The Oppo Find 7 has been in the news for quite a while now, mostly because of its rumored 2K display and quite believable 50MP camera samples. However, recent leaks of the device’s render left us all looking at a 13 MP camera sensor. So how could a 13MP sensor take 50MP pictures? Andi from Gizchina has tried to find an explanation, and he might be onto something: the Find 7 could be using multi-shot camera technology.

So what it multi-shot exactly? In regular camera sensors, one pixel’s color is deduced from a Bayer array with squares of 4 different pixels: 2 green, 1 blue and one red. Each color’s value is noted and the overall pixel color is deduced. In multi-shot cameras, the sensor is slightly moved around to capture each sub-pixel 4 times, resulting in more accurate colors, more details and 4 times the number of pixels without any physical increase in the sensor size.

The technology is found in high-end Hasselblad cameras and if this explanation seems a bit complicated to you, you can watch the video below for a slightly better one:

While this is all speculation at this point and neither the Oppo Find 7’s camera sensor nor the camera samples have been confirmed, it would be a very interesting approach to get better results out of the phone’s camera. We’ll definitely know more once the Oppo Find 7 is unveiled in Beijing next week.