OmniVision’s new OV50X is a 1-inch camera sensor with 8K HDR video recording | Infinium-tech
The 1-inch sensors have become rare compared to the previous years, but they are still used in the top-off-the-line camera phone. For those people, nothing but will do the best, so Omnivisation has unveiled a new sensor with the highest dynamic range and “movie-grade” video capture in the industry.
Omnivision Ov50X 1 “has a 50MP sensor with optical format-it has a large-scale 1.6 Ellm pixel before bining. It supports 4-in-1 bining (12.5MP output resolution) on 180FPS. It can also do three-round HDRs on 60FPS.
Talking about HDR, the sensor offers the dynamic range “close to 110 dB”, which is maximum possible in the smartphone form factor, says omnivisation. It is credited to the thekel design, which made his debut on a universal sensor for the automotive industry (think of driving inside or out of a dark tunnel on a sunny day).
The 8K video can be recorded with double analog gains (DAG) HDR. DAG is an united HDR technique-it applies less profit to promote expansion in shade and to preserve the expansion in highlights, then adds it to HDR result. This approach reduces artifacts that may appear in multi-frame fusion HDR.
Omnivision Ov50X connects many HDR technologies
Note that dual conversion profit (DCG) is a separate HDR method that the sensor can apply. LOFIC is part of TheICel, which helps with HDR and reduces the flicker of LED lights (including billboard, traffic lights, etc.).
The OV50X also supports the in-sensor zoom to give extra flexibility to the main camera of the phone. The sensor has 100% coverage quad phase detection (QPD) autofocus that allows it to lock focus quickly and firmly.
Omnivision Ov50X is currently being evaluated by tech companies and is expected to go into large -scale production in Q3 2025, so we can see the first smartphone with it before the end of the year.
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