[ohelabs]

When an article starts out with an capricious question “ Could this Sensor Kill Standalone Cameras Completely?” The answer is always A big NO… furthermore technology advances they are bringing dual pixel af, which cannon has had for years. This is expected progress and its not replacing dedicated cameras any time soon…

[sliken]

Well, depending on the definition of completely. Clearly cell phones have had a large impact on stand alone camera. Larger sensor, better autofocus, better low light photography, etc are going to further swing the market towards cell phones and make it harder for stand alone cameras to fund the next generation R&D on ever lower volumes.

Seems like Samsung is going after Sony, which was the go to sensor for many platforms. I've heard they signed some $900M deal with Tesla for improved sensors and they seem to be making inroads into cellphones as well.

Can anyone compare the specs on this sensor to whatever the current Sony sensor is?

[giuliomagnifico]

In this case, as a photographer, I think the answer is YES, for most of people a smartphone is enough, absolutely it will not replace a EVIL camera with FF sensor for the amateur photographer but this is only a small fraction of the market.

For the future I see the "pro cameras" that will use larger sensore (larger than FF), more machine learning and connected features etc... but those cameras will be only a small fraction of the market, 80/85% will be cameras inside of the smartphone with a lot, a lot of machine learning on the photos, less user interaction of more computational photography.