Samsung Electronics has unveiled its newest 200-megapixel digicam sensor with a number of the tiniest pixels but, which it says will permit producers to maintain their premium smartphones slim. At the identical time, the HP3 sensor packs expertise like autofocus functionality in each pixel, binning for higher low gentle functionality and multi-gain ISO for optimum dynamic vary.
The sensor is 1/1.4-inches in measurement, pretty massive for a smartphone however extraordinarily tiny for a 200-megapixel sensor. Samsung claims that it has the business’s smallest pixels at 0.56 microns, 20 % smaller than the 0.64 micron pixels of the ISOCELL HP1 launched final yr. However, that is not fairly correct, as Chinese producer Omnivision unveiled a 200-megapixel sensor with the identical 0.56 micron pixel measurement again in February.
Still, Samsung’s sensor has some good tech methods. Each pixel has autofocus detection functionality and the “Super QPD” tech makes use of a single lens over 4 pixels that permits for faster and extra correct autofocus. It may bin 4 0.56 micron pixels into a bigger 1.12 micron 50-megapixel sensor for higher low gentle functionality, and even mix 16 pixels into one 2.24 microns in measurement. That’s nonetheless significantly smaller than most digicam sensor pixels (Sony’s 61-megapixel full-frame A7R IV sensor has 3.76 micron pixels), however ought to permit for respectable low-light taking pictures functionality.
In addition to high-res pictures, it permits for 8K video at 30fps and 4K at 120fps, whereas utilizing almost the total sensor width. Finally, it provides 14-bit coloration depth (4 trillion colours), quadrupling the 12-bit depth of most smartphone sensors. Mass manufacturing is about to start this yr, and you will most likely see 200-megapixel telephones utilizing the sensor in 2023.