Comments on: Ever Wondered How a CCD Sensor Works?

By: kicap

kicap — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 03:17:36 +0000

CMOS is much cheaper to be produced on the production line compared to CCD. That is the only reason most cameras post 2009 are built with CMOS.

By: john jeffreys

john jeffreys — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 22:04:05 +0000

I got to see Larry Thorpe in person giving a presentation about how the C300 sensor works. Very clever engineering

By: kevin

kevin — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 21:32:01 +0000

Lytro and a camera that can see around walls…thats some cool advancement :D

By: Felipe

Felipe — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 20:05:58 +0000

the next revolution will come when the system Foveon mature. CCD and CMOS only use 33% of your lens emits light, the result is an image with mud, with 66% of the information generated electronically. The world around us is more unpredictable and organic, and a filter Array is a poor vision. Enjoy the pictures from the cameras SIGMA, that beneath all defects and a discredited brand, pictures come out great, with a fine quality and rare color combination and “truth” …

By: dv

dv — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 18:21:08 +0000

“These days CMOS sensors are as popular as CCD sensors”

Huh? These days EVERYTHING is CMOS. If its CCD, it’s either a camera from 2009 or before, or one of those 2/3″ over the shoulder beasts. I was under the impression that CCD was on the way out entirely – that CMOS was capable of better resolution, better low light, etc. Is that not true? Because I’d be all over a CCD dslr, for its global shutter capability.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 15:19:17 +0000

I saw this video a few weeks back on another site and it blew my mind. I’m use to working with 3-CCD sensors for ENG work but didn’t know how amazing the sensor science was until this video. Bitchin

By: Marvin

Marvin — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 13:06:59 +0000

Here is a raw CinemaDNG frame from Kineraw S35 camera:
http://newmedia.leeds.ac.uk/ug10/fy09wm/00000150.dng

By: Yotam Tanay

Yotam Tanay — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 11:33:29 +0000

Wake me up when we can synthesize an eye and implant it into an camera. Now that would be cool! Besides, (correct me if I am wrong) we didn’t really have any “real” advances in optics or image capture technologies for a long time…