Samsung on Thursday unveiled a brand new 200MP telephoto picture sensor for smartphones with beefed-up gentle absorption functionality.
Isocell HP9 packs 200 million, 0.56 micrometer-sized pixels in a 1/1.4-inch optical format. Samsung stated it used a brand new materials to make the high-refractive microlens on the sensor that enhances its light-gathering functionality by directing extra gentle exactly on the corresponding RGB colour filter. The sensor was developed alongside the pattern of premium smartphones utilizing bigger wide-angle optical codecs for the primary digicam, which implies they’ve sufficient room to accommodate bigger telephoto sensors, the corporate stated.
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The South Korean tech big stated this boosted gentle sensitivity by 12% and autofocus contract efficiency by 10% in comparison with its predecessors.
The sensor excels in low-light situations due to the corporate’s Tetrapixel know-how that teams 16 pixels into 12MP. 2.24 micrometer-sized sensors to soak up gentle higher for sharper portrait pictures and “dramatic” out-of-focus bokeh results, Samsung stated.
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The sensor additionally provides 12x optical zoom when its 4x in-sensor zoom modules are paired with the 3x telephoto zoom module, the corporate added.
In the meantime, Samsung additionally unveiled two new 50MP picture sensors, the Isocell GNJ and the Isocell JN5.
Based on the corporate, Isocell GNJ is a dual-pixel sensor with 50 million, 1 micrometer-sized pixels in a 1/1.57-inch optical format. It’s referred to as twin pixel as a result of every pixel homes two photodiodes for sooner and extra correct autofocus. It additionally makes use of Samsung’s new microlens for higher gentle absorption. Pixels are additionally higher remoted from one another to reduce crosstalk, permitting for extra exact image-taking.
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Isocell JN5 has 50 million, 0.64 micrometer-sized pixels in a 1/2.76-inch optical format, Samsung stated. The sensor has a twin vertical switch gate know-how that will increase cost switch inside pixels to decrease noise and clearer photos in low-light situations. It has the compulsory section detection know-how and enhanced excessive dynamic vary. It’s an all-rounder sensor that can be utilized in predominant and sub cameras for wide-angle, ultra-wide-angle, and telephoto.