Here's what's new about the Fairphone 4 - Big Camera Update

[yvmuell]

The FP has a 48MP main camera. Normally its set to use pixel binning to reduce size for storage.

MP > Mega Pixels and Mega Photosites

Much of this from Foveon X3 sensor and photokonnexion.com Given the confusion around the 48MP camera on the FP3+ I thought it may be useful for future such issues to read this. In mobile phone terminology the abbreviation MP can refer both MegaPixels and MegaPhotosites. The word pixel usually refers to an individual spot of a picture > picture-element ( Yes piXel not picel ) and before bayer filters, etc. was also applied to the number of photon sensitive diodes on a sensor array. The photon …

There might be occasions where people want to take pictures that have the full 48MP size, then you use this. I personally never use it.Thats not new that existed before as well, I think named slightly different.