48 megapixels. This is the brand that the new Sony IMX586 established in the field of mobile photography.

The new sensor can capture up to 8,000 x 6,000 pixels of resolution, which, according to the manufacturer, no other company has been successful so far. Only Huawei – with the P20 Pro – and Nokia – with the Lumia 1020 – manages to get close to these numbers.

Sony claims that this new sensor offers a dynamic range up to four times that of previous models. [19659002] It has a size of 8 millimeters (diagonal), which translates to pixels of 0.8 micrometers wide and high . The Samsung Galaxy S9 + and the Google Pixel 2 XL have 1.4 micron pixels, which allows them to capture more light than this new Sony sensor.

To overcome this deficiency, the Japanese manufacturer uses technology pixel binning that combines adjacent pixels (in groups of four with a 2×2 matrix). The results, if they are enabled in this mode, would be equivalent to those of a sensor with pixels of 1.6 microns and a resolution of 12 megapixels.

The technology pixel binning and is used in phones like the Huawei P20 Pro whose main sensor has a resolution of 40 megapixels. However, its integration into Sony sensors – the most used in the industry – could extend this technology to the products of many other manufacturers.

With technology pixel binning active, the IMX586 could capture more light than the Galaxy S9 + and the Pixel 2 XL

Beyond Resolutions and sizes, the new IMX586 is capable of recording videos in the following combinations:

• 4K to 90 FPS.
• ] 1080p up to 240 FPS
• 720p up to 480 FPS.

Manufacturers wishing to use this sensor will have to wait until September of this year so it will be difficult to find equipment with an IMX586 sensor before 2019.