Not exact matches
Olson's five -
micron - square
pixels are about 40 times smaller than the
pixels used in commercial LCD displays.
The Nexus 6P
uses a custom 12.3 megapixel 1/2.3» type camera sensor from Sony with large 1.55
micron pixels.
The P20 Pro
uses a kind of
pixel - binning, combining four
pixels into one, equivalent to 2
microns in size, to work magic in darker conditions.
The 12 - megapixel rear camera
uses a top - of - the - line Sony IMX378 sensor with big 1.55
micron pixels and has an f / 2.0 aperture lens.
The primary 12MP camera is a Sony IMX 363 sensor and offers 1.4 -
micron pixels, whereas the secondary sensor is made by Samsung and is
used as a telephoto lens.
In hardware terms, you're dealing with two sensors — a 12 - megapixel RGB sensor with 1.25 -
micron pixels behind an f / 2.2 aperture, and a 20 - megapixel monochrome sensor,
used for capturing fine detail, with 1.1 -
micron pixels, also behind a f / 2.2 lens.
They both
use the same Sony IMX258 sensor, at 13 megapixels with 1.12
micron pixels.
It pairs two 12MP cameras, both identical with an f / 2.0 aperture and larger 1.25
micron pixels, and
uses laser and phase detection autofocus to capture photos faster than last year's phone, though the focus is not always accurate.
With an f / 2.6 aperture and 1 -
micron pixels it's not worth
using in even mixed lighting conditions or most indoor shots — there's just too much noise and blur far too often.
Moving on with the talk of front facing camera, it comes with a 4 - megapixel camera module, which is a OmniVision 4688, it
uses 2
micron pixel size lens that means more light can be capture by the lens.
HDR + really has become the greatest solution out there for the physical limitations of mobile camera sensors, and even though Google is
using a sensor with
pixels that are 1.5 -
microns smaller than the sensor found in the Nexus 6p / 5x or original Google
Pixel, you'd never know.