as you can see from both the samples above when you reach 60x Zoom things start to break down and the phones have to rely upon the AI systems to help piece the image together. this means that we start getting made-up parts to the image. Here the Op Open performs slightly better as there is less ghosting on the outline of the ship/ With that being said both of the images are pretty poor.

As an experiment, I used the inbuilt Photos app to crop into the ship in the 10x Zoom photo. I then ran the Enhance clarity tool and the result is below.

Whilst it is a bit clearer than the 60x Zoom image it is still very artificial and the same AI algorithms have been at work to try and pick up the details of the ship.

The OP Open clearly emerges as the victor in this extreme Zoom test, as the writing on the side of the ship is much more legible.

Moving onto the macro test, this is a trickier one to judge as the Find N5 features a tele macro, and the Op Open just has the standard one. So, I took the below photos using the standard macro modes on both phones to see what you think of the results.

To my eyes, they both look about the same.

The benefit of the tele-macro is that you don’t need to get as close to the subject to get a good macro shot I have tried to demonstrate this in the images below.

As you can see from the images above the macro is not too bad but with the tele-macro, I was able to have the phone a decent distance away from the subject and still get the same detail of image, in fact, I think it is a little bit more detailed in terms of the highlighting of the rust. I also like the bokeh effect of the tele-macro more as it brings the subject into the foreground better.

Next up is my favourite bit  (not) Selfies. These were both taken with the front camera when the phones were closed as that is how I would normally take a selfie image. I am aware of the fact that I could use the rear camera to get a better quality image but I honestly find that more precarious and not worth the risk of having the phone unfolded whilst holding it at arm’s length!

I think the OP Open is the winner here but for all the times I take selfies, which is not a lot then I am more than happy with the result from the Find N5! You still have a nice bokeh effect on both phones but the OP Open is just a tad clearer around the fringes of my face and in the separation of the subject from the background.

The last one from the camera sample is the Ultrawide.

The ultra-wide is comparatively weak in comparison to the normal camera but this is hardly a surprise as the sensor is only an 8MP sensor for the ultra-wide instead of the 50MP sensor for the normal camera.

Above is what happens when you try to crop the images to focus on a specific area of the image in this case the writing on the green box. I can read the writing on the box in the normal image however in the ultra-wide image I cannot. That being said I am never going to zoom into an ultra-wide in that much detail in normal use. I also tend to only use the Ultrawide fro taking photos of landscapes so this i not going to be an issue for me.

Below is more of a normal case from my use of the ultrawide lens and also a comparison to what the OP Open can do in this landscape-style scenario.

I have not recorded any video samples as I haven’t had a sufficient opportunity to do this with the Find N5 and I no longer have the OP Open, due to it being sold. However from what I have seen it is more than suitable for what I normally do in terms of video work. I normally only use the video camera functions for recording unboxing videos and these are normally shot at 1080P which the Oppo Find N5 is more than capable of doing. I will try and get some video samples for my full review which will be coming soon.

Conclusion

In terms of the camera from the Oppo Find N5 and how it compares to the Oneplus Open, well I am very happy with the Find N5. I am a point-and-shoot kind of user and as such I will never really get the most out of any camera on any smartphone. For the style of photography that I want to get the Find n5 is more than suitable and I would argue that this would be the case for most users, The form factor and hardware of the Oppo Find N5 overall are more compelling for me over a camera which has a massive sensor size and he highest optical zoom lengths etc. If I want this then I would be looking at phones like the Xiaomi Ultra 15 or the Samsung S25 Ultra. I am so impressed by what the Oppo Find n5 can do in terms of Photos that I have actually now sold the OnePlus Open as I mentioned above. If i want to get photos with slightly better zoom and ultra-wide in the rare scenarios where I know I will be editing and cropping into the shots afterwards then I will use my OnePlus 13 as the camera on that phone is stronger but that is only in a very unique case that I would need that level of improvement over the Oppo Find N5.

So as a final conclusion, the printed specs of the Oppo Find N5 cameras may not be that confidence-inspiring but what the specs in print show and what you get in reality from the camera system are two very different things.

I’m focusing on my decision about what to do with the Oppo Find N5 loan I received from Average Dad Tech Store for testing and reviewing. I’ll share my thoughts in my upcoming review, which should be ready for you to read in a few more days here on Coolsmartphone.com.