Earlier this year, OnePlus partnered up with the iconic Swedish camera-maker Hasselblad for its upcoming flagship smartphones. Later this year, the Chinese smartphone manufacturer announced the OnePlus 9 series, the first smartphone with the Hasselblad branded camera. Now, OnePlus has introduced the XPan Mode on the OnePlus 9 series smartphones.
The new XPan Mode has been introduced for the OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro smartphones in collaboration with Hasselblad. “XPan Mode allows users to share compelling and creative visual stories by recreating the classic experience of the unique Hasselblad XPan camera in a smartphone,” said the company in a press statement.
The XPan Mode has been designed to allow users to experience how it’s like to use a Hasselblad XPan camera on their OnePlus 9 smartphones. The new camera mode lets users try out the XPan’s 35mm format, with the ability to swiftly switch to full panorama format without having to change the film. The XPan Mode offers a unique field of view that gives users a new perspective of the scenario.
“Working with Hasselblad on XPan Mode has helped us recreate their legendary experience of viewing your photographs in a 65:24 format before shooting a wide, panoramic image in 30mm and 45mm. Using XPan Mode on the OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro will let our users see the world around them through a unique lens, and we’re very excited to see how this format will be utilized by our users and photographers around the world,” said Hsiaohua Cheng, Head of Imaging at OnePlus.
Commenting on the new camera mode developed in collaboration with OnePlus, Hasselblad’s Global Marketing Manager, Bronius Rudnickas, said, “Hasselblad XPan is a revolutionary product that created a new era of imaging. It not only had the advantage of 135 frames but offered the advantage of switching to a wide format mode without having to change film. It was one of the first products to feature a dual-frame 35mm film camera, disrupting the camera industry at the time. Now, with the joint efforts of R&D personnel from both brands, we have been able to bring this unique imaging style and the operating experience of Hasselblad XPan to more consumers.”
Features of XPan Mode
Two focal lengths: The XPan Mode offers two focal lengths, 30mm and 45mm, similar to the lenses on the original Hasselblad XPan camera. The XPan Mode will deliver an authentic Hasselblad XPan experience.
An aspect ratio of 65:24: The photos clicked using XPan Mode will have an aspect ratio of 65:24, the same as the original XPan camera. The images clicked on XPan mode will be cropped from the shots taken from the 48MP primary and 50MP ultrawide camera, giving out a picture having a resolution of over 20MP. The images clicked feature 7552×2798 pixel resolution on 30mm and 7872×2916 resolution pixel on 45mm.
Unique B&W mode: The XPan mode offers color mode and a unique black and white mode, and by default, the viewfinder opens on the black and white mode giving users a nostalgic feel of using a Hasselblad XPan camera.
In XPan Mode, the clicked picture appears as a negative film, developing into a still image.
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