Samsung has made an ISOCELL HP5 200MP camera sensor. This was unveiled yesterday via a press release. The company says it’s the world’s first outsole with 0.5µm pixel size. We’ve seen many 200MP sensors from Samsung over the years, so what makes this one special? Well, you may find all the answers here.
Apparently, a small 0.5µm pixel size won’t reduce the light intake on this sensor, at least in theory. Instead, the HP5 will enhance it. Samsung says it has far better low-light performance than before. We’ve been given to understand that it’s a result of a more efficient photon capture method.
The press release says each pixel has Front Deep Trench Isolation (FDTI) and Dual Vertical Transfer Gate (D-VTG) for light intake. That simply means more details are captured on this sensor, and despite the small pixel size, you get brighter and clearer photos with HP5 outsole.
The sensor is kept at 1/1.56” size, which is nowhere near those 50MP 1” sensors that recently started appearing on Samsung's latest flagship phone. But leave it to this company to produce better images without the fancy hardware.
Samsung gave a few numbers to put things into perspective for potential clients: we hear Vivo might approach them to bring this sensor to their Y500 Pro. Well, the sensor itself has been claimed with a 150% boost in conversion gain. It removes random noise (RN) by 3 to 40%.
If the sensor is placed under a normal lens, it will do 2X lossless zoom. Put it under an optical telephoto 3X lens, and it can push to a 6X lossless zoom. It isn’t anything new, but still notable. Samsung left a dedicated specs page for this HP5 sensor on the website.
It can do 4K 120FPS or 8K 30FPS videos. The photo mode can push the images to 8-bit, 10-bit, 12-bit, and 14-bit RAW formats. This 200MP HP5 sensor has hit the mass production stage. It may overwhelm the budget and midrange market in 2026, because many other phone makers plan on using the same outsole.