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It’s Christmas time and everyone can express their wishes today :) What’s the camera and lens you hope to get from Sony in 2020?
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My crazy wishes: Sony 645 medium format system camera and the 21mm f/1.4 GM
2019 is over and it’s time to YOU let manufacturers now which one was the best camera and best lens announcement of the year:
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My two cent: I will choose the Sony A7rIV and the Sony 200-600mm FE lens.
This isn’t strictly related to Alpha gear but it’s nice t see Sony pushing boundaries on their mobile sensor tech:
The 2×2 On-Chip Lens (OCL) solution is a new image sensor technology for achieving high-speed focus, high-resolution, high-sensitivity, and high dynamic range.
In conventional technologies, the variance in sensitivity per pixel caused by the structure (described below), which places an on-chip lens that spans four pixels, was a major issue. However, we have successfully developed a high-performance image sensor with high image quality through optimization of the device structure and the development of a new signal processing technology.
A condenser lens called an “on-chip lens” is placed on top of the image sensor pixels.
Conventional on-chip lenses were placed on each pixel. However, four adjacent pixels with the same color share one on-chip lens in 2×2 OCL.
The following benefits are realized as a result:
Since conventional methods for detecting phase differences used dedicated pixels with no imaging functionality, only a small number of pixels could be used as detection pixels.
Due to the fact that the imaging pixels can be used as detection pixels in the 2×2 OCL method, phase differences can be detected across all pixels. As a result, the sensor can focus on even small objects with high accuracy.
To achieve stable focus performance at low light intensity, the information obtained from multiple phase difference detection pixels must be integrated and the impact of the noise eliminated.
As mentioned above, 2×2 OCL is able to detect phase differences across all pixels, which makes it possible to integrate more information and achieve a stable focus performance.
Conventional technology
2×2 OCL
Since conventional phase difference detection methods separated the pixels laterally for detection, they were not very good at detecting objects which lacked pattern change in the horizontal direction (ex: objects composed of edges in the horizontal direction).
However, 2×2 OCL is able to detect vertically in addition to horizontally, which enables high-speed auto focus using phase differences in every situation.
The figures below show the phase difference detection characteristics of objects with edges at various angles:
Adopting a color filter array with a Quad Bayer structure that places four pixels with the same color next to each other addresses the needs of both high sensitivity and high resolution. In addition, it also supports High Dynamic Range (HDR) imaging.
Array conversion through a unique signal processing function enables high resolution imaging.
Bright images and videos with low noise can be captured by adding together the four adjacent pixels with the same color. Moreover, improved sensitivity is realized through the design and production technology of the 2×2 OCL which increases the efficiency of light utilization.
Real-time HDR output is possible through a unique exposure control technology and signal processing function.
