LG is about to unveil a brand new digicam module at CES that would take the “bump” out of your smartphone.
G Innotek, a department of LG that makes digital elements, mentioned Tuesday that the brand new micro element combines the optical-zoom capabilities present in DSLR cameras with a thinner design.
Optical-zoom smartphone cameras aren’t a brand new factor. What makes LG’s upcoming providing completely different is that it lets you zoom in at magnifications of between 4x and 9x with out reverting to a digital zoom for the magnifications in between, as present fixed-zoom smartphone cameras do.
Digital zooms use software program, reasonably than a lens, to make photos larger, which might considerably cut back picture high quality.
Combining the a number of optical-zoom choices right into a single module may even assist unencumber area inside smartphones and enhance battery effectivity, LG mentioned.
In the meantime, LG mentioned it has diminished the thickness of the module so as to take away the digicam bump discovered on the backs of smartphones that function optical-zoom cameras with bigger magnifications.
The corporate added that it is working with Qualcomm to optimize software program for the module and collectively promote it.
CES, which takes over the Las Vegas Strip every January, is the tech trade’s largest in-person occasion.
