Archives for June 2015

Sony IMX278 Reverse Engineering

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Chipworks was quick to analyse the new 13MP stacked Sony sensor with 1.12um RGBW pixels from Huawei P8 smartphone. The reverse engineering revealed a new TSV process and a backside DTI for better crosstalk:

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Google Project Tango Update

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Google has published a video on status of its Project Tango dealing with mobile 3D tracking and perception. The latest version of Tango smartphone includes PMD ToF camera (see PMD PR here), together with two other rear side cameras, see minute 31 in the video:


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Tamron 15-30mm f2.8 review – the new King of ultra-wide?

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Tamron's SP 15-30mm f2.8 VC is an ultra-wide zoom that works with full-frame bodies and is available in Canon, Nikon and Sony A mounts. It gores up against Nikon's legendary 14-24mm f2.8, matching the f2.8 constant focal ratio and zooming longer, while only losing 1mm from the wide-end. Uniquely it also boasts optical stabilization, and the price also comes-in comfortably below the Nikon and especially the upcoming Canon 11-24mm. Can it really compete on quality? Find out in Thomas's Tamron 15-30mm review!

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