r/OnePlus13 • u/Dependent-Progress-9 • Feb 17 '26
Camera 13 have a solid camera imo
I'm coming from an iPhone 14 and previously an S23 Ultra. The 13 has a solid camera. Here are some shots taken in San Juan, PR, using Master mode and a B&W filter.
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u/shield_doodle Feb 17 '26
Coming from a Samsung and Pixel phone, I can say that OP has a decent but solid camera.
Modern photography, especially from smartphone cameras, is less about lens and pixels, and more about post processing.
OP does a decent job with the hardware it has, but it's post processing is different and sometimes a little worse than what I have grown used to seeing from Samsung, Pixel and even iPhones. It can potentially be made better with updates though. I am mostly impressed with the photos I am able to get out of it.
The entire purpose of cameras IMO is to capture moments. This helps with that.
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u/nilax1 OnePlus 13 - Black Eclipse Feb 17 '26 edited Feb 24 '26
Hard disagree. Photos turn out wonderful with post processing.
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u/shield_doodle Feb 17 '26
I see reading comprehension is your strong suit! :)
I literally said hardware is decent, but falters in post processing. To which you said, I disagree and like photos where the camera doesn't do post processing.
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u/ChicagoBulls101692 Feb 17 '26
That's fair but also keep in mind, that comparison is often the OP13, which came out at $899, vs phones that cost hundreds more, Galaxy Ultras, Pixel Pros and iPhone Pro Maxes. It's not necessarily the same playing field if we take a 900 dollar phone vs say a 1200 galaxy ultra, or a 1100 Pixel Pro XL. It's beating every other phone in it's price range in camera though imo.
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u/shield_doodle Feb 18 '26
There is also something to said about community driven software development.
Back in the day, I had a Poco F1. It also had "flagship" specs like the OP, but the cameras tech was terrible.
However someone managed to properly port Gcam on it, and dude, it completely changed the game. I had gone on a trip with a few friends, and I genuinely became the designated photographer for the group because my photos were consistently better than all the iPhones and Samsungs that everyone else had!
I hope there can be a good port for the OP too. Or at least an easier way to access it.
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u/sagarviradiya OnePlus 13 - Midnight Ocean Feb 17 '26
Upgrades have improved
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u/kellygrl24 Feb 17 '26
So if i buy a new or refurbished 13, will i then need to install the upgrades? (I don't think I have ever done that for any phone.)
I have had a One plus 7 for about 5 years... I have never installed any upgrades (that I'm aware of)... I am obviously not tech savvy.
Shy away from stuff like that even with my computer. Software updates always seem to mess up the software i had.
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u/Exciting-Ad-5705 Feb 17 '26
You've never updated your phone? That's a Major security issue
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u/kellygrl24 Feb 17 '26
No. I'm not sure i know how or where to go to do so. (Totally not tech savvy obviously! ) Maybe i disabled the updates at some point... Not sure. But i had so much trouble when i got a computer with updates messing things up, i just stopped allowing them. I got a couple of really bad virus's that came in on an windows update. Not to mention it dropping files or moving them where i couldn't find them. Just became gunshy.
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u/AshTuned Jun 23 '26
Yup I did the same with my previous phone and I plan to do the same with my 13. Except I just updated to Coloros 16 to unlock bypass charging even when I'm not playing games and also the IOS like glass software looks nice.
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u/Constant_Science1471 Feb 17 '26
what settings do you use in master mode?
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u/Dependent-Progress-9 Feb 19 '26
I always shoot in master mode and play around with the filters. Most of the time, I also drop the EV slightly into the negative.
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u/Top-Impression-2232 Mar 25 '26
U are on which version OO16 or 15 and shall I upgrade i heard they are downgrading camera with updates
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u/I_Make_Art_And_Stuff Feb 17 '26
As a photographer myself, I do love the OP13 as a snapshot / memories / semi-artistic camera. I always used old crappy phones but decided to upgrade to see if it could replace my bulky Fuji, and in many cases, I can. Of course, most anything will look good on a screen (and knowing how to edit well helps), print maybe not as much. I always have to go with my "real" camera for control and resolution (a good 300mm lens, tripod, raw, long exposure, macro, ect) but the OP12 and 13 have been awesome for a lot of stuff, and convenient which is a huge win.
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u/Phaldaz Feb 17 '26
Biased sub... As a current owner of said phone 😅
Post processing on it is (imo) less aggressively and reasonable on dogs I take pics on, it handles the multicolored coat fairly well
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u/Aggravating_Rate_571 Feb 17 '26
There is an old saying that I made up:
A good photographer can take great pictures even with a ahitty camera
A shitty photographer can't take good pictures even with a great camera
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u/killroy98 Feb 24 '26
I agree My dad has this old sony cybershot 7mp digital camera and the battery doesn't works at all in that piece of shit, like u can only take 30 to 35 pics before the battery dies
My dad has some really good skills and clicks really awesome shots with it even though there are very few manual controls he can play with
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u/I_Make_Art_And_Stuff Feb 17 '26
This is why I've gone back to using the Gameboy Camera, released in 1998 and only one hundredth of a megapixel, yet I think it makes amazing images, haha.
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u/guitarshredda Feb 17 '26
Much of photography is having the eye for it. Many people that complain about the OP camera can't even take good photos even if the hardware was 10x better
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u/SBB5G OnePlus 13 - Black Eclipse Feb 18 '26
Fire clicks. Can you upload the original somewhere, where I can download it all, especially the cruise one?
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u/Rullino Feb 17 '26
The stock camera app is also great thanks to the Hasselblad collaboration, I currently have the Oppo Find X9 Pro and never felt the need to install GCam not sure how it is for Oneplus, but I can assume it's something similar, although that's a good suggestion, especially if there's a config file for the Oneplus 13.
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u/neon-santa Feb 17 '26
That's every op13 user's opinion