Sony reaches 20 billion image sensors sold, doubles shipments in five years

20 December 2024
The company saw a huge spike in shipments since 2019.

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jiyen235, 20 Dec 2024afaik the Honor Magic 4 Pro+ used the GN2 as well. Besides,... moreGN2 is just large version of gn1. Old tech.
HP2 is more light sensitive than gn1. Much higher quantum efficiency than any other isocell .
Even gn5 and gn3 are more modern than these two.

Problem is samsung mobile. Same mistake they do with screens.
They offer what is " considered beautiful", not what is actually good.

Put galaxy S side by side with any other flagship. It is always worst screen calibration.

Honestly, I prefer photos taken by those xiaomi with HMX than current ones. Far less processed and artificial.

Looks like vivo dropped 1" on ultra too. Gonna do all propaganda to convice people that new lyt818 can do better. Many reviews gonna back it up when photos show x100 ultra does better than 200 pro. Huge margin.

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    Anonymous, 20 Dec 2024Yes that lofic stuffLateral overflow integration capacitor

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      jiyen235, 20 Dec 2024afaik the Honor Magic 4 Pro+ used the GN2 as well. Besides,... moreSamsung also gimped their raw mode

        Anonymous, 20 Dec 2024There was no client for gn2, since xiaomi went back to sony... moreafaik the Honor Magic 4 Pro+ used the GN2 as well. Besides, if Sony has better sensors, manufacturers are gonna go after em, so it's Samsung's fault. Also, they could've used that sensor themselves and they'd have gotten better results than they have now. A larger sensor nearly always wins unless the processing is super mature.

        And yes! I agree, Samsung's processing is HORRENDOUS and would've made even the 1/1.12" sensor look bad BUT, it would still be better than what we have now yk? Just asking for the bare minimum lol

        Anyways, I disagree with the processing statement. It completely depends on the manufacturer, Xiaomi's shots look exceptional (at least the Ultra phone's shots after the 12S series). Vivo looks processed but the photos still look really good but here's the thing. If you don't like the processed look, in phones like the Vivo, Oppo or Xiaomi Ultra, you can just go and use the Pro Mode and get great shots. In Samsung phones you don't have the great hardware so pro mode shots sucks as well and Sony phones have neither exceptional auto mode shots (their processing aint good enough for the most part) nor do they have good hardware for Pro Mode shots. I personally prefer taking a RAW and a normal shot together if possible and with Vivo and Xiaomi's super RAW photos, photography on phones hasn't been better!

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          jiyen235, 20 Dec 2024ooo thanks for the info i wasn't sure if it was true o... moreExcept canon, all apsc, full frame and midformat cameras use exmor.
          Canon use some 1" exmor.

          Fuji, panasonic, leica, Hasselblad, nikon, sharp, blackmagic , dji are all Sony clients

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            Mike9625, 20 Dec 2024What??? Their cameras processing is praiseworthy. A Quick L... moreAnd tonemapping stuff with iphones too

              CargoJoe, 20 Dec 2024And still couldn't compete in the camera compartment. ... moreWhat??? Their cameras processing is praiseworthy. A Quick Look to the reviews here and you can tell and not only that but one need to be blinded to complain about their cameras and praise Samsung with its extreme fake colors and or iPhones with its yellow tinted and dark/contrasty images. SMH

                SONY XPERIA phones are the best in terms of photography, if anyone doesn't think so, I feel sorry for these people. Even if you take Xperia's macro photography, not a single phone in the world can compare with it.People just watch paid trolling reviews by hired bloggers from the аpple, samsung and xiaomi teams and believe it mindlessly.It is enough to look at the works of photographers such as James Mathews,Hisanori YOSHIDA, Ollie Nilsson, Dennis Schmetz,Dominica Koszowska,Oscar Lindsey look at their work on automatic and manual settings, they are simply masterpieces and I think you will understand that XPERIA is the Best Camera Phones IN THE WORLD!

                  Anonymous, 20 Dec 2024panasonic buys their camera sensors from sony they don'... moreooo thanks for the info i wasn't sure if it was true or not so i just said it lol it seems i was right, only Sony and Canon seem to make their own sensors. My bad chief. But from what i've seen Panasonic USED TO make their own sensors so yeah i wasn't completely misinformed lol

                    Anonymous, 20 Dec 2024sony phones are just too expensive for what they offer and ... moreFor android system yeah ...it's barebones stock but for camera, far from it even with the latest toned down app. Probably the only phone with a manual mode that pushes the limits of what the sensor can do.

                      CargoJoe, 20 Dec 2024And still couldn't compete in the camera compartment. ... moreSubjective. If you like enhanced images, multiple stacked images then yeah, if you don't then the Sony is better. E.g the photos that come out of honor (kind of ok), oppo (also kind of ok but can get over processed) or motorola (horrible, unavoidable hdr like effect). The only part that's not as good on xperia is the telephoto and ultrawide

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                        jiyen235, 20 Dec 2024imagine if Panasonic or others jumped into the phone sensor... moreYes that lofic stuff

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                          TheSnowWinterR7, 20 Dec 2024Which camera department? If you are referring to Xperia, I ... morePeople responsible for xperia are same people responsible for photo cameras.
                          Since 2019.

                          But according to experts here (and those that watch some youtubers) , they are wrong. They do not know how to offer photos. ..

                          Photographyblog ( website dedicated to cameras and also tests phones sold in USA) has Pro-i as only one rated ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ for image quality. No pixel, galaxy or iphone .

                            Nobody is surprised. With phones shipping with no less than 2 or 3 rear cameras these days (most of them are a massive waste of silicon) and sometimes multiple front facing ones too, this is no "achievement" it was bound to happen.

                              CargoJoe, 20 Dec 2024And still couldn't compete in the camera compartment. ... moreWhich camera department? If you are referring to Xperia, I can understand, as Sony Xperia business is no longer about competing with the smartphone fierce competition but side-project to implement and test something new, patent-keeping division, so enboxed them into something less reliant on software and more on the know-how is expected from Xperia, even with mainstream approach of 1 VI. But THE Sony Alpha, FX, or Sony CineAlta Venice? I don't even that is possible to describe it...

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                                CargoJoe, 20 Dec 2024And still couldn't compete in the camera compartment. ... moresony phones are just too expensive for what they offer and like you said their software is overly minimalist for a lot people

                                  And still couldn't compete in the camera compartment. Just goes to show that software is just as important as hardware.

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                                    Most of the phones sold with Sony's imaging tech were iPhones.

                                    Since there's no news regarding the Xperia 5 Vi, its time for them to wake up and use Apple's Camera Tech.

                                      Anonymous, 20 Dec 2024Lyt800 ( T 808) is not cropped. It is 4,3 : 3 shape. It... moreYeah I mean that's the statement I want to tell, but I still remember fondly about the shouldn't-be-interchangable situation between Xperia Z5 IMX300, RX100 VII'S IMX383's sensor crop to 12 MP for Xperia PRO-I, and Xperia 1 V/VI's IMX888/LYT-800 sensor.

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                                        TheSnowWinterR7, 20 Dec 2024This is such a both dejavu and tables have turned situation... moreLyt800 ( T 808) is not cropped.
                                        It is 4,3 : 3 shape.
                                        It is impossible to use more than 48MP.
                                        The rest ( outside image circle) can only be used by EIS

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