Samsung Announces Dual Pixel Sensor (Which Is In The Galaxy S7)

[Lucian Armasu]

Samsung unveiled the new image sensor found in the Galaxy S7 that comes with Dual Pixel technology for significantly faster autofocus, 1.4?m pixels, and ISOCELL pixel isolation to avoid color cross-talk.

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[Scrim Pinion]

Now, if only we could get the top phone manufacturers to include optical image stabilization in their phone cameras...

 

[tom10167]

how much faster does this focus than the S6 or something without this feature?

 

[dstarr3]

Still no sale until it can be rooted.

 

[rhysiam]

It's great to see premium features on phone camera senses, but there's still one massive issue for phones... the lens. An entry level SLR with a premium lens will, in most situations, produce significantly better pictures than a premium SLR with a standard kit lens (which are still vastly better than phone lenses). Large, high quality sensors with advanced imaging processing undoubtedly help, but it's just no substitute for a quality lens. IMHO any talk of phones being able to "achieve the performance of a DSLR" may be true if we're talking about sensor and processing performance, but ignores the most important components in the photographer's kit, lenses.

 

[therealduckofdeath]

@tom10167, it's insanely fast. Borderline instantaneous. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kD6Cabc6q4Q

 

[paladinnz]

Now, if only we could get the top phone manufacturers to include optical image stabilization in their phone cameras...

What you mean like the iPhone 6 plus, Galaxy Note 4, Nexus 6 and a bunch of Nokia Luminas?

 

[dE_logics]

So this proves Microsoft's 41 MP was fail after all.

 

[Pailin]

So this proves Microsoft's 41 MP was fail after all.

I'd rather do my photoshopping on my PC with better quality images than on my smartphone with lower quality images... ?