Future software update will add video capture and Nightscape to the telephoto and Ultra-wide cameras

With 80 members on his team (which he points out is just a tenth of the manpower found in larger manufacturers), the limited resources forced the OnePlus 7 Pro to be shipped without video capture on the phone’s Ultra-wide and telephoto cameras. However, a future update is expected to bring this functionality to those two cameras on the OnePlus 7 Pro. And another feature that currently works only with the 48MP primary camera is also expected to be made available to the two other cameras via a software update. That is the Nightscape mode. Similar to the Night Sight feature on the Pixels, this feature allows OnePlus 7 Pro users to take viewable photographs in dark and low-light conditions. In handheld mode, Nightscape delivers these photos by combining multiple images taken with a short (2 to 3 seconds) exposure time. There also is a tripod mode that is automatically activated once the phone realizes that it is steady and stable. In tripod mode, Nightscape exposure times can be as long as 40 seconds.

Zhang pointed out that the size of his team is also responsible for the multiple updates to the OnePlus 7 Pro camera that followed the launch of the phone. He states that some features had to be held back at launch and released afterward because of the “limited resources” that he has to work with.

OnePlus has its own look for photos, and Zhang says it is “a  natural look with emotions.” The company has an internally produced white paper that it calls Philosophy of Image, which it uses as a guide when building the cameras on OnePlus phones.