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Samsung introduced the world’s first 108-megapixel smartphone camera sensor in August 2019, but that sensor is just a taste of what’s to come. Samsung aims to one day manufacture a 600-megapixel sensor that is superior to the human eye.
“The image sensors that we perceive ourselves in the world, our eyes, are said to match a resolution of around 500 megapixels,” writes Samsung chief sensor Yongin Park. “Compared to most DSLR cameras today that offer 40MP resolution and flagship 12MP smartphones, we as an industry still have a long way to go to match human perception capabilities.”
Camera sensor manufacturers need to establish a fine line between sensor size (small enough to fit smaller devices) and pixel size (large enough to collect adequate light). Samsung’s advances in addressing this problem are found in its ISOCELL technology. Here are a couple of videos that explain ISOCELL:
While 0.8 μm was widely considered to be the smallest pixel size on a sensor, Samsung’s new sensors introduced last year were the first to feature 0.7 μm pixels.
Samsung says its goal is to continue to lead the trend for high-resolution, small-pixel sensors and that it “aims at 600MP for everyone.”
“Through unrelenting innovation, we are determined to open up endless possibilities in pixel technologies that can even offer image sensors that can capture more detail than the human eye,” says Samsung.
(via Samsung via GSMArena)
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