Samsung guru and leaker Ice Universe claims Samsung China engineers have said the camera inside the upcoming Samsung Note 10 smartphone will feature a ‘three-stage variable aperture. ’ Samsung China engineers said that the Note10 camera will use a three-stage variable aperture: F1.
5/F1. 8/F2. 4
— Ice universe (@UniverseIce) June 20, 2019
As noted in the above tweet, Ice Universe says the camera on the Note 10 will offer three specific apertures as options: F1. 5, F1. 8 and F2. 4.
Since the Galaxy S9, Samsung’s flagship lineups have featured dual-aperture camera systems, so it’s not new territory for Samsung. It is interesting though that Samsung is continuing to put an emphasis on the mechanical side of mobile photography when so many others, including Leica, are clearly doubling down on the computational side of it.
It’s unknown how the variable apertures will be implemented in the camera system, but the option alone is an improvement over other manufacturers and so far Samsung’s dual-aperture setup has proven itself.
. dpreview.com2019-6-26 20:00
