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Apple's latest smartphones have some pretty unique camera features but how do they do it I'm Taylor Martin this is PocketNow and this is how the Oppo find 7 a can take 50 megapixel images with a 13 megapixel camera mobile manufacturers are beefing up their camera options some through hardware differentiation others by way of some clever software trickery and Chinese based manufacturer Oppo wants in on the action it's too recently announced handsets the fine 7 and fine 7 a have a pretty intriguing trick up their sleeves both come fitted with a 13 megapixel camera around back yet their maximum output isn't 13 megapixels trying nearly four times that that's right to find seven and fine 7 a have 13 megapixel image sensors it can output 50 megapixel images what kind of black magic has Oppo tapped into here is it a gimmick or doesn't work as advertised let's take a closer look instead of opting for a major hardware upgrade like Nokia is done with a 41 megapixel sensor Appa has used a 13 megapixel AMX 214 CMOS sensor from Sony in normal capture mode pictures are taken at 13 megapixels and this phone camera operates just like any other smartphone camera point shoot edit upload nothing fancy the real magic happens when you activate the mode which Oppo originally called super zoom we were afraid when we received the 780 that the feature wasn't enabled yet or then it may be a feature exclusive to the higher-end fine 7 but after some digging and asking Oppo directly the mode has since been renamed HD picture and we're told in the final version of software it will be called ultra HD convoluted feature branding aside what's going on here is pretty simple and sort of complex at the same time it's actually quite beautiful in its simplicity basically you select the HD picture mode and fire away as usual the camera will then take 10 full res pictures select the best 4 and stitch them together to create a 50 megapixel image all in a matter of just a few seconds the standard 13 megapixel resolution is 40 160 by 3000 120 pixels after taking an HD picture the output resolution is 81 60 by 60 120 what it's actually doing isn't unlike what scientists used to pictures of distant stars in space it takes multiple photos and uses the mighty differences in each capture to fill in the blanks so to speak and helps create an image four times its original size and the result is actually quite impressive more often than not at least for us it worked pretty well consistently producing clearer images than the standard 13 megapixel shots and the idea is that you can either then crop the images without losing too much detail or even resize the 50 megapixel images it back down to the original resolution and have a clearer picture than the standard photo would have been of course there are some caveats while the 480 megapixel per second bandwidth is impressive in its own right taking 10 13 megapixel images in rapid succession and stitching some of them together takes several seconds to process each time fortunately shaky hands don't seem to throw the feature off too much images usually turned out better than we expected despite our inability to stand still but not every picture was perfect some came out looking worse than the comparable 13 megapixels shots and some had some strange digital artifacts likely from a moving subject and all the stitching going on easily one of the best examples we captured was of a newspaper the color of the picture was definitely degraded to some degree but the HD picture we took was noticeably sharper than the regular shot particularly in the clarity of the text at 100% crop this technology doesn't come close to what Nokia is doing with pure view and a 41 megapixel sensor the 1020 easily Trump's this in almost every way but for doing more with less Oppo certainly wins our vote of approval the technology isn't exactly mind-blowing but it's definitely more impressive than a 13 megapixel camera taking 50 megapixel images originally sounded it sounded awfully gimmicky at first but after some hands-on time it actually turned out to be pretty useful and very fun to tinker with and we're definitely interested to see what Oppo can do with this sort of technology in the future thanks for watching everyone if you enjoyed it be sure to click the thumbs up button below and of course subscribe to the channel to see more videos like this one in the future including more Oppo find 7 a coverage over the next week be sure to follow us on all the usual places Twitter Facebook and Google+ and pocket now I'm Taylor Martin you can find me on twitter at casper tech and i will see you next time