In addition to the usual contrast detection,
the autofocus system uses phase - detection sensors and a time - of - flight laser for measuring the subject distance.
Not exact matches
It
uses Canon's Dual Pixel CMOS AF
system, giving the 80D one of the best DSLR
autofocusing to date, with outstanding subject tracking.
Besides a newly developed 30 - megapixel full - frame sensor and the latest image processor (Digic 6 +), the 5D Mark IV
uses a 61 - point
autofocus system and Canon's Dual Pixel AF
system, which provides fast
autofocusing when in live view mode.
The new 4G LTE phones include the same high - resolution 12 - megapixel rear camera and 8 - megapixel
autofocus front camera
used in the previous Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge phones and both run the Android 7.0 Nougat operating
system.
While Apple made
use of its advanced TrueDepth camera
system for Animoji, Samsung's implementation relied solely on the 8MP
autofocus camera at the front.
Apple's new sensor will
use different technology for the 3D
system than the technology
used by the TrueDepth camera
system which will enable better depth detection for augmented reality apps, and a more accurate type of
autofocus for photography.
The dual camera
system uses a massive 1.4 um pixels for enhanced low - light photography, dual - pixel
autofocus for fast focus in low - light conditions, and multi-frame noise reduction at hardware level.
What sets the two apart though is the ZenFone 2 Laser's
autofocus system that makes
use of a laser pointer placed near the rear - facing camera.
Huawei is primarily leveraging the new
autofocusing system to improve its «Ultra Snapshot» functionality
used for quickly taking photos when a compatible smartphone is locked.
Using a more traditional Contrast Detection
Autofocus (CDAF)
system, the camera needs to over-shoot its peak focus then move back.
The rear camera
uses a hybrid
autofocus system that combines phase detection, contrast detection and laser
autofocus.
Google has done it with the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL by
using the Dual Pixel
autofocus system and AI trickery, so it's certainly possible, but we don't see Samsung making it available for any device before the Galaxy Note 8.
It has an ASUS PixelMaster 3.0 camera that
uses the world's highest resolution camera sensor (a 23MP Sony IMX318) and the ASUS TriTech
autofocus system.
The main snapper is an ASUS PixelMaster 3.0 camera that
uses a Sony IMX318 camera sensor and the ASUS TriTech
autofocus system and has optical image stabilisation (OIS) for photos and electronic image stabilisation EIS for videos.
Instead, it's
used as a high - speed rangefinder, with the promise of better low - light performance where traditional
autofocus systems more commonly struggle.