Back in 2014, when Samsung launched Galaxy S5, it’s 16MP main camera sensor was quite big for us. We started to believe that smartphones cameras will become serious thing in future. Then the culture of 48MP cameras came, and from then the journey started to 50MP, 64MP, and even 108MP. When the 108MP sensor was announced, I thought it’s a stoppage to this megapixel race, but I was wrong. Samsung has revealed two new camera sensors, and one of them is biggest till now.
ISOCELL HP1:
Starting off with 200MP Samsung ISOCELL HP1 sensor, this one also uses a pixel binning technology but with different method called “ChameleonCell”. With this method the sensor can give output in two different sizes, in 50MP and 12.5MP. The 12.5MP size develops in very low light conditions and can be made by 4-by-4 binning, making the sensor size as big as 2.56µm. In good light it takes photos in 50MP size with 1.65µm pixel size.
It can record videos up to 8K at 30fps. Instead of enlarging the 6K recorded footage, it scales down 50MP (8192×6144) to 8K (7680×4320) resolution. So you will get actual 8K footage without compromising on FOV.
ISOCELL GN5:
Now coming to the 50MP Samsung ISOCELL GN5 sensor, this one seems a premium midrange sensor which may arrive on midrange smartphones as well. The USP of this sensor is Dual Pixel Pro. It is an improved version of regular Dual Pixel tech which can do easy focusing on every side of the frame, and not just on center. It places two photodiodes each having 1.0µm pixel size, making it 2.0µm in total.
As of now we don’t know when Samsung will make these sensors available, but it should arrive hopefully soon. What are your thoughts on this baseless megapixel count hikes? Let us know in the comment section below.
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