Samsung has unveiled a new 200MP camera sensor called ISOCELL HP3. This touts to come with the smallest pixel stretching around 0.56-micrometer. This is 12 percent small and has decreased the camera module by 20 percent. It also packs in a slew of features like Super QPD autofocus, Smart ISO Pro, and Tetrapixel pixel binning. Let’s understand what each of these feature mean and what benefits the smaller pixel size brings about.
The 12% smaller pixel size of 0.56μm results in a 20% smaller camera module which allows for slimmer phones.
That’s the size benefit.
Coming to the new features of the Samsung 200MP sensor, you have the following:
Samsung ISOCELL HP1
1. Super QPD uses phase differences in both horizontal and vertical directions to enable “a more accurate and quicker auto-focusing”.
2. You get to shoot 8K30 fps or 4K120 fps.
3. Tetra Pixel technology bins together 16 pixels into one which allows a 50MP sensor with 1.12μm-pixels or a 12.5MP sensor with 2.24μm-pixels. The company says this can deliver “vibrant shots even in dimmed environments”.
4. Smart-ISO Pro which combines the data from Low ISO, Mid ISO, and High ISO for better HDR shots. Even the colors are more, i.e., over 4 trillion or 64 times more (14-bit color depth), compared to the precursor’s 68 billion (12-bit color depth) colors.
Samsung will begin the HP3 mass-production this year.
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