Sony working on a hexa camera smartphone

11 June 2019
It will also have two snappers on the front, taking the total count of cameras to eight.

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Lol looks like a disco light on the dance floor.

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    • AnonD-706668
    • U@a
    • 15 Jun 2019

    Anonymous, 11 Jun 2019That wouldnt fit in a phone less than an inch thick. That's... moreinstead of 6 cameras if they takes 6 photos from one camera sensor(what google pixel does) and merge them together...then why they need 6 cameras ? can you explain ?

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      • Anonymous
      • ss1
      • 14 Jun 2019

      Anonymous, 12 Jun 2019Both dont have EIS for 4K60 ... Videos shake a lot. If yo... moreTry out S10 plus 4K@60fps with OIS and EIS including anti-shake that samaung add to all 60fps format works just fine no shaking, but there’s a bit of drop frames.

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        • Anonymous
        • IbE
        • 14 Jun 2019

        Anonymous, 12 Jun 2019If OIS useless then why iPhone and galaxy has one of the be... moreCause they are Sony sensors mate. Hehehe

          Oh yeah baby! Bring it on!

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            • Anonymous
            • LQv
            • 12 Jun 2019

            i just know there is periscope here.

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              • Anonymous
              • LQv
              • 12 Jun 2019

              Anonymous, 12 Jun 2019If OIS useless then why iPhone and galaxy has one of the be... moreBoth dont have EIS for 4K60 ... Videos shake a lot.
              If your phone has OIS, turn off EIS and walk while recording.
              Footage will look like it was recorded by someone with Parkinson.

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                • Anonymous
                • LQv
                • 12 Jun 2019

                Xperia 1 is $888 in Taiwan. They always get much cheaper than other markets.

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                  • Popy
                  • D0i
                  • 12 Jun 2019

                  Mobilemaster, 11 Jun 2019But these are 5, hexa means 6.2 toff cams to detect depth at 2 different angles would make potrait much more realistic like Nokia 9

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                    • Anonymous
                    • ss1
                    • 12 Jun 2019

                    Unless Sony bring with that 6 camera the biggest sensor of any phone around same as Nokia pure view, lossless zoom and OIS combined with EIS including anti-shack last not least an excellent camera software then yeah.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • ss1
                      • 12 Jun 2019

                      Anonymous, 12 Jun 2019Xperia 1 has OIS for two cameras. OIS is useless unless y... moreIf OIS useless then why iPhone and galaxy has one of the best video capture of any phone around even in 4K@60fps.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • ss1
                        • 12 Jun 2019

                        Anonymous, 12 Jun 2019Xperia 1 has OIS for two cameras. OIS is useless unless y... moreIf you OIS as you mentioned then why iPhone and Galaxy using OIS with EIS and photos and video stabilization are the best even in 4K@60fps.

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                          • Hildr
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                          • 12 Jun 2019

                          Claus, 12 Jun 2019Isn't the monochrome sensors also used to obtain contrast?Well, I tried a lot of shoot with only the main RGB and the B/W sensor in the midle, and the same one with all the sensor. Indoor, outdoor, in low light, daylight, with many reflection on glasses or not. I could hardly tell any difference between the two setup. The raws had the same level of detail and dynamic range to work with.
                          But when you take a monochrom photo, it's the photo from the right B/W sensor that is saved (resulting in a wrongly centered photo since you point with the sensor in the middle).

                          Seriously, I like this phone a lot, it's really beautiful. I tried to understand how they used all the sensor, but I think they bet everything on the depht mapping, and a lot of time I wanted to use it it was meh. So like like with every other phone, I Don't use the artificial blur at all since I can't stand when it's not perfectly done like with a lens. But it's a personnal opinion, I never liked computed blur.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • kWb
                            • 12 Jun 2019

                            Maybe Black and White, Wide-angle, telephoto, and ToF along with the main snapper will account for five (5) of those, but about that other one?
                            I hope Sony brings something good to the game.

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                              • Claus
                              • DLx
                              • 12 Jun 2019

                              Anonymous, 12 Jun 2019God safe Sony from Light and i hope Xiaomi too. Their camer... moreDo you have experience with the Nokia 9 your self? It might not be the best auto shooter in complete darkness. But it does a very good job, shooting in normal situations. The phone is specially made to capture much data, to make good raw pictures. But it also does a good job with jpegs.

                              https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pIXifdqVO5A&t=133s
                              https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xE8Ekhv9drM&t=342s
                              https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mxnwzc1FHHo&t=1s

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                                • Anonymous
                                • LQv
                                • 12 Jun 2019

                                Hildr, 12 Jun 2019For the only reason there is no difference between a $400 p... moreYes there are ....

                                - $400 phone is cheaper than the $1000 not because only one company is too greedy, it is because the $400 one is much cheaper to be made.

                                - Midranges because of the weaker CPU have slower internet connection than flagships. No matter wifi or mobile data. The speed you browse or download/update apps is slower.

                                - midranges use slower emmc memory

                                I have a older flagship that has screen issues, I've been using a lower midrange since. The difference is Sun versus candle.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • fCT
                                  • 12 Jun 2019

                                  No Nokia already has 6 camera. You won't count time of flight camera. This post is just to optain market.

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                                    • Claus
                                    • DLx
                                    • 12 Jun 2019

                                    Hildr, 12 Jun 2019For the only reason there is no difference between a $400 p... moreIsn't the monochrome sensors also used to obtain contrast?

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                                      • Hildr
                                      • 0FD
                                      • 12 Jun 2019

                                      anonymous, 12 Jun 2019May I ask why people are obsessed with putting more cameras... moreFor the only reason there is no difference between a $400 phone and a $1000 phone in usability except for the camera.
                                      Also, putting more sensor to snap multiple photos at the same time and combining them is in theory far better than shooting multiple photos in a raw with a single snapper and then combining them, because things can move fast in real life. N9 doesn't count since it only use 2 of the 5 sensor to make the picture, the other 3 are used for depht mapping (that is still bad and do a lot of error).
                                      That's for the technical point.

                                      Now about the real interest, it's just marketing, like why people are obessed with SD855 here when it doesn't do anything better than a SD845 (ho, yeah I know about benchmark, but I Don't know a lot of person than run benchmark for fun when they are borred, they usually go on instagram/fb/candycrush/pubg).
                                      Or the same way they are obsessed with heavy, fragile, slippery, fingerprint magnet glass back when plastic is that better they put a plastic cover on the glass.
                                      Or the same way they are obsessed with mAh in power bank when the Wh is the real information about Energy storage capability (look at all those extra slim 30 000mAh with only 15Wh, you can't even charge a iPhone more than 3 time)

                                      Well, let's see if Sony do good with this idea, only the final resulat and camera sample can tell if it's a good or a bad idea, not the idea itself. But the camera arrangment in this render is really ugly xD

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                                        • Lumia
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                                        • 12 Jun 2019

                                        Anonymous, 12 Jun 2019Xperia 1 has OIS for two cameras. OIS is useless unless y... moreOis? Useless in video ? Dude are you crazy? Ois is essential for a good quality video recording.
                                        The professional cameras has equipments worth thousands of dollars for a stable video recording.
                                        Smartphones has ois since the lumia 920.