Two cameras – wide angle and super wide angle – are not much nowadays. Still, both modules are convincing. They do not deliver top results, but still are sufficient for the grade “very good” – at least in bright light. When it becomes darker, both cameras perform somewhat weaker.

Wide angle (main camera) – 1.8/4.74 mm lens

(35mm equivalent: 26 mm), 48 MP sensor, JPEG with 12 or 48 MP

As in its Pro model, OnePlus also uses a 48 MP wide angle camera in the 8, which can calculate also 12 MP by pixel binning. But the OnePlus 8 has a smaller sensor and a different lens. A score shotout with the Pro is clearly forfeited by the 8. Albeit, the camera offers a good performance. With a high amount of light, the 12 MP and 48 MP JPEGs rank closely together. The latter are modulated a little softer, but the representation of details is almost on the same level. With less light, the 12 MP images are the better choice. In bright light, the camera performs almost as good as the iPhone 11 or Google Pixel 4. In lower light situations, the images are still clear and of low noise, but lack fine structures in some parts. At night, the images turn out too dark and lack additional details, but they are still useable and comparably free of noise and artefacts. Our assessment is based on the higher overall score of the 12 MP solution.

Normal focal length – 1.8/4.74 mm lens

(35mm equivalent: 50 mm), 48 MP sensor, JPEG with 12 MP

In lack of a tele lens, the main camera of the OnePlus 8 uses a digital zoom. The 2x digital zoom however loses image quality. Even in bright light, the loss in details, which is proven by the lower Dead Leaves values, is complemented by a rise in artefacts. Huawei does an overall better job in realizing a 2x digital zoom – but still the One Plus 8 is among the best candidates of this assessment.

Super wide angle – 2.2/2.25 mm LENS

(35mm equivalent: 14 mm), 16 MP sensor, JPEG with 16 MP

The 16 MP super wide angle unit is less useable at night, but otherwise offers a neat performance. It does not rank at the very top, but still is among the better models. At bright light, the JPEGs are modulated unnecessary hard and exaggeratingly re-sharpened, but all in all the result is okay. At dawn, there are a lot of artefacts entering the images – the imaging quality then sinks to an “okay” level.

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Device	Oneplus 8
Average market price	620 Euro
Functionality
Image formats	JPEG, RAW
Focusing	Phase AF
ISO sensitivity	ISO auto, man: 100-3200
Exposure control	Auto, ISO/Time Shift, M
Shutter speed, Exposure correction	auto, man: 1/4000-20 s, ±3 f-stops
White balance	auto, Presets
Features
Display	AMOLED, 6,5", 2400 x 1080 Pixels
Internal memory, Memory card, USB	256 GB, –, USB 3.1, Type C
Video	3840 x 2160 Pixels, 60 F/s
Size, Weight, Battery capacity	160 x 73 x 8mm, 180 g, 4300 mAh

Test results
measured at	5000 \| 200 \| 5 Lux
Wide angle (main lens)
5000 Lux - Lens, Res., ISO, Exposure	1,8/4,8 mm, 4000 x 3000 Px, ISO 100, 5 ms
200 Lux - Lens, Res., ISO, Exposure	1,8/4,8 mm, 4000 x 3000 Px, ISO 800, 20 ms
5 Lux - Lens, Res., ISO, Exposure	1,8/4,8 mm, 4000 x 3000 Px, ISO 5000, 143 ms
Image stabilization	IS
Resolution Center High/Low (LP/IH)	1500 / 1612 \| 1569 / 1192 \| 1063 / 875
Resolution Edge High/Low (LP/IH)	1501 / 1243 \| 1205 / 929 \| 950 / 749
Resolution Corners High (LP/IH)	1581 \| 1257 \| 937
Dead leaves High/Low (LP/IH)	1057 / 997 \| 720 / 614 \| 567 / 337
Artefacts High/Low	30 / 34 \| 52 / 55 \| 53 / 57
Noise (VN)/Color accuracy (deltaE)	1,4 / 15 \| 1,2 / 11,7 \| 1,2 / 10,1
Distortion (%)/Vignetting (%)	0,2 / 18 \| 0,1 / 20 \| 0,1 / 39
Points	71,5 \| 58,1 \| 47,9
Score Wide angle lens	80

Normal lens (2x zoom)
5000 Lux - Lens, Res., ISO, Exposure	1,8/4,80 mm, 4000 x 3000 Px, ISO 100, 6 ms
200 Lux - Lens, Res., ISO, Exposure	1,8/4,80 mm, 4000 x 3000 Px, ISO 800, 20 ms
5 Lux - Lens, Res., ISO, Exposure	1,8/4,80 mm, 4000 x 3000 Px, ISO 6400, 125 ms
Image stabilization	IS
Resolution Center High/Low (LP/IH)	1589 / 1225 \| 1386 / 1052 \| 819 / 726
Resolution Edge High/Low (LP/IH)	1338 / 871 \| 1103 / 768 \| 788 / 1023
Resolution Corners High (LP/IH)	1191 \| 989 \| 734
Dead leaves High/Low (LP/IH)	812 / 717 \| 654 / 597 \| 477 / 509
Artefacts High/Low	46 / 52 \| 56 / 60 \| 53 / 66
Noise (VN)/Color accuracy (deltaE)	1,5 / 16,6 \| 2,6 / 13,6 \| 5,6 / 9,7
Distortion (%)/Vignetting (%)	0,2 / 17 \| 0,2 / 14 \| 0,2 / 23
Points	62,9 \| 56,1 \| 38,1
Score Normal lens (2x zoom)	72

Tele lens
5000 Lux - Lens, Res., ISO, Exposure	–
200 Lux - Lens, Res., ISO, Exposure	–
5 Lux - Lens, Res., ISO, Exposure	–
Image stabilization	–
Resolution Center High/Low (LP/IH)	–
Resolution Edge High/Low (LP/IH)	–
Resolution Corners High (LP/IH)	–
Dead leaves High/Low (LP/IH)	–
Artefacts High/Low	–
Noise (VN)/Color accuracy (deltaE)	–
Distortion (%)/Vignetting (%)	–
Points	–
Score Tele lens	0

Super wide angle lens
5000 Lux - Lens, Res., ISO, Exposure	2,2/2,30 mm, 4608 x 3456 Px, ISO 100, 8 ms
200 Lux - Lens, Res., ISO, Exposure	2,2/2,30 mm, 4608 x 3456 Px, ISO 800, 30 ms
5 Lux - Lens, Res., ISO, Exposure	2,2/2,30 mm, 4608 x 3456 Px, ISO 2000, 250 ms
Image stabilization	–
Resolution Center High/Low (LP/IH)	1718 / 1393 \| 1455 / 1154 \| 1032 / 824
Resolution Edge High/Low (LP/IH)	1385 / 1157 \| 1189 / 1004 \| 923 / 693
Resolution Corners High (LP/IH)	1131 \| 914 \| 737
Dead leaves High/Low (LP/IH)	968 / 962 \| 729 / 597 \| 395 / 250
Artefacts High/Low	37 / 38 \| 31 / 56 \| 29 / 41
Noise (VN)/Color accuracy (deltaE)	1,9 / 15,2 \| 2 / 13,9 \| 1,1 / 16,4
Distortion (%)/Vignetting (%)	/ 13 \| / 14 \| 0,3 / 56
Points	66 \| 61,1 \| 41,2
Score Super Wide angle lens	77

Score 5000 \| 200 \| 5 Lux	61 \| 52 \| 39
Overall score camera qb	53