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NX Mini Sample shots (to test ISO and so on...)

Started Jun 11, 2014 | Discussions thread
hootsmon
hootsmon Contributing Member • Posts: 903
Re: NX Mini Sample shots (to test ISO and so on...)
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tjobbe wrote:

walter g1 wrote:

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Has anyone heard whether this is a Samsung sensor or they are using the Sony.
The Sony has noise reduction built in on the Sensor level.

confirmations ? no

speculation that this is from Sony ? ... some and the way the noise reduction works at least indicates that it includes some on sensor pre processing of the signals.

  • One could argue that the jury is still out, since neither Samsung nor Sony have officially claimed the so-called 'design win' yet.
  • Also, I've not heard of anybody publishing an NX mini 'teardown' report so far, which might possibly shed some light.
  • More importantly, if you peruse Samsung's CMOS product catalogue, last time I looked I saw zero evidence hinting at any mythical homegrown 1" BSI sensor in their catalogue. So if they did fab it, then it's still hush-hush.
  • Meanwhile, if you go to corresponding Sony CMOS catalogue, you can easily find specs for their 1" BSI offering. And those specs agree more-or-less with what we do know about NX-mini sensor.
  • For this reason, the longer this question remains in doubt, it's becoming more and more likely to be a Sony design win with every passing day, I'd suggest.

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