Samsung unveils the 200-megapixel sensor, a sensor named ISOCELL HP2which should arrive in Galaxy S23 Ultra. The new sensor comes with “Dual Vertical Transfer Gate (D-VTG)” technology, which according to Samsung should prevent “smearing” of images and strengthen colors in very bright lighting conditions.
The ISOCELL HP2 sensor contains 200 million 0.6 µm pixels in a 1/1.3 inch optical format. This is the same sensor size that is widely used in 108-megapixel smartphone cameras. This allows consumers to enjoy even higher resolutions on smartphones without larger camera bumps on their devices. Samsung managed to bring a 200-megapixel sensor same physical size which was before the 108-megapixel sensor. This means the same physical size but with much better data.
The new sensor is the successor to the HP1, the previously announced 200 megapixel sensor that actually didn’t make it to any Samsung smartphone.
The 1/1.13-inch sensor uses pixel binning to produce good, sharp, and better overall quality images at a lower resolution. Samsung reports that the HP2 sensor can produce 50 megapixel images at 1.2μm or 12.5 megapixels at 2.4μm and 8K video at up to 33 megapixels. The binning process of 4-16 pixels should produce strong performance in low light, as Samsung advertises.
Another innovation brought by the new sensor is the ability to use all 200 megapixels for autofocus in low light conditions.
Samsung has not published a market arrival date for the new sensor (to remind you the previous one did not even reach the market) but many estimate that this is the sensor that is going to be in the Galaxy S23 Ultra.