Sony camera sensor naming conventions LYTIA / EXMOR T / EXMOR RS
So I've been doing some extensive research tonight trying to figure some things out. What bothered me was that Sony wasn't using Lytia sensors in their own devices (such as phones like the Vivo x300 ultra have). Well, it turns out they are - Sony just brands them different. Sony Brands their premium dual layer sensors as LYTIA when they are sold outside the company. For their own devices they brand them as EXMOR T or EXMOR RS. Basically the same sensor tech in all those sensors (2-layer stacked transistor pixel architecture (where the photodiodes sit on top of the circuitry to maximize light gathering)). Some additional data gathering I did - the new Sony Xperia 1 VIII has sensor sizes of 1/1.35 in the main, and 1/1.56 in the ultrawide and zoom. Strictly physics speaking sensors are bigger which will allow more light in and allow for a less fuzzy picture in low light, plus the dual stacked transistor architecture allows these sensors to punch way above their class as they collect much more light than a normal phone camera sensor. It probably won't beat out phones like the vivo x300 ultra, but it'll get damn close.