The smallest camera module for mobile devices

Nidec Copal, the world’s biggest manufacturer of camera shutters, has developed the smallest, thinnest and lightest camera module for mobile devices. It measures just 8.5 x 8.5 x 4.2 mm and weighs 0.57 g. The new camera module is about half the size of Nidec Copal’s previous module. by Harry Baggen @ elektormagazine.com

The new camera module has a 16 megapixel, 1/3.1″ CMOS image sensor with a pixel size of 1.0 µm. The focal length of the lens is 3.6 mm, and the maximum aperture is f/1.9 for high light sensitivity. The module has autofocus capability with a focus range of 10 cm to infinity. Series production of the new module is planned to start in the fall of 2016.

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