Sony has just announced a new sensor for mobile devices. The name of the new component is IMX318, and it is weighing to be the game in high-end terminals. In this way, it is normal for this new element to be part of the future Sony Xperia Z6 model, which will arrive in this year 2016.
This is a CMOS RS type sensor and one of its great attractions is the use of three axes to achieve stabilization, so it is to be expected that both photos and videos offer better quality - even when you are on the move. In addition, the speed with which you focus, with a hybrid system, is very high and the IMX318 it will manage to work under even 0,03 seconds (depending on the lighting conditions).
The new sensor has 1 / 2.6 inches and the resolution it offers reaches the 22,5 megapixels, so we are clearly talking about one of the most advanced elements in the specific market for mobile devices. As for its arrival on the market, according to what has been known IMX318 will be available this same year 2016 .
In time for the Sony Xperia Z6
Pues yes, with the indicated before everything indicates that the IMX318 will be the sensor that will be the game in the new Sony Xperia Z6, and will have a clear evolution Regarding the model that it will replace in the market, at least as regards the camera section. An example of what we say is that the IMX230 which is part of the X offers 1 / 2.4 inches.
Other good details offered by the new sensor that Sony has announced is that physical dimensions are reduced that it has, so it is favored that the devices that integrate it are smaller (especially with regard to thickness). By the way, the unit reduces the size of the pixels it integrates to just one micron, without losing image quality - and it has been indicated that increases efficiency when managing light and achieving delete noise in photographs.
Other options that are starting at the Sony sensor IMX318 are full compatibility to record with 4K quality at 30 frames per second; posibilidad to work with photos in format RAW; and, also, the existence of an HDR Mode. Without a doubt, it seems that the evolution that will come for el X looks pretty good, right?