Sony and Zeiss have worked together on many different occasions and on many different projects. Even though they are longtime collaborators, they have never worked together on smartphone cameras. A new leak which surfaced has revealed that Sony and Zeiss are working together to improve the capabilities of the camera on the Sony Xperia 1.
It is strange, however, that supplier of different imaging sensors for many smartphones in the market today is relying on another company for its own smartphone camera. According to the Chinese website, it found the Zeiss MILVUS lenses on all three sensors in its smartphone’s triple-camera setup.
According to the reports, Sony is going to use two Zeiss lenses out of the three cameras on the rear of the Xperia 1. The Zeiss lenses expected to be used include a 12 MP primary lens, a 12 MP 16mm ultra-wide lens with an aperture of f/1.6, while the third 12 MP lens will be made by Samsung.
Sony has worked with both Samsung and Zeiss to produce the popular Alpha mirrorless series cameras in the past. However, this is the first time they are working together on smartphones.
Sony announced the Xperia 1 back in February at Mobile World Congress which held in Barcelona. The phone comes with the first 4K 6.5 inch OLED display in the world with an aspect ratio of 21:9. The display of the smartphone has a resolution of 3840 x 1644 pixels and a pixel density of 643 PPI. Under the hood of the phone is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 and 6 GB of RAM. On the rear of the phone is a triple camera setup. The phone has an 8 ZMP selfie shooter on its front.
The Xperia 1 is expected to be launched in June according to Some. It is expected to come with Android Q and it will cost 1000 EUR when it hits the market.
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