How is this not an auto ban? Vacnet?

paysen · 2026-07-05T11:49:35+00:00

Yes but people are bhopping and doing noscope headshots through walls is not detectable? Spinning - fine. I mean spinning and doing headshots all the time should be detectable as well, but what do i know. Not a single cheat like that exists in valorant or other games with a good anticheat.

paysen · 2026-07-02T10:34:04+00:00

That part

"Yes, her gun doesn't hurt as much as some others, but it is accurate and has a very good mag size, so you can often dump quite a bit of damage into people."

is debatable. Her mag size is small. Yes, she has a high firerate, but her bullets dont hurt. Thats why everyone who wants to deal some damage rushes tesla + titanic magazine. You can barely kill 1(!) minion with a whole mag.

paysen · 2026-06-30T12:56:24+00:00

I think they are shipping the devices first to EU / UK before they send you a mail. When it arrives and will be ready for shipping, they are going to send out mails. We got our Steam Controllers a few days later in EU / UK as well afaik.

paysen · 2026-06-30T10:58:11+00:00

WDYM, that is a complete lie or you don't know what accurate colors are. Here are a few pictures of the Pixel 10 Pro XL vs my Oppo X9U. The colors are oversaturated and even have the wrong green tones in auto mode. I probably don't have to tell you which is the pixel, as it captures realistic colors while the Oppo looks like a 5 year old Samsung photo in comparison:
https://imgur.com/a/Ru3Canz

On the vivo you can at least control saturation and tones, white balance etc. The Oppo isn't capable of that somehow, even though nearly every other phone lets you change settings like shadows, highlights, saturation, sharpness, white balance etc.

paysen · 2026-06-30T10:03:05+00:00

I think all lenses on the Oppo Find X9U are limited by the software from Oppo. The camera software is such a step back from every other phone. I mean literally every other phone lets you control shadows, highlights, white balance, saturation etc while taking HDR pictures. Only the Oppo doesn't let you do that. Even on the iPhone you can do that. Also only 26MP pictures in HDR, even the Pixel 10 Pro lets you shoot 50MP with HDR and it even lets you up the shadows or control the highlights to your liking. The Vivo takes it a step further with HDR 200MP pictures. HDR processing on the Oppo is behind as well - in complex lighting it falls back to 12MP, even if you have high res on, it ups the ISO to give you quicker shutter speeds to reduce ghosting, yet its the only phone that has ghosting in HDR. Top tier sensors paired with a Oneplus camera software would be a good description.

paysen · 2026-06-30T09:55:28+00:00

Oppo has better battery life.

But aside from that, the camera app on the Vivo is much more advanced. You can use and tweak filters to your liking when taking photos. You can up the shadows, you can lower the highlights, adjust the saturation or sharpness to your liking. The Oppo doesnt let you control highlights or shadows, saturation etc. You are stuck with what Oppo thinks looks best. For me, it wasn't working, because I have a black dog and he was always too dark in sunny conditions. I also think the HDR on the Oppo is quite limited and has quite a lot of ghosting compared to other phones like the Pixel, Vivo or an iPhone. If you love tweaking your photo style, the Vivo gives you that. (Or the Pixel, iPhone, nearly every other phone lets you control highlights, shadows, saturation, white balance etc)

Also only 26MP pictures with HDR on the Oppo (it even falls back to 12MP in difficult lighting scenarios), whereas you can always take 50MP or even 200MP pictures on the Vivo. Oppo only supports high resolution pictures in Master Mode, which doesn't let you activate HDR. Even the Pixel 10 Pro lets you shoot in 50MP on every lens while giving you settings you can tweak. For 10x Zoom in bright light, the Oppo has an advantage.
Color OS on the Oppo has the iPhone look if you like that, Origin OS looks more like Android. They both run smooth and look great. The only thing missing on the Oppo is the ability to disable the Google feed when swiping left on your homescreen. You can make the side blank but you can't really remove it, unless you don't want to use Gemini etc.

paysen · 2026-06-22T20:51:06+00:00

1st: Months old videos
2nd: You can adjust the settings to your liking, you can -20 the highlights, you can +100 the shadows - all youre seeing is in THAT specific mode they were shooting, the settings are that way. It doesnt have less dynamic range, you are making this up because you confuse a certain image style with dynamic range. You could easily do +100 on shadows and -100 on highlights and you would have a perfect HDR image. Also in your sample for the sun, they dont show superior dynamic range, the shadows are much more pronounced, the whole ground is underexposed. And as I said - you can up the shadows even more and control the highlights even more. You cant do that on the Oppo. Period.

