Sony Semiconductor in November 2022 announced a new image sensor brand — LYTIA, the Chinese name “light metaphor”. Recently, Sony announced that the LYTIA brand will expand its lineup and launch five 50-megapixel products.
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The new “Light Metaphor” sensors released by Sony are LYT 900, LYT 800, LYT 700, LYT 600 and LYT 500, all with 50 megapixel sensor specifications. Sony says this pixel specification is the resolution level commonly used in smartphones.
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Among them, the highest positioned LYT 900 is 1/0.98 inches, the light-sensitive area is 9.05% larger than the traditional one-inch sensor used in digital cameras such as the RX100. Sony says the sensor is built for high quality shooting and can achieve high grayscale values with low power consumption. The second flagship LYT800 is Sony’s first image sensor with a double-layer transistor pixel structure, allowing for high saturation signal volume. Sony points out that the image quality level of this sensor of only 1/1.43 inches is already close to that of the 1-inch large base sensor, which has a light-sensitive area 2.04 times larger.
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The lowest positioning is designed for front selfie purposes LYT 500, this sensor is 1/2.9-inch specifications, using a small 0.6um pixel design, equipped with an Always-on (always-on) function.
The detailed specifications of the five sensors:
