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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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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                              jiyen235, 20 Dec 2024they were going in the right direction with the GN2, they h... moreThere was no client for gn2, since xiaomi went back to sony.
                              Sammy Semicon is not going to keep making products nobody is buying.
                              HP2 is most advanced they have.

                              Problem is people responsible for galaxy S Ultra think that bright shadows, warm colours, sharpening are what photography has to be.
                              Even with apsc cmos, photos would still remain garbage.

                              It is not hardware limitations. If you edit dng taken by 1/2" sensor, it will look better than jpeg out of 1". Phone makers ruin jpeg with enhancements.

                              You will never look at photo taken by photocamera ( even one from 2005) and say it looks like oil painting

                                Bravosixgoingdark, 20 Dec 2024Their after megapixel bragging rights more than anything, l... moreThis is such a both dejavu and tables have turned situations where Sony used to be the one brags about megapixel races in 2010s especially during Xperia Z series was still around and now Samsung is the one who done it today albeit different purposes, while Sony hasn't done any camera sensor above 64MP since the IMX686 AFAIK (max Sony had done currently is 52MP LYT-800 or IMX888 of Xperia 1 V/VI If I'm not wrong and even that's being cropped into 48 MP in both 1 V/1 VI, not the full 52MP, a resemblance to Xperia Z5's 25MP IMX300 crop sensor situation again).

                                  Anonymous, 20 Dec 2024It's more 8 mp ultrawide sensor that's coming fro... moreIt's unfortunate that IMX355 is still in utilisation if not production until now. Hopefully there is an effort by Sony Semiconductor to move those companies that deal with Sony's B2B to axed using IMX355 sensor considering main sensors of many camera is already great and now the time to tricked down to the useful auxiliary sensors like telephotos and ultrawides.

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                                    jiyen235, 20 Dec 2024imagine if Panasonic or others jumped into the phone sensor... morePanasonic that use exmor on own cameras? 🤣

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                                      rizki1, 20 Dec 2024while their phone doesn't even sell 1 million units pe... moreSales pass 1 million. Almost 2.

                                        Coor, 20 Dec 2024So why they arent no 1 camera in smartphones ? Nice pics in... moreYou can look at BASF, a German company based in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Rheinland-Pfalz. AFAIK, I don't remember they had any B2C product since 2000 but they remain the biggest chemical producer in the world until now despite struggling lately, as this is due to their B2B business and some advantages that B2B had that B2C doesn't. Their closest rivals, Sinopec at 2nd place from China, is quite far behind compared to BASF as far I already checked . Sony could have imitate that business modelling for their camera sensor-related division.

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