Samsung announces second-generation 200-megapixel camera

Samsung has announced its second-generation 200 megapixel camera, without a phone being available for this. In fact, it hasn’t even incorporated its first-generation 200 megapixel camera into a phone yet. It is ISOCELL HP3 and it is quite different from its predecessor, ISOCELL HP1.

ISOCELL HP3

The ISOCELL HP3 is smaller than the first-generation 200MP camera. The 200 million pixels are each 0.56 micrometers (μm), which was previously 0.64 m. It would be the smallest pixel size in the phone world. All pixels are 1/1.4-inch in optical size, which is 12 percent smaller than the original.

That original lens could capture images with a resolution of 16,384 x 12,288 with the full 200 million pixels. How that works with the new camera is unknown, but it could use 2×2 or 4×4 pixel binning. This merges pixels and works well for dark environments because more light is absorbed.

200 megapixel camera from Samsung

Samsung does say that ISOCELL HP3 can make video recordings in 8K and at 30 frames per second. 4K videos can even reach 120 frames per second. It uses Super QPD autofocus, which would make for more accurate and faster autofocus. The color depth would also be better (14-bit color depth for over four trillion colors). The camera will go into production this year, but when exactly and in which phone it will go is unknown. They are also not very useful in many telephones: telephones make the pixels smaller anyway. Motorola announced the same type of camera in May.

There are people whispering that the new Galaxy S23 series coming next year would include this camera. It will probably only be the most luxurious device that gets the camera, the Ultra. We may hear more about this camera and especially its application in the coming months.

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