Samsung’s imaging crew has provide you with a brand new design for a folded telephoto digital camera module that will permit for a brighter lens (f/2.58 at 80mm) and a thinner general footprint.
Known as ALoP (All Lenses on Prism), it basically strikes the lens array on high of the periscope prism, as a substitute of in between the prism and the imaging sensor, as it’s in a standard folded design.
It is because in a typical folded telephoto module design, growing the pupil diameter of the lens (making it wider and brighter) would enhance the module’s top. With ALoP expertise, you’ll be able to have a wider lens diameter with out making your complete module larger.
So with ALoP, periscope cameras can have brighter lenses, main to raised low-light efficiency.
A traditional folded telephoto vs Samsung’s ALoP design
Samsung’s ICOCELL crew says this design is 22% shorter than a standard periscope and it makes use of a 40˚-tilted prism reflection floor and 10˚-tilted sensor meeting.
You’ll be able to see within the photographs under the drastic discount in module size and the discount within the thickness of the module.
The thickness present within the photographs could not appear enormous, however it permits for a smaller digital camera bump, which is a precedence for a lot of consumers.
A traditional periscope vs Samsung’s ALoP design
Samsung is not saying once we’ll see this new tech in motion however a good guess is on the Galaxy S25 sequence.
