23 September 2008

Digital Imaging Systems unveils the first
9MP AF camera module for the mobile market

High quality photo imaging and video capability can now be easily embedded into next generation camera-equipped mobile devices such as mobile phones and personal digital assistants (PDA), with the new 9.0- Megapixel camera module capable to capture photos at impressive 3488x2616 resolutions and record video at 720p resolution at up to 30fps!

Well, I'm not sure about you, but I'm not impressed with all those slim camera modules, I mean, what’s the point of the millions pixels if the quality sucks, power without controls in nothing basically and they should stop boosting megapixels just like that and start to work on the quality instead.

The mega pixel race on the digital cameras of the last years seems to have settled down now but there is a completely different trend in the mobile market. Mobile phone manufactures pumps mega pixels while the optics and sensor size basically remains the same and this terrible effect on photo quality in my personal opinion.

We really don’t need high resolution sensors, we need better, larger and more sensitive sensors for cellphones with a better optic because it is the only way to put cellphone photography on entire new level and make it equal to classic point and shoot cameras

The DIS6931 module has been designed to be embedded in mobile phones experiencing rapid growing user demand to support high end picture quality and high resolution with the quality level delivered in current digital still cameras of the same resolution.

The module provides a complete camera solution comprising a CMOS SOC-camera, an auto-focus lens system (Optics by World Leading Partners for Optic Design), low current actuators, mechanical shutter, aperture and a flex connector.

The DIS6931 module outputs image data with a standard CCIR601 compatible interface. It simply requires two supply voltages and an external system clock between 10 MHz and 50 MHz; all other system clocks are generated internally.

The overall power consumption of the DIS6931 module has been greatly reduced compared to today's solutions to allow integration into mobile handheld devices.