Smartphone Camera Now Translucent 48 Megapixel, Made in Sony

KOMPAS.com – The megapixel race does not seem over yet in the field of smartphones. Sony, the largest manufacturer of sensors, this week introduced a new sensor with a resolution of 48 megapixels (8,000 x 6,000, 4: 3 format).

The IMX586 sensor would have the "largest number of pixels" The A7R Mark III sensor has made its own 42 megapixel Sony

However, as it is intended for smartphones, the physical size and each photodiode (pixel) on IMX586 are much smaller than DSLR or mirrorless sensors.

Each photodiode measures 0.8 micron so that the 48 million pixels can be compressed in a 1/2 inch sensor (8mm diagonal).

As shown in the illustration below, IMX586 is capable of capturing sharper images with conventional 12-megapixel resolution.

High resolution and small pixel size are generally synonymous with low light because each photodiode does not have a bright light. it's only a small area to catch the light.

However, as compiled KompsTekno from Engadget, Tuesday (7/24/2018), Sony also claimed that IMX586 capable of producing good pictures in low light conditions brightness.

This is because the sensor uses a Bayer Quad color filter that can combine four pixel The resolution will be lowered to 12 megapixels (48 divided by 4), but IMX586 low-light shots are called "shiny and with little noise."

Similar camera sensors in the Huawei P20 Pro

each pixel on IMX586 also increases to 1.6 microns, larger than the pixel size in the Google Pixel 2 XL pixel camera sensor 1.4 microns.

The Bayer Quad panel is virtually similar to Pixel Fusion technology in Huawei's P20 Pro smartphone, which also has a high-resolution 40 megapixel sensor.

KOMPAS.com/ OIK YUSUF Close the three cameras on the back of the Huawei P20 Pro. On the middle side is the main camera with a resolution of 40 megapixels (quad matrix bayer, normal resolution of 10 megapixels) 27mm f / 1.8 lens. On the right side is a 8 mgepiksel 80mm f / 2.4 OIS telephoto camera. Meanwhile, on the left side of the autonomous monochrome camera 20 megapixel lens 27mm f / 1.6. Only the telephoto lens is equipped with an oscillating muffler (OIS), but Huawei uses artificial intelligence (AI) technology to quell the quiver in a lot of camera image modes.

The P20 Pro combines four pixels in a final resolution of 10 megapixels, a 40 megapixel snapshot if desired. In fact, the gossip, the camera sensors in the Huawei P20 Pro is also made by Sony under the name IMX600.

See also: A close look Mobile Phone 3 rear camera Huawei P20 Pro

Back to IMX586 4K (4096 x 2160 pixels) with a frame rate of 90 frames / second and one Full HD image with a frame rate of up to 240 frames per second.

The IMX586's sampling unit is expected to be available in September, but the time of its presence in the smartphone product remains unclear.

Sony has usually planted the latest camera sensor in its own home product. So, IMX586 will probably make its debut in the Sony Xperia XZ high-end smartphone series.

Although his own homemade smartphone spelled unpopular, Sony's camera sensors creeping into various smartphones have made other manufacturers. DSLR and mirrorless cameras outside Sony brands use manufacturers' sensors

Gartner research company reports that Sony controls 46% of the smartphone camera's sensor market share in 2017, followed by Samsung at 19%