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  • Samsung's new camera sensor uses diagonally-split pixels to improve autofocus

    7 days ago - By MobileSyrup

    Samsung announced a new smartphone camera sensor boasting faster and more accurate autofocus thanks to a feature called ‘Dual Pixel Pro.'
    Samsung's new ISOCELL GN2 sensor uses Dual Pixel phase-detect technology to split each sensor pixel into two photodiodes. This allows the sensor to focus faster by comparing subtle differences in the light detected by each diode. Further, this type of autofocus uses every pixel in the sensor, which helps improve speed and sensor performance compared to other autofocus methods that only use some pixels for autofocus .
    However, what sets the new GN2 sensor...
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  • Samsung's New 50-Megapixel Camera Sensor Supports Staggered HDR

    Samsung's New 50-Megapixel Camera Sensor Supports Staggered HDR

    8 days ago - By Phone Scoop

    Samsung today announced a new camera sensor featuring a number of new technologies that will offer improved HDR, low-light performance, and auto-focusing. The ISOCELL GN2 is a 50 megapixel sensor with 1.4-micrometer -sized pixels. The GN2 supports staggered HDR, which lets a device capture short and long exposures simultaneously, for HDR images with fewer motion artifacts. Staggered HDR can also enable computational HDR for video. Support for staggered HDR sensors is a key feature of Qualcomm's latest flagship chip for phones, the Snapdragon 888. Samsung also claims that staggered HDR is...
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  • Samsung ISOCELL GN2 Takes 100MP Mobile Photography To The Next Level

    Samsung ISOCELL GN2 Takes 100MP Mobile Photography To The Next Level

    8 days ago - By Android Headlines

    South Korean tech giant Samsung has now announced its ISOCELL GN2, offering an array of improvements to Samsung mobile photography. And that sensor is already in mass production, according to Samsung. So, while there's been no word of partners or upcoming devices, it could appear in a consumer-ready smartphone this year. Potentially helping move whichever phones come with the sensor into the list of best smartphones on the market.
    Samsung ISOCELL GN2 gives more power while taking less
    Summarily, the new sensor stacks in a new Dual Pixel Pro technology for better low-light and detail...
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