Is there a slightly more technical answer or any documentation on the technology? That is akin to an answer to a question by a parent who doesn't know the answer to a question asked by their child.
Same question here. And @Kartik Gada asked me the same a while ago too. I planned to ask @madbilly, but I have found this thread earlier than that. I will push it to the questions thread where Miika Mahonen is supposed to answer a few questions. Not sure if this will suit a design guy though.
If anybody finds more details, please share it in this thread.
Edit: Asked it here. Likes appreciated (since it was said that questions with more likes will be more likely to be answered).
I think other manufacturers have done this before, a 48MP camera with a 660 SoC (Xiaomi?) and I think that they tell the camera to run in pixel-binning mode which means it outputs 12MP photos which the ISP can handle.
But this theory is not quite right if the 7.2 can take RAW images - can it? If so then I don't know how it works, but probably the same way other manufacturers got it to work in the past two years.
I think other manufacturers have done this before, a 48MP camera with a 660 SoC (Xiaomi?) and I think that they tell the camera to run in pixel-binning mode which means it outputs 12MP photos which the ISP can handle.
But this theory is not quite right if the 7.2 can take RAW images - can it? If so then I don't know how it works, but probably the same way other manufacturers got it to work in the past two years.
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Even if the image produced is of 12MP in resolution the actual sensor itself is 48MP and the phone also has an option to output 48MP images. I am wondering how is this actually working. Is there any way to check if these sesnors are true 48MP sensors and not just some fake marketing scam by Samsung? 😅
I think other manufacturers have done this before, a 48MP camera with a 660 SoC (Xiaomi?) and I think that they tell the camera to run in pixel-binning mode which means it outputs 12MP photos which the ISP can handle.
But this theory is not quite right if the 7.2 can take RAW images - can it? If so then I don't know how it works, but probably the same way other manufacturers got it to work in the past two years.
Cheers
Even if the image produced is of 12MP in resolution the actual sensor itself is 48MP and the phone also has an option to output 48MP images. I am wondering how is this actually working. Is there any way to check if these sesnors are true 48MP sensors and not just some fake marketing scam by Samsung? 😅
Looks like a scam to me 😅. Were you able to figure out the exact sensor model used? Might find some info from the specifications.
I think other manufacturers have done this before, a 48MP camera with a 660 SoC (Xiaomi?) and I think that they tell the camera to run in pixel-binning mode which means it outputs 12MP photos which the ISP can handle.
But this theory is not quite right if the 7.2 can take RAW images - can it? If so then I don't know how it works, but probably the same way other manufacturers got it to work in the past two years.
Cheers
Even if the image produced is of 12MP in resolution the actual sensor itself is 48MP and the phone also has an option to output 48MP images. I am wondering how is this actually working. Is there any way to check if these sesnors are true 48MP sensors and not just some fake marketing scam by Samsung? 😅
Looks like a scam to me 😅. Were you able to figure out the exact sensor model used? Might find some info from the specifications.
Couldn't. 😅 But i guess it is the Samsung one because the Sony IMX586 can't be used on a phone with SD660.
I think other manufacturers have done this before, a 48MP camera with a 660 SoC (Xiaomi?) and I think that they tell the camera to run in pixel-binning mode which means it outputs 12MP photos which the ISP can handle.
But this theory is not quite right if the 7.2 can take RAW images - can it? If so then I don't know how it works, but probably the same way other manufacturers got it to work in the past two years.
Cheers
I believe it's more of a software limitation too. The Nokia 7 Plus with SDM660 can take RAW images with the Google Camera port. They eventually added support for Motion Photos to the Nokia Camera App which earlier was limited to Google Camera too. Moreoever, it could also be possible that the SDM660 used in 7.2 is an upgraded version over the one used in Nokia 7 Plus.
Basically the sensor only outputs 12MP images to the SD660 ISP, but then to create a 48MP image the ISP upscales the image back to 48MP! Ridiculous.
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Yup, I am aware of this. But to get that 12MP image it merges 4 pixels to form 1 super pixel. Now, this can be only done when the sensor captures a 48MP image and then does the merging of pixels converting in into a 12MP image. So, it has the data worth 48MP and then makes a 12MP image out of it. The 48MP option should not be enabled on a phone with Samsung GM1 sensor. 😜
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May be merging and converting is done by the sensor itself and SD660 just helps in further processing the converted 12MP image. If this is what's happening then it it looks possible.
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https://www.androidauthority.com/what-is-pixel-binning-966179/
I'm not surprised at all if they choose IMX586 as main sensor.
AFAIK even the Nokia X71 had Samsung GM1 sensor.
Moreoever, it could also be possible that the SDM660 used in 7.2 is an upgraded version over the one used in Nokia 7 Plus.
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May be merging and converting is done by the sensor itself and SD660 just helps in further processing the converted 12MP image. If this is what's happening then it it looks possible.