{"id":528358,"date":"2026-04-13T11:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T11:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/528358\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T11:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T11:00:13","slug":"a-new-image-sensors-in-town-and-its-about-to-revolutionize-the-dash-cam-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/528358\/","title":{"rendered":"A new image sensor’s in town, and it’s about to revolutionize the dash cam market"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sony<\/a>‘s launched a new image sensor, and while it may not be some 1-inch flagship phone sensor or a new stacked full-frame CMOS chip, it’ll almost certainly become the mainstay of one particular camera sector for the next few years.<\/p>\n

Called IMX908, it measures a relatively modest 1\/2.8-inches in size and has an 8.4-megapixel resolution. But this isn’t a sensor designed for capturing high-res stills. Rather, this marks the first sensor in Sony’s brand new STARVIS 3 range of image sensors designed for security cameras<\/a> and dash cams<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Nearly high-end dashcams currently use Sony Starvis 2 image sensors (Image credit: BlackVue)<\/p>\n

Right now, STARVIS 2 sensors can be found in almost every current mid- to high-end dash cam on the market. Their focus on high dynamic range makes them ideal for coping with the huge and unpredictable contrast variation encountered during driving.<\/p>\n

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The STARVIS 3 IMX908 sensor is a back-illuminated design with a deep photodiode layer. This is said to provide high performance in low light conditions, as well as high sensitivity to the near-infrared spectrum – both important attributes for security and dash cam implementations.<\/p>\n

The key to its performance are newly-developed LOFIC pixels. LOFIC – Lateral OverFlow Integration Capacitor – is Sony’s proprietary pixel technology developed for security cameras. Sony claims the tech can deliver nearly 20x the amount of saturated charge when compared to a first-gen STARVIS sensor, resulting in approximately 27% better low-light performance and a dynamic range of up to 96dB in a single-shot exposure. This is achieved without the use of multiple exposures – a more typical means of producing an HDR image – making the sensor better suited to capturing the kind of fast-moving subjects encountered in dash cam applications.<\/p>\n

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(Image credit: Sony)<\/p>\n

We’ll still have to wait for STARVIS 3 sensors to show up in consumer products, but with intense competition in the dash cam sector, we probably won’t have to wait long.<\/p>\n

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Sony Starvis 3 IMX908 image sensor (Image credit: Sony)<\/p>\n

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