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Color is a huge topic in photography. You'll be hard-pressed to wander through online photography forums without tripping over a group of shutterbugs arguing over which manufacturer's "colors are best." Like warring cavemen bashing each other with clubs, even the "winner" of a colorful debate, if there is such a thing,...
Sigma's full-frame sensor development project has been a tumultuous saga. At Photokina in 2018, Sigma's CEO Kazuto Yamaki unveiled the company's ambitious plans to develop a full-frame camera based on Sigma's Foveon sensor technology. The company's Foveon sensor has long been one of the most distinct image sensors on the...
More than perhaps any other company, Fujifilm has a long history as an innovator in image sensor design. From the very beginning of the digicam boom, its rivals have almost exclusively used standard, Bayer-filtered sensors in their standalone cameras. Fuji, though, hasn't been afraid to buck that trend in its quest for...
Shortly after Nikon announced their Z6 and Z7 full-frame mirrorless cameras, Canon announced their new EOS R full-frame mirrorless camera. The EOS R features a 30.3-megapixel CMOS image sensor and a new RF mount. Last week, we featured DxOMark's reviews of the sensors in Nikon's Z6 and Z7 cameras. DxOMark has just...
Last week, DxOMark returned to image sensor reviewing with the popular new Nikon Z6 full-frame mirrorless camera. This week, they have followed it up with its higher-megapixel sibling, the Nikon Z7.
Looking first at the Nikon Z6 sensor, it is a 24.5-megapixel backside-illuminated CMOS sensor which includes 273 on-chip...
There's a new camera on the top of the DxOMark image sensor rankings. As we learned as soon as the Nikon D850 came into our hands, the 45-megapixel full-frame DSLR is equipped with an impressive sensor. DxOMark has put the D850 sensor to the test and it has become the first DSLR to ever hit a triple digit score, earning...
Without reading ahead, how many stops of improvement would you guess that APS-C camera CMOS sensors have undergone over the past ten years? I'll give you a second. Okay, if you guessed 1.5 stops, then you were right on the money!
You might be thinking, "No, it must be more than that, image quality has improved a lot...
Have you ever wondered what is actually going on with your sensor when you increase your ISO? Why do images get noisier? Youtuber Dylan Bennett put together an excellent video that explains ISO in simple terms.
Considering the image sensor itself, made up of millions of tiny sensors -- aka photosites -- which all...
We've experienced (and still experience, although perhaps to a lesser degree) the megapixel wars. The high ISO wars have been going on for a while as well. We're seeing more manufacturers boast about the dynamic range of their sensors, too. But what about the color wars, is that a possibility in the future?
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There’s a pretty good chance that one of your cameras has a Sony sensor, especially if you count smartphones. The sensor division is so successful, in fact, that Sony is counting on its continued growth to offset big losses elsewhere in the company, according to a Reuters profile published yesterday.
San Jose, CA-based Aptina Imaging -- one of the bigger names in CMOS image sensor production -- yesterday announced a deal with its biggest rival and the dominant force in image sensors, Japan's Sony Corp.
It's been a little while since we've seen a reliable indication of either company's respective market shares, but as of a little over a...
Aptina and Toshiba both recently announced speedy new image sensors that should begin appearing in imaging devices in the coming year.
Aptina's latest developments are the AR0835 and AR0835HS, a pair of 1/3.2"-type, 8-megapixel, backside illuminated CMOS sensors capable of full-resolution 16:9 readout at 60 frames per second. Since there's...
If you've been reading our news page for any length of time you'll doubtless be familiar with Canadian company Chipworks: we've mentioned them more than a few times over the years. They specialize in tearing all the latest gadgets apart, then analyzing the pieces to see what can be learned about the underlying...
ROCHESTER, N.Y., November 07 -- Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE:EK) announced today that it has completed the sale of its Image Sensor Solutions (ISS) business to Platinum Equity in a move that will sharpen Kodak’s operational focus and strengthen its financial position.
While the financial details were not disclosed, Kodak will have continuing access to the image...