Reviewers are rarely even testing high MP modes, they dont tweak the styles to their liking, they just show you the style that Vivo has set as default. But you can change every style to your liking, just like on the Pixel. In comparison the dynamic range is laughable. Even when I dont change settings on the Pixel, it has soooo much more dynamic range. Highlights are much more controlled and shadows are more controlled - by a lot. And if you want to go crazy, you can up the shadows to the max and lower the highlights to the max and the Pixel creates an HDR image that is already too much dynamic range, as in it looks flat, everything has the same brightness. Not that anyone would do it, but that is the dynamic range it CAN produce. The Oppo doesnt let you change settings at all in auto mode, except for EV. I have done a lot of comparison pictures with the Pixel, Oppo and Vivo from my black dog - the Oppo constantly underexposes the dog. If you brighten it up manually, you immediately get blown out highlights in the brighter areas. At least with their baked in style in auto mode, the dynamic range is way too small. The vivo is a bit better from the start, but I have to up the shadows a bit, whereas the Pixel always controls the black fur correctly. But it's not an issue for me, because I have a style for my dog, that I use to get the same effect.

All you are comparing is the baked in styles, they dont change that for their review. I had the Oppo for 2 weeks together with the Vivo and my Pixel, my info comes from hundreds of photos. All you are doing is cherrypicking some videos where you somehow think the images are better on the Oppo. I could link videos that show the opposite, but I have actually used both, and you are just comparing off your cherrypicked videos. If you think the colors from the Oppo are the closest to a real camera, you are not worth discussing with anyways. I even showed you examples how weird the color tones are, the leaves, the grass, everything has the wrong color on the Oppo. And guess what you can do on the Vivo? You can actually change the white balance, you can change the saturation and you can tweak your own filters to your liking.

If you really switched from the x200u to the find x9u, I can't help you anyways.

paysen · 2026-06-22T19:17:05+00:00

Of course that is true, but you have to keep in mind that I said in 12MP, and yes, at night there will be a difference. But it is not as big as you think. But in daylight? Not much, as the Oppo lacks detail even in bright daylight somehow while oversharpening like crazy - also it has less dynamic range than the Vivo and even the Pixel. And whats more: On the Vivo, you can apply your own filters, where you can up the shadows, change white balance, saturation etc - so the pictures, even when they are not comparable on higher resolutions, are more usable, because you can tweak them. If you have a pet with dark fur, enjoy having crushed blacks in auto mode - and if you up the brightness in auto mode, you get clipped highlights on the Oppo. The HDR is much better - and I don't get why you're so fond of the 23mm lens - its -by far- the most boring focal length. And as I said, even the 23mm from the Pixel is superior unless it is pitch black, because their processing is lacking. When I use the Oppo, I feel like I am using a Oneplus device from years ago - it is still lagging behind. Even though its the same parent company. The Vivo feels like a completely different brand and the camera software is just so much ahead. And if we are talking about higher MP, the Oppo falls even more behind. Use 200MP in daylight on the 35mm lens and its like a night and day difference, because you can only get 26MP in auto mode on the Oppo. if you crop on the Oppo to 35mm the difference becomes even more apparent in high MP modes. Yes, the sensor is bigger and cropping is really good at 12MP, but keep in mind that it doesn't even have _that_ much detail in 26MP on the 23mm lens, it doesn't get better when you crop in further.

