The Vivo X100 smartphone boasts top-of-the-line specs and a partnership with Zeiss, offering impressive camera features that replicate effects from professional Zeiss lenses. The phone's portrait mode allows users to choose from different focal lengths and lens effects, producing compelling images with distinct background effects and blur intensity. While the Vivo X100 excels in low-light and nighttime photography, its user interface and availability may pose challenges, making it a great second phone for photography enthusiasts or a gateway to the world of Zeiss lenses.
Sony has introduced a new image sensor in its Xperia 1 V smartphone that doubles the light gathering capability and reduces noise. The sensor separates photodiodes and pixel transistors onto different substrate layers, resulting in a wider dynamic range and improved low-light performance. Sony claims that the technology prevents underexposure and overexposure in settings with a combination of bright and dim illumination and enables high-quality, low-noise images even in low-light settings. The new sensor is currently only available on Sony’s Xperia 1 V smartphone, but it is expected to be rolled out to other smartphone makers in the future.
Samsung is reportedly working on another camera update for the Galaxy S23 Ultra, which will focus on improving the phone's low-light performance. The update is expected to come with the WD3 version of the firmware, which is currently being tested. Details on the extent of the improvement are not yet available, but the update should be available soon via OTA.
Canon is developing the MS-500, the world's first ultra-high-sensitivity interchangeable-lens camera equipped with a 1.0 inch Single Photon Avalanche Diode (SPAD) sensor. The camera will produce clear, full-color HD imaging even in extreme low-light environments and is targeted for use in high-precision monitoring environments such as national borders, seaports, airports, train stations, power plants, and other key infrastructure facilities. The MS-500 camera uses a bayonet lens mount which is widely used in the broadcast lens industry and will be available for sale in 2023.
Canon has developed the MS-500, the world's first ultra-high-sensitivity interchangeable-lens camera featuring a Type 1 Single Photon Avalanche Diode (SPAD) image sensor. The 3.2-megapixel SPAD sensor promises impeccable low-light performance, and the MS-500 works with telephoto broadcast lenses, enabling long-distance monitoring. The camera can accurately capture distant objects with extreme precision even in very low light, including nighttime scenes with no ambient starlight. The MS-500 will be displayed at Canon's booth during the 2023 NAB Show in Las Vegas later this month and will go on sale sometime this year.
Samsung Galaxy S23 series is receiving a substantial camera update with improvements in autofocus, low-light performance, Night Mode bugs, and OIS-related problems. The update also includes a new Gallery function that allows immediate deletion of photos after being captured. The update is currently rolling out in Korea and is expected to expand to other regions soon.
