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Samsung introduced a new photo sensor
Samsung has released a demo of its new ISOCELL Zoom Anyplace technology, which uses a high-resolution 200MP sensor to perform some interesting video zoom tricks. The feature can “simultaneously capture the entire field of view and zoomed-in parts of the video,” and can record and automatically track a moving subject within the frame.
While the company declined to comment on which phones will be the first to get the new Zoom Anyplace feature, it's clear that it will be first introduced in the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, which is expected to launch early next year. The S24 Ultra is said to feature the 200MP sensor required for the feature - a similar main sensor is also found in this year's Galaxy S23 Ultra. Samsung's promotional video mentions that the feature is "powered by Qualcomm AI Engine" while showing the logo for the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor, which is sure to power Samsung's latest flagships.
Samsung isn't the first company to come up with this kind of zoom feature. The Solo Cut Mode feature on the Honor 90 was similar. But while Honor's implementation of the feature was limited to the resolution of both videos at 1080p, Samsung says that its version will allow recording in 4K, even at 4x enlargements.
Zoom Anyplace will also allow you to zoom in while taking a shot, and Samsung claims that it should also work on subjects that will be on the edge of the frame or image. Last month, at the Samsung System LSI Tech Day 2023 event, Samsung introduced the feature with its 200MP ISOCELL HP2 sensor, which it announced in January 2023.
In addition to ISOCELL Zoom Anyplace, Samsung is also detailing a feature it calls “End-to-End (E2E) AI Remosaic,” which it says will help cut processing times for 200MP images in half. It tweaks the image processing process to perform “remosaicing,” performing all image signal processing operations in parallel rather than sequentially. The company says this should also reduce data loss due to latency, which in turn means we can expect photos with “richer detail and color.”
Samsung's press release doesn't include any information on when the features will roll out in practice, but the company is said to be preparing to launch the Galaxy S24 line as early as next January. On the link https://youtu.be/qNVOysZsJfE you can watch a promotional clip of the new Samsung sensor.
