5x zoom & low noise smartphone cameras in the works

Corephotonics dual-camera module
Credit: Corephotonics/Digital Photography Review

You may recall the Light L16 camera which combines 16 cameras, each with phone size sensors, to emulate the performance of a full-frame SLR with a 40+ megapixel sensor & 35-150 mm zoom.

Using similar principles, a company in Israel called Corephotonics is developing a phone camera which combines images from 2 x 13 megapixel cameras to emulate a standard phone camera with a 5x optical zoom. One camera has a standard phone-camera focal length, & the other uses a longer, folded-optic lens.

Also under development is a phone-camera which combines a colour camera & a monochrome camera to produce low-noise, 21 megapixel images even in low light.

Availability of the low light camera & a 3x version of the zoom camera is expected later this year. 2017 for the 5x zoom phone-camera.

http://connect.dpreview.com/post/1931232471/corephotonics-launches-5x-zoom-and-low-noise-camera-modules / Corephotonics 5x zoom low noise smartphone camera modules Corephotonics computational camera solutions based Israel launched new dual-camera module smartphones called Hawkeye Hawkeye combines combination standard 13MP camera module second 13MP module proprietary folded optics shutter button pressed Corephotonics image fusion algorithm merges two still images both camera modules single image zoom performance equivalent 5x optical zoom Hawkeye dual-camera zoom exceeds digital zooming capabilities 130MP sensor all existing dual-camera modules folded optics height reduction 5.4mm design very thin devices optical image stabilization stills video mode Hawkeye Corephotonics Slim Dual Camera improving low light image quality color image sensor in combination monochromatic sensor dual-13MP module 21MP images slimmer designs conventional setups Corephotonics better resolution lower noise levels current 21MP smartphone cameras previously announced 3x zoom module Slim Dual Camera Hawkeye many industry players computational imaging solution zoom low light limitations current smartphone cameras /