Wild rumor: Xiaomi trying to fit a MFT sensor inside a future flagship smartphone!

As you might have heard the latest Xiaomi 13 smartphone uses a large 1 inch sensor. I now got a wild rumor from a source, saying that Xiaomi is trying to fit a full Four Thirds sensor inside their next flagship. Basically this would double the size of the 1 inch sensor which to me sounds like a super challenging task. But if they pull it off it would be simply stunning to have a smartphone with something like a OM-1 sensor inside!

The OM Digital rumors guess from Digitalcameraworld

Digitalcameraworld summed up what we can expect to get from OM Digital:

  • New OM-10: We can thus surmise that the OM System OM-10 will probably possess very similar specs to the brilliant Olympus PEN E-P7
  • OM System will partner with other companies
  • PEN and Tough cameras will continue
  • OM System PEN-F II
  • OM System PEN E-PL11
  • OM System Tough TG-7 (16MP with new Truepic processor)
  • Bags, straps and photography tours (OM Digital trying to expand their market to accessories and in person tours)

Let’s hope most of this turns out to be true!

Sony’s High Speed 80 MP Quadpixel MFT sensor with full-pixel 2x2OCL phase focusing now available for all third party manufacturers

Someone just sent me the specs of the newly listed SOny MFT sensor:

80 million pixels, MFT (M4/3) Type 4/3, double-layer stacked, full-pixel 2x2OCL phase focusing.
Adjacent Pixel Binning, 12bit 121fps, 10bit 151fps; high speed.
2×2 OCL means quadbayer.  4 pixels share same microlens .

UPDATE: This looks like the OM-1 sensor. If indeed that’s the case than this might means that Sony will sells that very same sensor to all third party companies.

OM Digital and Lumix rumor recap: The relaunch of mid level cameras?

Panasonic made it very clear that a new Lumix MFT camera is coming soon. And also OM Digital might announce “something” in June. So let’s recap what to expect

  1. Yosuke Yamane manager CEO hints that the first Lumix MFT camera with phase detection might be announced soon (article here). This might be some sort of G9II camera with phase detection AF as Yamane also hinted at possible new more “affordable” MFT cameras.
  2. There is also a wild rumor about a sort of GH6II. Basically  a GH6 with same sensor resolution but with phase detection pixels on it.
  3. OM Digital might announce a new product in June. Not sure if this is a lens or a camera (article here).
  4. It’s highly likely we might get a new OM-10 camera sometimes in 2023
  5. Still unclear if the PEN line will continue yet…

So far I have not gotten any new rumor about possible lenses. But I guess launching new cameras is the real priority now.