Samsung 8 Megapixel Camera Sensor just 8.5mm thick

Samsung 8 Megapixel Camera Sensor just 8.5mm thick. Samsung is touting their new 8 megapixel CMOS image sensor that measures a mere 28mm x 15.3mm x 8.5mm. Easily besting Kodak’s latest 5-megapixel sensor, on paper at least, the 8.5mm thick unit also packs anti-shake, smile-recognition, face-tracking and a macro mode capable of shots just 1cm distance from an object (or tiny person).


Samsung also claim the CMOS can cope with extreme low-light situations and be ratcheted up to ISO 1600 for high-speed subjects. Commercially available 8 megapixel cameraphones with advanced image sensors and high-level optics could start to trickle into the mass market soon enough. With an emphasis on high-level optics, of course.

Samsung plans mass production of their 8.5mm megapixel camera sensor in 2Q 2008. And with the samples shipping to manufacturers in May 2008.