Canon to acquire Canadian chipmaker Redlen after buying the remaining 85% stake for $270M; Redlen’s tech to help Canon reduce radiation exposure in CT scanners 新北相機收購

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三星S25 Ultra主相機依舊搭載2億畫素感光元件。（圖／路透社）

三星在2021年推出首款2億畫素感光元件ISOCELL HP1，帶起手機攝影的高畫素風潮，至今仍佔有一席之地。而最新上市的S25 Ultra依舊搭載2億畫素主相機，採用的是ISOCELL HP2。

根據Android Police報導，可靠爆料指出，Sony正在研發自家首款2億畫素手機相機感光元件，尺寸可能大於1／1.3吋，這意味它的進光量將優於三星ISOCELL HP2（1/1.3 吋），進而帶來更清晰、更乾淨的照片，夜拍表現也將更加優異。

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此外，該爆料還暗示，首款搭載Sony 2億畫素主相機感光元件的手機將於年底推出，屆時也會用上最新的高通驍龍8 Elite Gen 2或聯發科天璣9500處理器。但並未透露哪家手機品牌能取得先發。

觀察近年手機趨勢，2億畫素不只盛行於主相機，就連長焦鏡頭也開始導入，例如vivo 200 Ultra就主打2億畫素長焦鏡頭，成為新一代「演唱會神器」，而這顆感光元件則是三星ISOCELL HP9。

然而，手機攝影市場的競爭已不再僅限於「高畫素」與「大尺寸」感光元件，各家廠商更著重於結合自家影像技術和AI軟體，打造獨特賣點，讓手機相機不僅拼數字，更拼實際體驗與成像品質。

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