Samsung may have outed the name of the Pixel 8’s “unnamed” 50MP camera sensor،
Maybe already used on Pixel 8 series, Samsung released detailed information on its latest camera sensor, the 50MP ISOCELL GNK. It is the successor to the 50MP ISOCELL GN1 which was used on the Pixel 6 Pro, Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro. The new ISOCELL GNK sensor has a pixel size of 1.2 μm and measures 1/1.3 inch. Samsung claims the camera sensor will deliver photos with wider dynamic range and less noise.
The ISOCELL GNK camera sensor supports normal frame rates up to 24 fps at 50 MP and 90 fps at 12.5 MP. Video frame rates 8K at 30 fps and 4K at 120 fps are supported as well as frame rates up to 240 fps. To improve low-light photography, 4:1 pixel binning creates a larger 2.4μm pixel with greater light sensitivity. The sensor also works with HDR and Staggered HDR. The latter works by having the camera take a long exposure and a short exposure simultaneously using the same camera sensor. This results in faster, higher quality HDR images, especially when the subject is moving.
The new unnamed 50MP camera sensor in the Pixel 8 series is likely to be the ISOCELL GNK.
The ISOCELL GNK camera sensor also features Smart-ISO Pro which maximizes the dynamic range of smartphone cameras. Dynamic range is the darkest and brightest part of a scene and enhancing dynamic range ensures that photos don’t appear too dark and overexposed or too bright and underexposed. The camera sensor also supports RAW8/10/12 and 14 formats and Dual Pixel Pro Phase Detection Autofocus (PDAF). This improves image quality, including color reproduction.
Google has confirmed that the Pixel 8 uses a “new camera sensor” and considers the discontinued ISOCELL GN1 sensor to be very similar to the ISOCELL GNK and the latter’s specifications to match those of the unnamed sensor used in the Pixel 8 series, it appears that the unnamed camera sensor on the latest Pixel models is the 50MP ISOCELL GNK.
