Sony Alpha engineers explain how they developed the Xperia 1 III camera

19 April 2021
The team had a similar philosophy when working on the Xperia flagship as it did when developing the Alpha cameras.

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AlyK89, 20 Apr 2021They forgot to explain us how they put the same shitty fron... moreI think they kept 8mp camera to keep bezels small

    Sony blah blah blah

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      Shanti Dope, 19 Apr 2021This video only explains how Sony sticks to the traditional... moreGood auto mode/AI for spontaneous and unplanned snapshots and good pro mode don't have to be mutually exclusive.

        Exyvia, 20 Apr 2021Basically your comment is screaming that you don't kno... moreI'm fairly certain that Sony's engineers also know that smaller sensors will give you neither a wider(you meant to say shallower, btw) depth of field nor signal to noise ratio. Speed wouldn't have been a huge issue on a larger sensor either since stacked DRAM would increase the readout speed significantly.

          Anonymous, 19 Apr 2021There is nothing wrong. Just different approach. All ... moreIf the sensor has dual native ISO and also supports dual conversion gain HDR (e.g. Isocell GN2, OV48C), then it can be used in pretty much all situations regardless of how fast the object is moving. It's a very effective way to extend the dynamic range without introducing any stacking/alignment artifacts (although most phones can already deal with them just fine with sophisticated algorithms).

            So, in translation, autofocus and object tracking capability at 5x zoom.
            Heres hoping Arena tests that a bit with some actual human/animal in movement scenario, not just some casual street corner zoom in. ;)

              Anonymous, 19 Apr 2021Their native pixel site is bigger because they do not cram ... moreThis 12MP sensor's "native" pixel size isn't any larger than the competition as it uses Dual Pixel structure, which physically splits each pixel into two smaller ones to measure the phase difference for AF.

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                  Anonymous, 19 Apr 2021The speed the light is turned into information decreases as... more"The exmor used by latest xperia are gen6, the most advanced manufacturing process Sony Semicon has. Most are gen2"
                  Post a link to the source for this information or you're blatantly lying.

                    Anonymous, 19 Apr 2021There is image stacking. But it does not work as default.... more"It works when the BACKLIT icon shows up on screen as one of the scene recognition"
                    Yeah that's exactly what it means by auto HDR.

                      Anonymous, 20 Apr 2021Cheaping out? Exmor costs much more than Isocell. S... more"Be sure that 1 year old imx557 costs more than 689, 700y and GN2"
                      How could anyone be sure about it if you aren't providing a proof for it LMFAO. Please be more responsible for information that you're trying to spread.

                        Anonymous, 20 Apr 2021Computational photography doesn't make mobile photogra... moreThat's exactly what i mean. Mobile phone sensor and lens is not doing good without the computational auto mode. So why the heck xperia engineer boasting about their manual smartphone camera mode? I say it's a marketing gimmick

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                          Event Horizon, 20 Apr 2021Sony should've co-developed the camera with the tech e... morelol, yeah all they want is oversaturation and oversharpening..

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                            gno1212, 20 Apr 2021Well sony alpha is mostly used by people familiar with lots... moreComputational photography doesn't make mobile photography great, it just compensates for the weak photography hardware in mobile phones. There's just no way you are going to fit a full sized camera sensor or lens in a mobile phone.

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                              AlexP, 20 Apr 2021Plus this front sensor is from Samsung. Why, why???? They ... moreThis time they didn't use Samsung sensor in front camera

                                Literally every smartphone out there is using that awful overprocessing, with extreme HDR. You may like it or not. But I don't think it is right to tell that a more natural approach is wrong. Truth is, you don't get those absurdly blue skies, and zero noise pictures, out from a Real Camera.

                                I like what Sony is doing, there are just too many companies aiming to get the same kind of users. They can't compete in that field anymore. And, also I don't get why you bother to complain about that. If you don't like, there at least a dozen of Chinese Brands, along Samsung and Apple for you to pick.

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                                  Anonymous, 19 Apr 2021Last year they had 4 phones of difference price range. Al... moreMotorola is garbage

                                    Well sony alpha is mostly used by people familiar with lots of camera setting, with manual costumization. Meanwhile smartphone user mostly use auto mode, relying on computational photography. It's no benefit on doing manual on phone, because it lacks of computational software which makes smartphone photography great

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                                      AlyK89, 20 Apr 2021They forgot to explain us how they put the same shitty fron... morePlus this front sensor is from Samsung. Why, why????
                                      They could put any sensor they sell to chinese companies

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                                        BliTTzZ, 19 Apr 2021A swarm of anonymouses has arrived. "Sony should'... moreHave they managed to find a cheaper flagship alternative with headphone jack/micro sd slot/ non curved edge with proper bezel/physical camera button that requires no software remapping and an oled screen that did not cut corners?

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