Ultrapixel what is

After the HTC U11 announcement event, we had the chance to take a few quick shots with its new camera. Here's what they look like. Keep in mind that we'll be sharing more images in higher resolution in the days to come. Images shot with the HTC U Basically, every frame is enhanced using data from the frames before and after it, which should result in clearer, less noisy video.

But at this time, we're not sure if this noise-reducing feature applies to p videos only. Speaking of video, HTC is throwing in a sound-recording feature that leverages the capabilities of the U11's array of four microphones. Called Acoustic Focus, it automatically controls the volume depending on how much you've zoomed in on your subject. Zooming in boosts the level of sounds in front of the camera while limiting ones coming from the sides.

In other words, it is a bit like "walking" into the frame, as HTC describes it. At this time, there's not a whole lot more we can say about the third generation of HTC's UltraPixel technology — not until we take the U11 and its camera for a test drive.

Which is due to happen in the very near future. But given all that we covered in the paragraphs above, it seems like the next step for UltraPixel cameras is an evolutionary, not a revolutionary one.

You shouldn't be. All evidence suggests that HTC is done with the risky camera experiments. Aperture is the width that a camera lens would open when a picture is being taken. The aperture is measured in f stops, and the lesser is the f stop, larger is the aperture size. The actual need is for a balance between the number and size of the pixels.

While the higher number of pixels would be good to pick up a lot of details and provide a good tone, but the signal at each pixel needs amplification and is low, thus there is a noise created due to the higher number of small pixels.

Thus, a balance between both would bring out a perfect capture where there is enough light taken, and there is less noise noticed in the picture. HTC is being frank about the camera usage and need in the daily life, and thus, the UltraPixel camera was introduced not to stay ahead in the race with a big number, but actually provide a solution for capturing good photos in low light conditions.

Capturing low light photos is not the only need, because the better count of pixels could produce a larger image than what the UltraPixel camera is providing — a 4-megapixel image. Neelesh Pandey Neelesh Pandey 2 2 gold badges 3 3 silver badges 9 9 bronze badges. Being an Android independent hardware question , this is off topic here. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer.

Community Bot 1. The Overflow Blog. Podcast The first ten years of our programming lives. And, yes, the technology sounds very promising , but, uh, wait a second, what is an UltraPixel anyway? HTC's new phone only has a 4-megapixel camera, and that could lead people to think it's inferior to the roughly 8-megapixel cameras on competing phones like the Nokia Lumia and iPhone 5. Indeed, huge megapixels counts have long been used to trick customers into thinking that one camera is more sophisticated than another.

The solution? Rewrite the language? Or maybe just confuse people more with another meaningless term. Fewer pixels on an identical surface area means the pixels are bigger. That's why the HTC One has larger 2-micrometers pixels whereas the only has 1.