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Samsung Unveils ISOCELL Image Sensor With Industry’s Smallest 0.56μm Pixel (200MP)
Samsung Electronics introduces 200MP ISOCELL HP3. Image sensor with the industry's smallest 0.56-micrometer (μm)-pixels. Samsung has been leading the trend of next-generation, ultra-high-resolution camera development. Since first 108MP image sensor roll-out in 2019.
Samsung Electronics, a global pioneer in innovative semiconductor technology, today announced the 200MP ISOCELL HP3, an image sensor with the tiniest 0.56-micrometer (m) pixels in the industry. "Samsung has consistently led the image sensor market trend with its technology leadership in high resolution sensors with the tiniest pixels," stated JoonSeo Yim, Executive Vice President of Samsung Electronics' Sensor Business Team. "With our new and improved 0.56m 200MP ISOCELL HP3, Samsung will continue to produce spectacular resolutions that exceed professional levels for smartphone camera customers."
Beyond Pro Levels, Epic Resolution
Since the release of its first 108MP image sensor in 2019, Samsung has been at the forefront of next-generation, ultra-high-resolution camera development. The company is once again moving ahead with the 0.56m 200MP ISOCELL HP3 thanks to the regular release of new picture sensors and performance enhancements.
The ISOCELL HP3, which has a 12% smaller pixel size than its predecessor's 0.64m, packs 200 million pixels in a 1/1.4" optical format, which is the diameter of the area captured by the camera lens. This means that the ISOCELL HP3 can reduce camera module surface area by around 20%, allowing smartphone manufacturers to keep premium smartphones compact.
The ISOCELL HP3 includes a Super QPD auto-focusing technology, which means that all of the sensor's pixels can auto-focus. Furthermore, Super QPD detects phase changes in both horizontal and vertical directions using a single lens over four neighboring pixels. This paves the door for smartphone camera users to benefit from more accurate and faster auto focusing.
The sensor also enables users to capture films in 8K at 30 frames per second (fps) or 4K at 120fps, with minimal field of vision reduction when shooting in 8K. Users can capture movie-like cinematic footage with their mobile devices when combined with the Super QPD solution.
Tetra2pixel provides the ultimate low-light experience.
The ISOCELL HP3 also offers an exceptional low-light experience, thanks to Tetra2pixel technology, which combines four pixels into one to convert the 0.56m 200MP sensor into a 1.12m 50MP sensor, or a 12.5MP sensor with 2.24m-pixels by combining 16 pixels into one. The technique enables the sensor to emulate a large-sized pixel sensor, allowing it to capture brighter and more colorful images even in low-light conditions, such as inside or at night.
The ISOCELL HP3 incorporates an upgraded Smart-ISO Pro feature to maximize the dynamic range of the mobile image sensor. To make HDR photos, the technique combines image information from the two conversion gains of Low and High ISO mode. The improved version of the technology has a triple ISO mode — Low, Mid, and High — that expands the sensor's dynamic range even further. Furthermore, the Smart-ISO Pro sensor can express images in over 4 trillion colors (14-bit color depth), which is 64 times more colors than the predecessor's 68 billion (12-bit). Furthermore, by enabling staggered HDR alongside Smart-ISO Pro, the ISOCELL HP3 can switch between the two technologies to produce high-quality HDR photographs depending on the filming scenario.
Samsung ISOCELL HP3 samples are now available, and full manufacturing is anticipated to begin this year.
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#6028063 Posted on: 06/24/2022 12:37 PM
There's so much sensor you can pack on a phone, so sensor size can't grow much without phones becoming really bulky. That said, the only way you're getting more MP is through smaller pixel size.
Yes, bigger pixels can capture more light and have better ISO performance. That doesn't mean a big MP sensor can't just sum the values and just take a smaller MP photo.
This is why astrophotography cameras have less MP count than the normal cameras.
But if you have good lighting, for example during the day, high MP count captures more detail.
That said, if you're going to pair it with plastic lenses (like those on most phones) you ain't gonna see the 200MP ever.
I was under the impression that the larger the sensors pixel size, the more light gets thru and the better the quality of the image.
There's so much sensor you can pack on a phone, so sensor size can't grow much without phones becoming really bulky. That said, the only way you're getting more MP is through smaller pixel size.
Yes, bigger pixels can capture more light and have better ISO performance. That doesn't mean a big MP sensor can't just sum the values and just take a smaller MP photo.
This is why astrophotography cameras have less MP count than the normal cameras.
But if you have good lighting, for example during the day, high MP count captures more detail.
That said, if you're going to pair it with plastic lenses (like those on most phones) you ain't gonna see the 200MP ever.
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#6028096 Posted on: 06/24/2022 02:30 PM
Samsung continues the trend of impractical sensors for the sake of marketing.
Samsung continues the trend of impractical sensors for the sake of marketing.
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#6028137 Posted on: 06/24/2022 05:14 PM
I prefer the high quality 12 MP, large pixel size sensors of Apple cameras over the higher MP cameras of the competition. 200 mp cameras are seeking to impress with marketing of the high mp number which appeal more to the general masses.
I prefer the high quality 12 MP, large pixel size sensors of Apple cameras over the higher MP cameras of the competition. 200 mp cameras are seeking to impress with marketing of the high mp number which appeal more to the general masses.
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#6028145 Posted on: 06/24/2022 06:06 PM
Yes - it's no wonder why iPhones have such good cameras. Apple knows they can't defy physics just for the sake of "moar iz better". As I say over and over again: there are many ways to significantly improve phone cameras, and increasing MP count is not one of them. In fact, by adding more MP, it only exacerbates the existing issues for phone cameras.
I prefer the high quality 12 MP, large pixel size sensors of Apple cameras over the higher MP cameras of the competition. 200 mp cameras are seeking to impress with marketing of the high mp number which appeal more to the general masses.
Yes - it's no wonder why iPhones have such good cameras. Apple knows they can't defy physics just for the sake of "moar iz better". As I say over and over again: there are many ways to significantly improve phone cameras, and increasing MP count is not one of them. In fact, by adding more MP, it only exacerbates the existing issues for phone cameras.
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I was under the impression that the larger the sensors pixel size, the more light gets thru and the better the quality of the image.