We tested the OnePlus 15’s cameras

The OnePlus 15 just became official today in China, and it’s expected to reach international markets next month. Ahead of that, we were lucky enough to have the opportunity to shoot some camera samples with the OnePlus 15 around Prague in Czechia. So here they are.

The OnePlus 15 gave up on the Hasselblad co-branding of its predecessors in favor of the company’s own self-developed DetailMax Engine, billed as its new era of computational imaging that focuses on delivering “clear and real” images (these are OnePlus’ words). So we put that to the test, let’s start with images from the main camera during the day.

OnePlus 15 samples from the main camera

We’ll refrain from judging these, expect our full thoughts in our comprehensive review of the OnePlus 15, which is coming soon. Next up we have 2x zoom samples.

OnePlus 15 2x zoom camera samples

The viewfinder also offers 3.5x magnification, so naturally we tested this too.

OnePlus 15 3.5x zoom camera samples

But there’s also a 7x option in the viewfinder, so we couldn’t help but see what such images would look like.

OnePlus 15 7x zoom camera samples

The zoom slider actually goes all the way up to 120x, and we also captured a few shots using this insane magnification level (that is most likely AI-enhanced, by the way).

OnePlus 15 120x zoom camera samples

Now let’s turn our attention to the ultrawide camera, here’s its output.

OnePlus 15 ultrawide camera samples

We also took some night shots at all of the aforementioned magnification levels. Note that all of these are in Auto mode, there was no dedicated Night Mode used (but most shots did employ some form of automatic Night Mode). Starting with the main camera:

OnePlus 15 nighttime samples from the main camera

Then jumping to 2x zoom.

OnePlus 15 nighttime 2x zoom samples

And here are some 3.5x zoom shots at night.

OnePlus 15 nighttime 3.5x zoom samples

Of course we also tested how 7x zoom images would look during the night.

OnePlus 15 nighttime 7x zoom samples

And the ultrawide too.

OnePlus 15 nighttime ultrawide samples

Finally, we took a selfie during the day and two at night (the first one is with no flash, the second one employs the screen flash, the difference is quite obvious).

OnePlus 15 selfies

In conclusion, we’ll say that OnePlus’ decision to end its partnership with Hasselblad is definitely an interesting one, and it remains to be seen how people will react to it. The DetailMax Engine promises to keep Hasselblad’s “refined aesthetic sense” as part of its DNA, “woven into every future OnePlus camera”, the company says.

We’ll be able to tell you what we think about all of this once we’ve captured our usual review shots, so stay tuned for our full review of the OnePlus 15.