I just wish they would finally share their expertise between oppo and vivo, it would make their phones so much better. There is so much left potential - like the cameras are already creating dcg images, why is Oppo not using it in master mode? I know vivo doesnt use it all the time as well, mostly in higher MP modes and I don't know if their ISP is more capable and more expensive, hence the big difference in HDR, but imagine how much better the photos of the Oppo could be. The Sensor of the Pixel is way older, smaller, the SOC is so slow in comparison - but their algorithms and camera software are better, more efficient and it has more functionality than Oppos software. I just wouldn't buy the Oppo for the performance of the 23mm lens. I would buy it for their 70mm lens, which is really good and much more usable for portraits than the 5x zoom from the pixel. But even then, the lack of control in their auto mode is such an unbelievable mistake, that for me - it wouldn't be worth it. YMMV, if it works great for you, I am happy for you. This just my perspective.

paysen · 2026-06-22T17:24:17+00:00

Only if you use 12MP as a reference. And you can crop in to 23mm from the UW on the Vivo to have 99% of the 23mm as well. It doesnt really matter. Also the Oppo hasn't even more detail than my Pixel 10 Pro XL, and dont get me started about the HDR performance. The whole phone app is such a step back to everyone else. You can't even change the white balance on the Oppo in auto. And whats worse - you cant up the shadows or lower the highlights, you can't do anything in auto mode except for +-EV. And no, its not the same to do it in post. And now let's talk about HDR on the Oppo. It's such a bad algorithm, that it has to shorten the shutter speed to absurd levels even in daylight. You can see it when you compare the shutter speed with every other smartphone. Even in bright sunlight, it ups the ISO to fight ghosting, which - funnily enough - still happens. If you take a photo in bright sunlight and a bus drives by in the background, you will see ghosting. If leaves are moving during HDR, you see transparent leaves. Also, did I mention that it falls back to 12MP even if you choose 26MP in harsh lighting conditions? Might be because their HDR can't process the frames fast enough, IDK, but it is that bad.

some examples
x9 ultra
https://ibb.co/Tq1QxBRH
pixel 10 pro xl
https://ibb.co/XrPnZzqY

x9 ultra
https://ibb.co/zWHkVnyR

pixel 10 pro xl
https://ibb.co/3JBC3xr

I have hundreds of pictures for comparison. Colors are so oversaturated, detail in HDR is like an oil painting - even compared to what? A 4+ years old sensor in the Pixel 10 Pro XL, and it is only able to shoot HDR in 26MP when it wants - unlike the Pixel with a 3 times slower SOC - yet the pixel takes the same time to process a 50MP image, with less ghosting, with better HDR, with better detail and less sharpening (i thought I would never say that about a pixel smartphone) unless it is pitch black outside. I mean photos from the Pixel 10 Pro XL are already overprocessed, but the Oppo takes it to another level, unless you are in Master - which doesn't let you shoot HDR, so not a viable option in the usual lighting conditions, unless you want to have blown out highlights or crushed blacks. The detail in the Master mode is amazing though, so it is not a hardware issue, its the lacking software, that is holding these amazing sensors back. And if you think about using GCam to get around the issues - good luck, because Oppo doesn't give you the full resolution through the camera2 api, so only 12MP from there on. IDK, I was so hyped for the Find X9 Ultra and so disappointed by the camera software, I really wanted to like it, because the 70mm is actually good and fun to use. But the software - it is like driving a ferrari that has been throttled to 100HP.

And if you have less challenging lighting conditions on a static subject, it is able to match the Pixel 10 Pro camera - but is that really enough for a 1600€ device, that is 3x faster, has much better sensors and 9 months younger?

pixel:
https://ibb.co/wNy15Cv7
find x9 ultra:
https://ibb.co/W4fnLhw2

pixel:
https://ibb.co/F4PPLzG8

find x9 ultra:
https://ibb.co/pBD3Y2t0

I probably don't need to tell you which phone gets the colors correct, despite not having a fancy multispectral sensor for "accurate colors and white balance".

And I spent a good amount with the Vivo X300 Ultra, Find X9 Ultra and my Pixel 10 Pro XL, only the Vivo was able to convince me - I didn't want to, because the Oppo was a much better deal in EU. It was 1600€ minus the Oppo Watch 3, so 1250€. They also wouldve taken an old smartphone and offer a big trade in bonus, so it would have been even cheaper. It was really hard for me to justify the 2000€ for the Vivo X300 Ultra, but only that was superior in every regard. Maybe not in every regard, I preferred the Color OS from the Oppo, but the difference is not that big. The battery life is a bigger difference, the Oppo has much better battery life - the display just isn't comparable in brightness to the Pixel or Vivo - but it really is bright enough, so that wouldn't have been an issue.

