Samsung, the South Korean giant, has today officially announced its latest 200-megapixel camera sensor, dubbed Samsung ISOCELL HP2. The camera sensor for premium smartphones comes with improved pixel technology and full-well capacity for stunning mobile images.
The company has also revealed that the Samsung ISOCELL HP2 200-megapixel camera sensor has now entered mass production, which hints that it could be equipped with the upcoming Galaxy S23 series flagship smartphones.
The ISOCELL HP2 camera sensor packs 200 million 0.6-micrometer (μm) pixels in a 1/1.3” optical format, a sensor size that is widely used in 108-megapixel main smartphone cameras. Thanks to this, customers will be able to produce higher resolutions in the latest high-end smartphones without larger camera bumps in the devices.
It can accommodate various lighting levels with its Tetra2pixel. In low-lit environments, the sensor transforms into a 1.2μm 50-megapixel or 2.4μm 12.5-megapixel by binding four to 16 neighboring pixels. For 8K video, approximately at 33-megapixel, the sensor switches to 1.2μm 50-megapixel mode to minimize cropping, while the 8K video at 30 frames per second, a wide field of view along with a bigger pixel size can produce sharp cinematic videos.
Samsung is also introducing the DSG feature for the first time in 50-megapixel mode, which applies two different conversion values to the analog signal received at the pixel level. There’s also Smart-ISO Pro, an HDR solution that merges different levels of ISO from a single exposure, allowing the camera to take 12.5-megapixel images and 4K at 60fps video in HDR.
The sensor uses Super QPD in low-lit environments where all the 200 million pixels are used for the focusing agent to deliver faster and more accurate autofocusing. It is also capable of fast auto-focusing, and the new Dual Vertical Transfer Gate (D-VTG) technology can also reduce washed-out pictures from brightly lit environments.
Although the company has confirmed that the ISOCELL HP2 sensor has entered mass production, Samsung has not revealed the shipping date nor the list of smartphones to feature this new sensor. However, it is most likely to be equipped with the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S23 series, which is launching in a couple of weeks.
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