Samsung presents large 50-megapixel sensor for smartphone cameras – Image and sound – News

Samsung has presented a relatively large 50-megapixel sensor for smartphone cameras. The Isocell GN1 competes with the IMX700 from Sony, which is in the Huawei P40 Pro. Samsung has put dual-pixel autofocus on the sensor.

It’s alright according to Samsung the first camera sensor with pixel binning and dual-pixel autofocus. That should prevent focusing problems on such smartphone camera sensors. Users reported issues focusing on the Galaxy S20 Ultra, which has a 108-megapixel camera of roughly the same size. The dual-pixel autofocus uses a total of 100 million diodes to determine the focus.

The GN1 has an area of ​​about 70 square millimeters or about 1 / 1.3 “, with pixels of 1.2 microns in size. With pixel binning, where the software can use the information from four pixels for one pixel in a photo, come out pictures with a resolution of 12.5 megapixels.The sensor supports 8k video recording up to 30fps, according to the manufacturer.

The new sensor is already in mass production and will therefore probably appear in smartphones later this year. The GN1 competes with the Sony IMX700, a sensor with a surface of 72 square millimeters and pixels of 1.22 micron in size. It is in the Huawei P40 Pro.

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