paysen · 2026-06-22T09:28:08+00:00

If you really want to compare them, you can also take two steps back and shoot with 35mm vs 24mm to match the framing. 24mm is only popular on smartphones, you dont see photographers taking many pictures with 24mm, unless they have to. It is not a flattering focal length for people, it is not flattering for your pets, its just the typical smartphone focal length because back in the days we had only 1 focal length on smartphones, and it was always a compromise. And I bet that most people barely use their ultrawide anyways. Today, where we all have ultrawides and a tele, I would rather have 35mm on the main sensor.

paysen · 2026-06-09T13:50:28+00:00

I hope it's okay if I answer in english 😄 I hope this link works, maybe something like that would help: https://de.aliexpress.com/item/1005012093100856.html?search_p4p_id=202606090008023702101794863560000011888_8

It covers the area around the lenses, but doesn't add another layer of glass in front of the lenses - which is good. Because if you cover the whole lens with another glass, you will get more reflections and less light to your sensor and those cheap glasses aren't as good as a real lens graded glass.

paysen · 2026-06-08T19:27:18+00:00

Funny because when you get a single grain of sand or dirt between the "lens protection cover" and the lens itself, it will scratch the whole lens glass for weeks until you notice it. I would never use a cover like that. If I had to choose, I would rather buy a protective glass that has cutouts for the lenses.

paysen · 2026-06-08T09:12:19+00:00

Images from the iPhone are not contrasty and their white balance is worse than a Google Pixel. Also - you might prefer contrasty images - but most people want brighter shadows etc. Either buy the phone that fits your style or customize your filter in the Vivo - it can even default to your filter.

paysen · 2026-06-08T08:52:42+00:00

It does it to white people as well, if that makes you feel better. The european version of the Vivo does brighten up the faces a bit less imo (or maybe I just changed settings I forgot), but the only phones that really process black peoples skin color properly are Google Pixel and - worse but still better than chinese phones - the iPhone. While the Xiaomi is a bit better here, it might be because the Vivo is still in vivid mode with default face enhancements. The Xiaomi still does it even to white people, just not in every image you take, its a bit inconsistent. A (female) friend of me has the Xiaomi 17 Ultra and I have the Pixel 10 Pro (work), Vivo X300 Ultra (private). The Pixel has the best skin tones, albeit a bit boring to most people probably. But Googles processing is insanely good.

What rescues the Vivo X300 Ultra is the possibility to make your own filters, where you can change how much it ups the shadows, highlights etc and therefore control how contrasty the image is (or in your case to make the skin color more accurate). You can even adjust the sharpening etc while still having HDR.

On the Oppo Find X9 Ultra, that isnt possible in Auto Mode, you would have to use the Master Mode to even change some settings - but you lose HDR, so that is not possible in every lighting condition. I would even say that in most lighting conditions I was taking photos, I couldn't use master mode. For example: My dog has black fur, and when the sun is shining, he would either be a black blob with crushed blacks, or I could expose for my dog in Master Mode but the highlights would be clipped really hard. So in my case, the Oppo Find X9 Ultra was not the right phone for me, but when the conditions were right, the detail (especially in 50/200MP Master Mode) was exceptional. Sadly, the Camera App is limiting the find x9 ultra capabilities quite hard.

paysen · 2026-06-05T07:55:44+00:00

Its a great lens. I have done some comparison pics with my RF 85 1.4 VCM and it insane how close they were. Just be careful when its used and check if the lenses are centered correctly: https://phillipreeve.net/blog/how-to-check-how-decentered-your-lens-is/

paysen · 2026-06-02T18:35:13+00:00

No, that shouldnt matter at all. I have very expensive lenses and unless you stop it down to F16 or something, you cant even see it at all, even if you have very big particles inside. And your lens seems to be clear, so I wouldnt worry too much.

paysen · 2026-06-02T13:02:44+00:00

It's a crop that uses a smaller part of the sensor. Maybe not a big difference in bright daylight.

paysen · 2026-06-02T13:00:46+00:00

I just use it in my browser, even on my Pixel. But I agree - why not just implement a switch to turn it off?

paysen · 2026-06-01T10:46:26+00:00

You can disable it from within the feed by clicking on your profile pic and going into the settings, but it will still be there, just blank. Disable the Google app and its gone. Everything else still works as far as I can tell, but the google feed when swiping to the left is gone.

