Tuesday, September 09, 2014

iPhone 6 Camera Features "Focus Pixels"

Apple iPhone6 and iPhone6 Plus smartphones feature new 8MP camera and sensor. While keeping the same pixel size and count, the new sensor features "Focus pixels" and 1080p60 video with HDR mode and "auto image stabilization" (on top of OIS in 6 Plus model and EIS in iPhone 6):

"Focus Pixels are enabled by the new Apple-designed image signal processor. They provide the sensor with more information about your image, giving you better and faster autofocus that you can even see in preview."

"Auto image stabilization makes up for motion blur and hand shakiness by taking four photos with a short exposure time. Then the best parts of those photos are combined into one image with as little noise, subject motion, and hand shake as possible."

Posted by Vladimir Koifman at 23:13

10 comments:

  1. UnknownSeptember 10, 2014 at 5:43 PM

    Sir, what's the sensor size of iPHONE 6 rear camera? The camera looks identical to iPhone 5s..

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 10, 2014 at 6:22 PM

    1.5um unit cell and 8M pixels, which is the same as 5s.
    no pixel scaling unexpectedly.

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    1. AnonymousSeptember 11, 2014 at 7:13 AM

      How about the front camera? How they can achieved 80% more light?

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    2. AnonymousSeptember 12, 2014 at 3:08 AM

      Aperture was increased to f2.2

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    3. AnonymousSeptember 12, 2014 at 8:08 AM

      By increasing Aperture (f2.4 -> f2.2), it can only get 20% more lihgt. Somehow the pixel size becomes bigger, like 1.9um -> 2.4um?

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  3. adiSeptember 10, 2014 at 6:55 PM

    The phone is too thin, no place for a larger sensor size. The curved sensor with thinner lens would have been useful though. Maybe the iphone 6S will use it. The main camera improvements have typically been introduced in the "S" versions of the iphone..

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    1. AnonymousSeptember 12, 2014 at 3:12 AM

      I saw some websites (ie Phonearea) saying the sensor size is 1/2.6" (vs 5s 1/3"). This looks incorrect, right?

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 14, 2014 at 6:27 PM

    They added focus pixel on the image sensor. I guess this explains why sensor size is bigger, while the same pixel count (8mp)and pixel area (1.5um), doesn't it?

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 16, 2014 at 1:12 PM

    What are "focus pixels"? Is it the same technology as Lytro's multi-aperture camera?

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    1. AnonymousSeptember 18, 2014 at 8:14 AM

      It's similar to phase detection in the Galaxy S5 and Note 4 ISOCELL sensor. Nothing new here.

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