Oct 28, 2025 11:59 AM

Oppo’s Find X9 Pro is the Zoom King | Hasselblad Teleconverter Kit

Photograph: Simon Hill
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This first shot shows you where I was standing on Princes Street Gardens near Waverley Station facing Edinburgh Castle before zooming in.
Photograph: Simon Hill
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This is using the 200-MP telephoto lens at 3X zoom with the telephoto kit attached (adding another 3.28X zoom).

Photograph: Simon Hill
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This is 3X zoom again with the telephoto kit.
Photograph: Simon Hill
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This one is a 6X zoom with the telephoto kit.

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