ALoP, or All Lenses on Prism, says goodbye to the square freak in the rear camera lineup, while reducing the size of the entire camera module and offering a larger aperture size than before.
Samsung holds a solid second place in the Sony-dominated CMOS camera sensor market. Now the company has strengthened its selection with a new periscope sensor, which promises to shrink the size of the package clearly smaller than the current one.
ALoP
A traditional periscope
The name of Samsung’s new sensor ISOCELL ALoP comes from the words All Lenses on Prism. Whereas in traditional periscope cameras the lens array is between the sensor and the prism, Samsung has managed to move them above the prism.
According to the company, the solution enables a clearly larger opening without the size of the entire package exploding in your hands. With more traditional solutions, even higher readings can be achieved, but at the expense of the camera’s size when the lenses are standing at a 90° angle between the prism and the sensor.
According to Samsung, its new ALoP camera offers an aperture of f/2.58 with a focal length of 80 mm and at the same time a module that is 22% shorter than before. This is not a record-breaking gap in periscope cameras, but considering the size of the sensor, it can be considered significant. The height of the module has also been kept under control by utilizing a prism at an angle of 40° and a sensor at an angle of 10°. As an added bonus, the end result is more aesthetic, when the periscope camera does not stand out from other rear cameras with its square opening.
Source: Samsung
Source: www.io-tech.fi
