Showing off photos from the 200MP camera sensor, Samsung challenges the competition

The South Korean smartphone maker wants to push the smartphone industry into a new era of high-resolution photography, creating a sensor that can take high-quality photos for giant billboards.

In a video introducing the Isocell HP1 sensor over 1 minute long, Samsung shows that a photo taken of a cat with this sensor can be printed on a canvas 28m wide, 22m high, but still sharp to every small detail. best.

Last year, Samsung has rekindled the smartphone megapixel wars with the introduction of a new 200MP sensor. The Korean smartphone company calls it Isocell HP1. Isocell HP1 is the first image sensor for smartphones with 200MP resolution with the ability to combine 16 pixels, helping to capture better in low light conditions..

Recently, Samsung engineers released an update to the Isocell HP1 and they wanted to test the limits of what can be achieved with this sensor, even though it is not fully optimized for capturing subjects. move.

Minhyuk Lee, one of the engineers from Samsung’s sensor solutions team, believes that the main benefit of the Isocell HP1 sensor is its ability to “take pictures that can be enlarged and cropped without affecting image quality.” , as well as allowing 8K video recording at 30fps.

The Isocell HP1 sensor is said to be available first on Motorola’s upcoming flagship phone before it makes its way to Samsung’s Galaxy S23 series of phones.

Hai Phong (synthetic)