India, Aug. 22 -- From the past couple of years, you must have heard a term called pixel binning when companies talk about smartphone cameras. While the term might not boost your excitement, but is a technology embedded in camera and powers most of the smartphone camera now. So, what exactly is pixel binning?

Before, we dive deep into the technology lets first understand what the pixels represent in cameras. Pixels are physical elements in the camera sensor that capture light when you shoot images and is measures in microns and is generally referred to as pixel size. Some of the smartphone such as iPhone Xs Max, Galaxy S10 have large pixel size 1.4 microns - anything below one micron is considered small. And to have a better photography ...