Samsung’s Newest Mobile Camera Sensor Has the Tiniest Pixels Ever

Sep. 24, 2019

Samsung has unveiled a new image sensor that it says has the“smallest pixel size in the industry”. Called theISOCELL Slim GH1, it’s a 43.7MP (7,968×5,480) sensor that the company says will provide“the optimum solution for slim full-display devices”. The sensor comes with 0.7μm pixels, which is smaller than the 0.8μm pixelson its 48MPand 64MP sensors that havestarted finding their wayto various smartphones around the world.

Dispelling concerns about the small pixel size potentially affecting image quality adversely, Samsung says its ISOCELL Plus pixel isolation technologyminimizes color cross-talk and optical loss, thereby absorbing enough light to produce bright and vivid photographs. In low-light environments,“the GH1 makes use of pixel-merging Tetracell technology that enables higher light sensitivity equivalent to that of a 1.4μm-pixel image sensor”, claims the company.

The sensor supports 4K (3,840×2,160) video recording and, according to Samsung, can do so without cropping or scaling down full image resolutions.“The ISOCELL Slim GH1, with a high resolution of 7,968×5,480, is able to take 4K videos with minimum loss in field of view (FoV) … Using Tetracell technology, the GH1 is converted down to 3,984×2,740, a resolution that snugly covers the 4K (3,840×2,160) resolution”, says Samsung.

Passionate techie. Professional tech writer. Proud geek.