Following the announcement of its 1″ sensor, we spoke to Aptina’s Sandor Barna, who believes these larger sensors could save the compact camera by offering a leap in quality that smartphones can’t compete with. Barna, the Vice President and General Manager of Aptina’s Consumer Camera Business Unit, told us about the unfilled gap in the market that 1″ sensors can address, explained the freedoms that the larger format gives the company’s designers, and why this is currently best exemplified by a product it wasn’t involved in: The Sony RX100.
News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)