In September 2024, Sony released the CMOS LYT 818 camera sensor, also known as the Sony IMX06C camera sensor, through its official website. The Sony LYT 818 sensor size is a 1/1.28-inch product primarily designed for the primary and secondary cameras of smartphones, featuring low noise and HDR capabilities to achieve high-quality imaging. The Sony LYT 818 sensor has an effective pixel count of 50 million.
LYT-818 will belong to the LYTIA brand, which is a new product line launched by Sony specifically for mobile image sensors. LYT-818 is also Sony’s first image sensor to adopt the new HDR technology. It is capable of reading charges through three different gain settings during a single exposure process, and cleverly combines these datasets to achieve an astonishing dynamic range of up to 86dB.
Sony LYT 818 Phones list：
The LYT-818 sensor is mainly used in vivo X200 series smartphones, including X200 Pro, X200 Pro mini, and X200 Ultra. Some models such as X200 Ultra also use this sensor for their ultra wide angle lenses.
The smartphones using Sony LYT 818 are from the Chinese vivo brand, with models including X200 Pro, X200 Pro mini, and X200 Ultra.
