IT168 Information As Sony’s high-pixel product line for the mobile phone market, the Sony Exmor RS product line has not been released for more than a year after the release of the Sony IMX230. In this idle period, the field of mobile phone photography has also shown a state of “back to the original”, and the low-pixel and high-sensitivity cameras including the IMX286/386 are favored by many mobile phone brands. Of course, over time, the user's demand for high-pixel lenses has become more and more urgent. Recently, with the official release of Nubian Z11miniS, the new generation of high-pixel sensor IMX318 of Sony's Exmor RS product line finally unveiled a mysterious veil. Today we will talk about this new product.

First of all, let's first understand the basic parameters of IMX318:

The Sony IMX318 is part of the Exmor RS series. The sensor structure is stacked CMOS. The CMOS area is 1/2.6 inch and the unit pixel size is 1μm. With 22.5 effective megapixels, the maximum output is 54884112 resolution images. For video recording, the IMX318 supports 4K resolution video at up to 30fps and features a new hybrid focus system and electronic image stabilization technology.


Sony IMX318 parameters (taken from Sony's official website)

Compared with Sony's other series of sensors, the new Sony IMX318 has up to 23 million effective pixels in the same volume as the previous generation. While the number of pixels has increased dramatically, the IMX318 also incorporates a phase-contrast hybrid autofocus system. Provides powerful protection for rapid imaging. The addition of three-axis electronic image stabilization also gives IMX318 more stable image output quality. As can be seen from the official documents, the new Sony IMX318 is very likely to become one of the star products in the second half of this year.

Noun resolution: What is a stack sensor


Differences between traditional, back-illuminated and stacked sensors

In the figure above, we can see that the stacked sensor integrates the signal processing circuit in the original ordinary sensor on the original supporting substrate to place more pixels in the released space. The ultimate realization is to have higher pixels in the same size, because the pixel part and the circuit part are independent. Therefore, the pixel portion can be optimized for high image quality, and the circuit portion can be optimized for high performance.

New technology / real proofs show:

At present, there are three products in the domestic market using this new sensor, they are the Nubian Z11miniS, millet note2 and hammer m1, we will look at the strength of this sensor through the sample.

Phase + contrast hybrid AF system demo:


Mixed Focus Demo

The Sony IMX318 is the first sensor to incorporate hybrid focusing technology into a DSP (signal processor). Officials say it can achieve a maximum speed of 0.03 seconds. After the actual experience, you can see that compared with other Sony sensors, the IMX318's focusing performance meets the needs of the current mainstream market. The focus of the three mobile phones is very fast and accurate.

Electronic Stabilization Demo:


Electronic anti-shake demonstration

Although no optical image stabilization component is used, the Sony IMX318 incorporates image stabilization functions into the DSP to implement electronic image stabilization through a three-axis gyro sensor. Although the anti-shake effect is not as good as optical image stabilization, the electronic anti-shake technology does not need to add components to the CMOS, so it is more suitable for the needs of smart phones, and the relative optical image stabilization also requires more power. From the video, we can see that adding electronic image stabilization does reduce video jitter to some extent.

Compared with the current mainstream low-pixel high-sensitivity CMOS:

In this round of comparison, Xiaobian selected for the Sony IMX318 opponent is currently the most popular low-pixel high-sensitivity CMOS Sony IMX386, its CMOS area 1/2.9 inch, with up to 12 million effective pixels, a single pixel area of ​​1.25μm . It can be seen that, in theory, IMX386 surpasses the latter in all other respects except that the effective pixels are lower than IMX318. Here we take a look at the comparison of these two CMOS proofs: (image proofs from Nubian Z11miniS, Meizu MX6)


Nubian miniS proofs


Sony IMX386 proofs


Comparison of details (left: Sony IMX318; right: Sony IMX386)

In well-lighted conditions, the color reproduction capabilities of the two sensors are quite similar. Among them, due to the photographic advantages, the overall brightness of IMX386 is higher than that of IMX318 . But after magnified 300%, the high pixel advantage of Sony IMX318 is undoubtedly revealed, and the sharpness of picture details is much better than that of IMX386.


Sony IMX318 proofs


Sony IMX386 proofs


Comparison of details (left: Sony IMX318; right: Sony IMX386)

In the proofs of the night environment, both have relatively good anti-glare ability. The overall picture of IMX386 is a little brighter, but the gap is not particularly obvious. At 300% magnification, the Sony IMX318, which has higher pixels, has maintained its corresponding advantages. The noise of the screen is obviously less than that of the IMX386, and the detail is more clear.

More proofs Appreciation:


Sony IMX318 proofs Appreciation


Sony IMX318 proofs Appreciation


Sony IMX318 proofs Appreciation


Sony IMX318 proofs Appreciation


Sony IMX318 proofs Appreciation

From the above five groups of proofs, although the price of three mobile phones are high or low, but the proofs of the three in the Sony IMX318 under the blessing have a good quality. In the daytime and the light source is relatively concentrated, the imaging capability of the Sony IMX318 is enough to be at the forefront of mobile phone sensors. In the light of the more complex environment, although the IMX318's photosensitivity has improved a lot compared to the previous generation, but the weak photosensitivity of this high-pixel camera common problem still exists in the IMX318.

Article summary:

   According to Xiao Bian, thanks to the 23 million high-pixel, hybrid focus, and electronic image stabilization , the imaging quality of the Sony IMX318 in most environments is worthy of recognition, especially in the high resolution of 23 million pixels. At the same time, the weak photosensitivity of high-pixel lenses has been optimized and adjusted. This also provides a solid backing for the Sony IMX318 into the second half of the star sensor.


Nubian miniS is currently the lowest price phone using Sony IMX318

As the first models equipped with Sony's IMX318 sensor, the three mobile phones in the article are quite good at taking pictures. However, it is worth noting that, from the Sony's official price point of view, the price of the Sony IMX318 is still relatively high. With this pricing strategy, the sensor is mainly targeted at the higher-priced semi-flagship/flagship handsets such as the millet note 2/hammer m1, and the Nubian miniS as a thousand-yuan price costs the sensor at such a high cost. From the side, Nubia has always attached great importance to mobile photography.

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