This underrated Oppo camera mode helped me take photos that look like scenes from The Odyssey and I wish my iPhone had the same feature

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Sat, 24 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0000

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Oppo's Hasselblad-inspired XPAN mode helped me take photos that look like scenes from The Odyssey.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter For someone who loves movies, Ive never fancied myself as much of a filmmaker but Oppos
Hasselblad-inspired XPAN mode has got me rethinking my directorial ambitions.

Built into the new Oppo Find X10 Pro Max and other Find X Series phones, XPAN lets you shoot ultra-wide frames with a 65:24 aspect ratio. Its inspired by the Hasselblad XPan camera, which first launched in 1998 and could capture both standard 35mm and panoramic images on the same roll of film. During a recent visit to Mallorca, Spain, I put Oppos XPAN mode to the test, and Ive decided that a) I wish my iPhone 18 Pro had the same photography feature and b) if Christopher Nolan ever did decide to own a smartphone, he should consider the Find X10 Pro Max. If youre reading this, Chris, youll soon understand why. Latest Videos From TechRadar Watch full video here:

I bring up Nolan because XPAN mode turned what would have been good-but-not-great vacation snaps into photos that look like scenes from The Odyssey .

By extending the width of the frame significantly 65:24 is roughly the size of two standard 35mm frames side by side XPAN lets you capture the full context of a scene, and I found this extra width beneficial for shooting both landscapes and urban cityscapes. You may like I bagged my first decent lunar eclipse photos using a phone heres how I shot this stunning long-exposure seascape on my 3-year-old Pixel here's how The Oppo Find X10 Pro Max is one of the year's top cameraphones these photos prove it (Image credit: Future) XPAN works across the wide, ultra-wide, and telephoto lenses of the Find X10 Pro Max all three, impressively, are 200MP (thats a first for a smartphone) and in the gallery above, youll see I used the ultra-wide for the widest possible shots of the sunset, and the standard wide for a tighter framing of the headland. (Image credit: Future) In the Cathedral of Santa Maria in
Palma, XPAN came in handy for capturing the breathtaking scale of the building. I particularly love how, in the last image, the almost ethereal light in the middle of the scene is bookended by completely normal churchgoers. The contrast is great. Get daily insight, inspiration and deals in your inbox Sign up for breaking news, reviews, opinion, top tech deals,
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your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over. (Image credit: Future) (Image credit: Future) In these shots, Ive used XPAN to capture the hustle of busy streets. In the first gallery, see how the couple is trailing behind their runaway daughter, and in the second, how four distinct groups are visible outside the caf you just cant get the same dynamism and richness from standard smartphone aspect ratios.

As mentioned, XPAN works with all three lenses on the Find X10 Pro Max, and
in the gallery below, Ive included shots taken with the phones telephoto lens at 3x optical zoom proof that wide angles can work up close, too. (Image credit: Future) Of course, Im not the first person to discover Oppos XPAN mode, but Im writing this article to make sure Im not the last. What to read next Vivo's new 400mm teleconverter lens shows rivals Oppo and Apple how it's done Oppo Find X10 Pro Max review: the zero-compromise camera phone It took exactly one photo for me to realize the awesome power of the iPhone 18 Pro's variable aperture

The feature is actually pretty hidden (its tucked away in the More tab in Oppos camera app), and I only learned about its existence after my colleague, Prakhar, highlighted it in his coverage of the Oppo Find X8 Ultra last year.

I love anything that helps me see the world differently, and XPAN does just that. It brings an amazing new perspective that I wouldnt have paid attention to otherwise, Prakhar wrote at the time, and having now used the feature for myself, I feel the same way. (Image credit: Future) Its worth noting that you can achieve similar results with non-Oppo phones by manually cropping ultra-wide shots into the 65:24 aspect ratio, but youll have to think harder about your framing before taking the shot.

XPAN, meanwhile, lets you shoot directly into this wider ratio and even transforms the Find X10 Pro Maxs camera into a classic Hasselblad XPan viewfinder. Whats more, once you click the shutter, youll get a nice developing animation as the phone simulates the transition from negative to photograph, which is a nice nostalgic touch. The XPAN interface on the Oppo Find X10 Pro Max (Image credit: Future) Oppo announced the extension of its partnership with Hasselblad in 2025, meaning future Oppo phones will continue to feature XPAN mode and other Hasselblad-inspired photography tools, including Hasselblad Portrait Mode and Master Mode.

Its sometimes easy to think of these brand partnerships as gimmicks, or as something that Chinese smartphone companies do to keep pace with rivals Oppo has Hasselblad, Xiaomi Leica, Vivo Zeiss, and Honor recently partnered with ARRI. But if not for Oppos Hasselblad collaboration, XPAN mode wouldnt exist, and I wouldnt have looked twice at my Mallorca vacation pictures.

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