OmniVision's new OV50X is a 1-inch camera sensor with 8K HDR video recording
1-inch sensors have become rarer than in previous years, but they are still used in the top-of-the-line camera phones. For those, nothing but the best will do, so OmniVision has unveiled a new sensor with the highest dynamic range in the industry and “movie-grade” video capture. The OmniVision OV50X is a 50MP sensor with a 1” optical format – it has massive 1.6µm pixels before binning. It does support 4-in-1 binning (12.5MP output resolution) at 180fps. It can also do three-channel HDR at 60fps. Speaking of HDR, the sensor offers dynamic range “close to 110dB”, which is the maximum...
1-inch sensors have become rarer than in previous years, but they are still used in the top-of-the-line camera phones. For those, nothing but the best will do, so OmniVision has unveiled a new sensor with the highest dynamic range in the industry and “movie-grade” video capture. The OmniVision OV50X is a 50MP sensor with a 1” optical format – it has massive 1.6µm pixels before binning. It does support 4-in-1 binning (12.5MP output resolution) at 180fps. It can also do three-channel HDR at 60fps. Speaking of HDR, the sensor offers dynamic range “close to 110dB”, which is the maximum...
