In an editor, Yongin Park, head of Samsung’s sensor department, explains what the next step will be for phone cameras. He thinks that soon 600 megapixel cameras will be possible that can see more than the human eye.
More isn’t always better, especially when it comes to megapixels. It’s what you do with them. That’s why we’ve been seeing more and more Pixel Binning lately; a technique that uses information from multiple pixels to create 1 pixel. As a result, 48 megapixel cameras spit out 12-megapixel photos. Ideal for night photography and also allows you to zoom in on the sensor itself without loss of quality.
Yongin Park, Head of Sensor Business Team
As far as the future is concerned, Yongin Park thinks that our phones will soon have 500 to no less than 600 megapixel camera sensors. These not only capture razor-sharp images, they also see what the human eye is missing. Infrared, for example, can be used to detect skin cancer. Or with which land crops can be better monitored. Yongin Park even predicts your future phone camera can smell or taste.
Speed camera technology
It seems to be going fast lately in the field of camera technology. And that’s right. In May of 2019 Samsung announced its first 64 megapixel sensor for use in mobile phones. Six months later, it launched its first 108 megapixel sensor on the market. When we will find the first 500 or even 600 megapixel sensors is still unknown, but that Samsung is already openly talking about it promises a lot.
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