Samsung brings a nuclear weapon to the megapixel war on smartphones as it just announced the first camera sensor at 200MP.
Ο new camera sensor called ISOCELL HP1 will use a new technology pixel binning, which is said to significantly improve the performance of the camera in low light conditions.
With the ISOCELL HP1The Samsung also announces the sensor 50MP ISOCELL GN5, which improves autofocus thanks to its smaller pixels. One of these sensors may be available, with the upcoming top one Galaxy s22 ultra which will be presented at the beginning of next year, while the other is likely to equip the Galaxy S22 and Galaxy S22+.
By ISOCELL HP1 that breaks all boundaries and him ISOCELL GN5 bringing ultra-fast autofocus, Samsung will continue to lead the trend for next-generation mobile imaging technologies., he said Duckhyun Chang, Executive Vice President of Sensors at Samsung Electronics.
The new monster: ISOCELL HP1 at 200MP
As already mentioned, this is the first camera sensor in 200MP in the market and we will probably see it in the next Samsung flagship, in turn Galaxy S22 and Galaxy s22 ultra specifically.
This sensor has pixels of 0,64μm in size, which are not ideal for low light scenes, where larger pixels are generally preferred. Fortunately, however ISOCELL HP1 thanks to new technology ChameleonCell pixel binning, which can be grouped by 4 to 16 pixels together in a single pixel, makes the sensor much more sensitive to light and thus greatly improves photography in low light conditions.
In summary, the new technology Chameleon Cell converts Samsung sensor from 200MP on a sensor in 50MP, with the pixels being sized in 1,28-micron or to a sensor in 12,5MP with pixel size in 2,56-micron.
Of course, when there is enough light (such as daylight for example), the sensor will make the most of 200MP and will bring out the best details from the scenes you shoot.
Of course it is pixel-binning It has its drawbacks, namely reduced color accuracy, but this is not so critical for low light photography. The sensor in 200MP will also allow video recording 8K / 30fps with pixel-binning four pixels.
50MP ISOCELL GN5H: Flexibility in autofocus
The main advantage of this new camera sensor in 50MP is the super-autofocus speed achieved thanks to the use of many more LEDs (almost one million).
This combination of LEDs gives almost direct autofocus, as Samsung claims. This sensor has pixel-sized pixels 1-micron, which are slightly smaller than 1,4-micron of ISOCELL GN2 , released earlier in 2021.
This sensor is equipped with its dual-pixel technology Samsung, which applies Front Deep Trench Isolation (FDTI) in each pixel and allows each photodiode to absorb and retain more light information, while reducing the crosstalk between the pixels.
Which devices will feature Samsung's new 200MP sensor?
So far, all rumors show that Galaxy s22 ultra will be what will have the new sensor. Of course, Samsung will never reveal such information in advance, so until the phone becomes official, nothing is certain.
However, apart from Samsung, it has been reported that Xiaomi will be the first of the OEM Smartphone manufacturers to equip with the new sensor in 200MP a new flagship of its own.
Specifically, the upcoming Xiaomi 12 may be the device that will have it ISOCELL HP1 at 200MP of Samsung, but all this so far is speculation and no one can be sure if all of the above is true.
What about the 50MP sensor?
Again, we have heard rumors that Galaxy S22 and S22 + could have new sensors in 50MP for their main cameras.
This is a bit strange, like last year's sensor ISOCELL GN2 with 1,4-micron pixel size is more suited to affordable flagships, but as long as the new 50MP ISOCELL GN5H provides faster focus, it will not be strange to see him in the coming Galaxy S22 and S22 +.
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