Samsung announces 50MP ISOCELL GN1 camera sensor

19 May 2020
The image sensor has 100-million phase-detecting photodiodes and can translate light information up to 100 MP.

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Hilmawan, 19 May 2020I don't think so because from the point of view of technolo... moreOkay!! if you say so!

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    Anonymous, 19 May 2020LOL someones been let out the looney bin. Number 1 Huawe... moreOkay maybe i was actually wrong about that!!

      [deleted post]I don't think so because from the point of view of technological achievements, Sony's latest image sensor with 2x2 On Chip Lens still more advance than Samsung's.

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        • KSh
        • 19 May 2020

        Camera sensor with 12mp 1/1.2 - 1/1.7" will be better IMO.
        No mobile camera these days look marginally better compared to the 1 or 2 years old conventional 12mp camera sensors.

          Anonymous, 19 May 2020Budget phones? This is has 1/1.3" ... Nobody is gonna a... moreNo.

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            [deleted post]Sony isn't really sweating, not only the imx 689 is a larger 48MP sensor, so the pixel size is larger, bu it also has omnidirectional autofocus, which is both faster and more accurate than dual pixel autofocus.
            And gcam ports for sony sensors are more abundant than samsung sensors.

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              • Anonymous
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              • 19 May 2020

              This sensor has potential. But for the 2nd half of 2020, we are expecting something far better than this.

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                • Anonymous
                • gBV
                • 19 May 2020

                "It is the first one that has both Dual Pixel and Tetracell technologies"
                Likely wrong. When you watch Huawei's presentation of the P40 Pro, it seems that the sensor of the P40 Pro has dual pixel autofocus. But Huawei calls Quad Bayer + Dual Pixel = Quad x Dual = Octa PDAF (not to be confused with the Imx 689, which has a Quad Pixel autofocus sensor)

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                  Anonymous, 19 May 2020Because it's more expensive to use duel pixel on a sensor w... moreIs there any Laser AF in S20 ultra ?

                    Anonymous, 19 May 2020Because it's more expensive to use duel pixel on a sensor w... moreYou need to educate yourself so you don't spread false information.
                    Samsung 108MP image sensor uses 3x3 color filter (Samsung called it Nonacell) it's not good for PDAF, the 2x2 and 4x4 will works better for on chip lens AF.

                      Anonymous, 19 May 2020Because it's more expensive to use duel pixel on a sensor w... moreLaser AF was never faster than dual-pixel AF. Polling an external laser hardware everytime the sensor wants to know if it should pull or push the lens to focus were very slow compared to the speed and accuracy of dual-pixel AF.

                        Aldwin123, 19 May 2020What are the reasons why Samsung 108MP Sensor dosen't have ... moreSony has a well-explained noob friendly article of the reasons why quad-bayers for example doesn't have dual-pixel AF. Basically, it's the main problem or physical limitations of the tech until Sony has solved the issue which what they call 2x2 OCL tech. Here's the article for more info: https://www.slashgear.com/sony-2x2-ocl-why-future-cat-photos-are-less-blurry-11602995/

                          Shadocx, 19 May 2020This one is a bigger sensor than the HM1, while having Dual... moreOf course I'll complain

                          My assumptions are based on track record/execution prior

                          Your seems to be based solely on specs

                          Samsung's exynos 990 has far more gpu cores and a stronger one too.. it should be Better by far Vs the helio g90t then........ No one should be complaining either..

                            What is the exact size of the sensor?

                            This will be better than Huawei 50Mp sensor.

                            -Huawei has RYYB related Issues in low light.
                            -Only utilizes 9.XXMP of the sensor.
                            -Video is soft in low light with low bit rate.
                            -Kirin 990 isn't able to utilize the full potential of the sensor either.

                              "While certainly involving way more interpolation than a conventional 100MP sensor, those should come in handy when detail level is critical."

                              Never have I thought in my life that I'd need more than 50MP resolution. Maybe I'll need it if I'm gonna use my phone to take billboard posters of models, but even then, most of those things are captured by large sensor cameras that are probably within the 24 to 42MP resolution range, which begs the question for the need of such resolution on a smartphone camera that's not even intended for that purpose.
                              Sticking to 12MP whilst using a larger sensor and sharper lens makes up for a far better and more usable experience than purely high resolution sensor that compromises the phone's low light capabilities.

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                                Aldwin123, 19 May 2020What are the reasons why Samsung 108MP Sensor dosen't have ... moreBecause it's more expensive to use duel pixel on a sensor with high resolution especially when the pixel size is small.
                                But s20 ultra has laser autofocuswhich is supposed to be faster than duzl pixel af

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                                  • 19 May 2020

                                  Too little too late..like how people earlier realised exynos chipset as cheap not competing and even consider it below mediatek. The people who buy any middle and upper end phones always look for gsmarena to say it is sony or Samsung sensor. Even people who has no idea about photography started to avoid Samsung sensors. Within a year Samsung sensor business will flop and close. How much ever they hype.people will not beleive. Samsung has to quit its sensor and exynos in its high end phones if they want to survive.

                                    What are the reasons why Samsung 108MP Sensor dosen't have Dual Pixel Autofocus????

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                                      Itz vikky G, 19 May 2020Finally! samsung finally accept HUAWEI as their king,that's... moreLOL someones been let out the looney bin.

                                      Number 1 Huawei use Sony sensors
                                      Number 2 Huawei work with Leica a photography company so they not doing it all by themselves

                                      Unlike Samsung :P

                                      Anyway this should fix the auto focus issues that came with the S20 devices thanks to the Dual Pixel Autofocus

                                        nobody, 19 May 2020huawei does not produce any sensor, it' a Sony sensor, huaw... moreHUAWRI ordered it from sony, just like apple could decide to order like some custom 12MP 1/1.5" sensor from sony, this one ia custom one that HUAWEI ordered, because HUAWEI know the approach their taking, I'm not sure if I can say thta for Samsung

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