Samsung Electronics has disclosure Its latest 200-megapixel camera sensor with the smallest pixel count is expected to allow manufacturers to keep their high-end smartphones slim. Also, the HP3 sensor features technology like in-pixel autofocus, binning for better low-light shooting, and multi-ISO boost for maximum dynamic range.
The sensor is 1/1.4-inch, which is quite large for a smartphone but extremely small for a 200-megapixel sensor. Samsung claims that it has the smallest pixel in the industry at 0.56 microns, which is 20% smaller than the 0.64 micron pixel of Samsung. ISOCELL HP1 launched last year. However, that is not entirely correct, as the Chinese manufacturer Omnivision disclosure 200-megapixel sensor with the same 0.56-micron pixel size in February.
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However, Samsung’s sensor has some nice tech tricks up its sleeve. Each pixel has AF detection, and “Super QPD” technology uses a single lens element across four pixels for faster and more accurate autofocusing. It can also stitch four 0.56-micron pixels into a larger 1.12-micron 50-megapixel sensor for better low-light capabilities, or even combine 16 pixels into a single 2.24-micron size. This is still significantly smaller than most camera sensor pixels (Sony’s 61-megapixel full-frame A7R IV sensor has 3.76 micron pixels), but should allow for good low-light shooting.
In addition to high-resolution photos, it also allows 8K video recording at 30fps and 4K video at 120fps, while using almost the entire sensor width. Finally, it offers 14-bit color depth (4 trillion colors), which is four times the 12-bit depth of most smartphone sensors. Mass production will start this year, and you’ll probably see 200-megapixel phones with sensors in 2023.
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