Samsung’s latest 200-megapixel image sensor features the smallest pixels yet
In a word: Samsung has introduced a new 200 -megapixel image sensor with the smallest industry pixels. The 200MP Isocell HP3 uses an optical format of 1/1.4 inch, the diameter of the captured area through the camera lens. It uses pixels of 0.56 micron which is 12% smaller than those used by its predecessor, allowing a reduction of 20% in the surface of the camera module.
Samsung said the sensor uses a super QPD automatic focusing solution that equips all automatic focus capacity pixels. Super QPD uses only one lens on four adjacent pixels to detect the differences in horizontally and vertically to improve the performance of the automatic focus.
The sensor can also combine several pixels in one to improve the shot with low light. For example, four pixels can become one to produce an effective sensor of 1.12 micron 50 megapixels. The combination of 16 pixels in one emulates a 12.5 megapixel sensor with pixels of 2.24 micron.
An improved smart-iso pro feature, on the other hand, helps maximize the dynamic range to create HDR photos. Samsung says that the sensor can express images in more than four colors (14 -bit color depth), which is more than 64 times more than its predecessor.
On the video side, the sensor can capture images at 8K 30 frames per second or 4K at 120 IPS.
Samsung’s new Isocell HP3 now samples customers and will enter mass production later this year, which means that the first consumption devices to be shipped could arrive at the beginning of 2023.