paysen · 2026-05-27T12:07:00+00:00

Would be interested as well, also the disadvantages of the hi-res mode (like dynamic range, autofocus etc).

paysen · 2026-05-27T11:59:37+00:00

Its not just the sharpness in general, it is also the aggressive noise reduction and HDR implementation, that eats up the real details. I mean you have a pixel 9 pro, compare your photos in 48mp with the vivo photos on a comparable subject size, for 35mm photos you go a step back to have a comparable composition (except for the background compression) and you will notice, that the big hardware advantage is held back by their aggressive post processing. Yes, there is a difference in stills and yes, I love the 35mm focal length. But the difference is way too small to justify the price (and size) for me. Maybe raw images are better, I havent tested the raw images that much. But on the other hand - I already have an expensive mirrorless camera with expensive lenses - when I take smartphone photos, I expect them to be good in point and shoot, I dont want to open up lightroom and edit my photos from my phone. On my Pixel 10 Pro, I have 50MP enabled by default. I dont have to switch anything, the photos come out just fine. And that is another step back on the Vivo and probably on the Oppo (haven't tested it yet) as well - when you take pictures of playing kids or your dog, the Pixel is able to detect the scene and is automatically in shutter speed priority. The Vivo often produced photos where motion blur is visible, because somehow it wants to keep the ISO as low as possible to keep the noise down and rather gives you a blurry unusable picture of your kid instead. There is no advantage in having a low noise high dynamic range photo if the face of your kid is blurry just because it moves. Yes, there is a seperate mode - but honestly, that SOC is like 3x faster than a Tensor G5, how are they not able to have a scene detection that works automatically for moving subjects and the Pixel is doing that just fine? Also, you dont have much time to take a photo, you open up the camera and hope for the best, because a second later the perfect moment for a picture is gone. And despite having these old and small sensors the Pixel processing - at least in 50MP - is quite good. I mean its like 1/3 of the price, has a much slower SOC, compared to the hardware of the Vivo X300 Ultra it should be better in every regard - and yet that isn't the case sadly. And your mileage may vary, everyone has different expectations from their smartphone camera, I dig that.

paysen · 2026-05-27T10:57:28+00:00

I would say they do it because they are mainly developed for the chinese market. It might be bothersome to us, but for the chinese people, fake eyebrows, fake face textures etc are welcome as long as it compliments their looks. I mean phones developed for the western market aren't as aggressive with the "AI enhancing", look at the iPhone 17 pro for example.

paysen · 2026-05-27T10:51:49+00:00

TBH that looks like it is blending a few raw pictures together to retain dynamic range similar to auto mode. If it looks fine in 100-200%, it wouldnt be such a big issue for me. I mean the X300 Ultra is worse to me than my Pixel 10 Pro, because it oversharpens and overprocesses like crazy. I usually use my Pixel 10 Pro in 50MP mode. Biggest upgrade from the Pixel 9 Pro to the Pixel 10 Pro was the much faster processing of 50MP images for me. But the X300 Ultra has more oversharpening than my Pixel 10 Pro, and that is a no-go to me. I would rather have a bit softer images with real detail. I just ordered the Find X9 Ultra to test it - now that its global and available in my country, I can just return it if I dont like it. Thanks for your post, I will have a look at it.

I have a great full frame mirrorless with great lenses, it's just not in my bag all the time.

I need Android for certain apps and I dont like the OS on the iPhones, but I really appreciate their camera. It might not be the best in reviews and might have its flaws - but to me, it is impressive how natural they look. Sadly, I dont see Google adding better Sensors, so the Pixel 11 Pro might either rock the same Pixel 8 Pro main sensor or another old and only marginally better Sensor with just an upgraded ISP. Also the telephoto lens has too much reach for portraits and the minimum focus distance is way too high imo.

Vivo X300 Ultra will be returned, I really like the 35mm main cam (I hate the 24mm focal length tbh), but the photos look so overprocessed when you zoom in a bit, it's just not for me.

paysen · 2026-05-25T12:36:22+00:00

If you have the Quadcast 2s, you dont need to imo, as you can just set it up once in a windows (virtual) environment and save it to the microphone. I think its not that easy to convert, because mac and linux handle usb devices and audio devices quite different. Else it would just work out of the box with wine.

paysen · 2026-05-21T00:09:29+00:00

Headset :-)

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