New OmniVision camera sensor shoots 16MP stills, 4K video

23 May, 2012
The sensor can do full resolution burst shots at 30fps and shoot Quad FullHD video at 60fps.

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  • AnonD-55045
  • N9x
  • 23 May 2012

This is still future technology. By the time 4K TVs become affordable, this should be ready to roll out.

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    • Anonymous
    • t7X
    • 23 May 2012

    what ever camera technology you use you wouldn't reach even half of what the pureview can do!!cheers..

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      • Anonymous
      • nX%
      • 23 May 2012

      AnonD-49259, 23 May 2012okay you guys say this is pointless now. bt just watch ... moreYou're right. people are for sure loosing their minds and care for numbers only. It's cool and everything. But personaly, if i wanted to make some high quality photo/video, i would choose gadgets originaly ment for this kind of task.

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        • AnonD-49259
        • fXu
        • 23 May 2012

        okay you guys say this is pointless now.

        bt just watch when the next galaxy s model doesnt come with 4k you'll be cry and saying why no 4k, samsung let us down again.

        just watch itll happen. the tech youre dismissing now is the tech you'll be crying for a yr from now.

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          • Cflak
          • w6X
          • 23 May 2012

          I personally would prefer a smaller MP count, if it means a better low light sensor

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            • AnonD-23624
            • 0wm
            • 23 May 2012

            Do not need 4K video!!

            Give me 720p Super-Slow motion and I'll be happy, I guess it should be possible.

            Even less rez, I wouldn't mind!

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              • Johnnation
              • 3nw
              • 23 May 2012

              One word: Pureview. Kiss

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                • Shadow
                • vGY
                • 23 May 2012

                kodn, 23 May 2012What are you going to do with a 3840 x 2160 video at 30fps?... moreif your bikes a 250cc doesnt mean your are going to ride it at the speed of 180kmph :)

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                  • ikkie
                  • nxX
                  • 23 May 2012

                  Stifler, 23 May 2012This is highly informative and educative. I don't really th... moreThat's what people used to say about dual and quad cores, but its all very much here and performing.

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                    • AnonD-50590
                    • piH
                    • 23 May 2012

                    AnonD-11543, 23 May 2012 4K2K (3840 x 2160, four times the resolution of 1080p) vid... moreActually it is true. x=1920, y=1080. fullHD is x*y=xy. 4k2k is 2x*2y=4xy see

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                      • ikkie
                      • nxX
                      • 23 May 2012

                      Nightmare, 23 May 2012Sh*t just got real!!!lol, copyright Martin Lawrence. :D

                      It would be good to see these being used in conjunction with Super High definition screens when they are fully R&D'd and proper Quad cores (probably on the second generation of quads) but this development will probably be some time away.

                      Meh, 1080p will have to do for the time being. *sigh*

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                        • Ahmed
                        • fv$
                        • 23 May 2012

                        iphone 5 ???

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                          • AnonD-8044
                          • Sj1
                          • 23 May 2012

                          To person below your right,if a quadcore chip @1.4GHz and Mali 400 cant preccess this camera sensor then what will..I mean if this is going into digicams as well can we expect fans/heatsinks in cameras to cool the chips on baord.What will happen is a companion proccessor will probably sit alonside the sensor chip just like on Nokia 808 PureView..

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                            • AnonD-7458
                            • RJi
                            • 23 May 2012

                            for a person that do not know much it will be LIKE crazy over it

                            Those that know will tell you 1/2.3 come on the nokia n8 2 years old is already 1/1.83

                            and nokia pureview 808 is 1/1.2

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                              • Jackskellington
                              • q8Q
                              • 23 May 2012

                              Holy crap. The Exynos 5450 might be able to run it.

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                                • kodn
                                • sxt
                                • 23 May 2012

                                What are you going to do with a 3840 x 2160 video at 30fps?
                                Even a 128GB version of a phone will lack space from a video of that caliber.

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                                  • JonSilvers
                                  • 0T3
                                  • 23 May 2012

                                  If they make good camera sensors they would make their own compact cameras.
                                  Sony`s sensors are by far better.
                                  1/2.3 immage sensor is still smaller than the nokias n8 and not miles near the Nokia`s 808 PureView.
                                  Full hd with 60frames sounds nice.
                                  Nice but nothing spectacular. :)

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                                    • AnonD-44031
                                    • th6
                                    • 23 May 2012

                                    Is there anyone else aside from me who thinks that OmniVision is possibly Nokia's "secret" co-developer of the companion chip? :)

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • vGe
                                      • 23 May 2012

                                      videos of this resolution will also require a lot of memory to store which is also a drawback

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                                        • AnonD-11543
                                        • vGu
                                        • 23 May 2012

                                        4K2K (3840 x 2160, four times the resolution of 1080p) video at 60fps.

                                        I think this ^^ is not correct
                                        1080P is 2K because its 1920 x 1080
                                        where as 3840 x 2160 = 4K which means twice the resolution of 1080P and Yes to attain this we need four screens of 1080P