Samsung is looking to take the megapixel war to another level. Earlier in the year, we learnt that the South Korean company had been busy developing a 600 Megapixel sensor, however, it has now been revealed that Samsung is in advanced stages of developing a camera sensor that can capture more than human eyes.
To recall, Samsung is the only company that has developed a commercially available 108-megapixel ISOCELL mobile camera sensor that is already seen on a couple of smartphones.
Now a popular leakster that goes by the name Ice Universe and is known for accurate insider reveals has shared – what looks like a slide of a presentation – confirming the current status of Samsung’s 600-megapixel plans.
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Samsung is really doing 600MP sensors! pic.twitter.com/vGgsfxsGGhDecember 5, 2020
According to the leaked slide, which reveals a lot of information around the project, the new massive sensor could allow zooming in on 4K and 8K videos while retaining video quality. This would also translate to a single sensor on a phone, however, since this will be a massive camera module that ends up as a huge camera bump.
Though Samsung will have its task cut out before it can make its new achievement available to the public. Based on the leaks, it looks like the current module is big enough to occupy 12% of a smartphone's rear panel and we are also talking about a 22-mm protruding bump on a phone. Not only will Samsung have to work to reduce the size of this camera module but it will also have to work on the size of image and video shot using this massive sensor.
Do we need a 600-megapixel sensor on a smartphone?
We’ve had smartphone makers competing to outdo each-others when it comes to the megapixel count. With 48-megapixel and 64-megapixel becoming a norm and even available in budget and midsegment devices, smartphone makers have trained their guns towards 108-megapixel sensors. There were rumours that a 256-megapixel sensor is in the works and was expected to be unveiled this year itself, however, it may have been derailed due to the impact of Covid-19 and may debut sometime early next year.
For those who’re not aware, companies use a method called pixel binning or quad-pixel technology that combines an array of 4 pixels to work as one. This means a 12-megapixel sensor could easily be used to capture 48-megapixel or 64-megapixel image.
In Samsung’s case, the South Korean company is looking to use a nano-cell method that makes use of 9 pixels as one which basically means using nine 0.8μm pixels to work like one 2.4-μm pixel to achieve an output of 600-megapixel.
Though development and innovation are the way to move forward, however, a higher count of megapixel does not always translate into superlative images. The end result largely depends on basic factors like the positioning of the subject, light conditions and post-processing using software algorithms. Even smartphones from Google and Apple that are widely regarded as the best camera phones are highly dependent on software rather than cramming sensors with a higher megapixel count.
That said, a 600-megapixel sensor could really come handy for products like surveillance drones, satellites, self-driven vehicles, and other internet-enabled gadgets that we may see in the near future.
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