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Guru3D.com » News » Sony Releases new IMX586 smartphone sensor - 48 megapixel

Sony Releases new IMX586 smartphone sensor - 48 megapixel

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 07/23/2018 04:54 PM | source: Sony | 21 comment(s)
Sony Releases new IMX586 smartphone sensor - 48 megapixel

Sony announced a camera sensor for smartphones with a staggering 48-megapixel resolution, that would be a photo of 8000x6000 pixels. The new product achieved compact pixel size of 0.8 μm, making it possible to pack 48 effective megapixels onto a 1/2-type (8.0 mm diagonal) unit, thereby supporting enhanced imaging on smartphone cameras.

The new Sony sensor features 48 effective megapixels, a pixel count which rivals that of high-performance SLR cameras, making it possible to capture high-resolution images even with a smartphone.

The new sensor uses the Quad Bayer color filter array, where adjacent 2x2 pixels come in the same color, making high-sensitivity shooting possible. During low light shooting, the signals from the four adjacent pixels are added, raising the sensitivity to a level equivalent to that of 1.6 μm pixels (12 megapixels), resulting in bright, low noise images.
In addition to these advantages, original Sony exposure control technology and signal processing functionality are built into the image sensor, enabling real-time output and a superior dynamic range four times greater than conventional units. Even scenes with both bright and dark areas can be captured with minimal highlight blowout or loss of detail in shadows. Generally, miniaturization of pixels results in poor light collecting efficiency per pixel, accompanied by a drop in sensitivity and volume of saturation signal. This product was designed and manufactured with techniques that improve light collection efficiency and photoelectric conversion efficiency over conventional products, resulting in the world’s first 0.8 μm pixel size, with both high sensitivity and high saturation signal level. This smaller pixel size allows the new product to deliver 48 effective megapixels on a compact unit with 8.0 mm diagonal, which can be fitted on many smartphones. The increased pixel count enables high-definition imaging even on smartphones which use digital zoom.

By adopting the Quad Bayer color filter array, where the adjacent 2x2 pixels come in the same color, the new sensor delivers both high sensitivity and high resolution. In low light situations, such as shooting at night, the signal from the four adjacent pixels are added, raising the sensitivity to a level equivalent to that of 1.6 μm pixels (12 effective megapixels), to capture bright, low-noise photos and videos. When shooting bright scenes such as daytime outdoors, the built-in, original signal processing function performs array conversion, making it possible to obtain high-definition 48 effective megapixel images in real time.



Sony Releases new IMX586 smartphone sensor - 48 megapixel Sony Releases new IMX586 smartphone sensor - 48 megapixel Sony Releases new IMX586 smartphone sensor - 48 megapixel




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Denial
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#5567373 Posted on: 07/23/2018 05:02 PM
This seems similar to the P20 project Huawei and Sony worked on for the camera in that phone. Pretty cool to see it in a product other companies can use but it seems like processing is going to be more important than ever with this kind of sensor. I wonder of the Pixel 3 series will use it?

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#5567384 Posted on: 07/23/2018 06:12 PM
sony makes about 50% of world wide cam sensors, and about 70% of video sensor,
so most stuff that takes nice pics, has one in it.
as there arent many making 48MP phone sensor, just look for its cam res ;-)

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#5567438 Posted on: 07/23/2018 08:58 PM
Just too bad there is basicly no room for half a decent lens in a phone :confused:

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#5567457 Posted on: 07/23/2018 09:28 PM
I think 48MP is ridiculous and just a full frame or medium format camera can take full advantage of so many pixels..
4K (3840 x 2160) is just 8.3MP wile 8K (7680 × 4320) 33.2MP.
Wile many people are starting to adopt 4k displays, the most used resolution is still just 1920x1080 (2.1MP).
Then comes the low light performance: the more MP the less low light performance it has.
I'd very much prefer a 9 to 12 MP sensor with good low light performance and use the CPU processing power for 60/120/240/480/960 fps video capture.

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#5567465 Posted on: 07/23/2018 09:54 PM
Hope that they can make a great firmware/image processing algorithm for this sensor on their own phones.
With old sensors, somehow all the other manufacturers could do wonders, but Sony always failed to impress even though they make the sensors.

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