Outline ·
[ Standard ] ·
Linear+
Canon to use CMOS sensors for compact camera
|
TSkevin613
|
 Jul 16 2007, 12:34 AM, updated 19y ago
|
|
QUOTE Thanks to Jeff for the heads up on this, according to an article posted yesterday by Reuters, Canon is to invest 55 billion Yen ($451 million) in a new CMOS production factory at its existing site in the Kanagawa Prefecture near Tokyo. The interesting snippet in this news article comes from the following statement: "The CMOS chips will be used in both single lens reflex (SLR) models as well as in some compact models. Canon's compact cameras have to date used a different type of image sensor called a charge-coupled device (CCD)." This is interesting from an image quality point of view but will also be big news for Canon's existing sensor suppliers such as Sony. http://www.dpreview.com/news/0707/070715canoncmoscompact.aspgood news for future canon buyers, and bad news for sony (as a supplier of CCD sensors)  |
|
|
|
|
|
TSkevin613
|
Jul 16 2007, 01:19 PM
|
|
|
QUOTE(julchin_09 @ Jul 16 2007, 12:17 PM) The G8 would be one helluva bridge cam / 2nd body..... i'm missing the powershot pro1.. L lens on compact body, pair it with a good CMOS sensor, u can forget bout the rest.. oh canon, please make a powershot pro2.. hahaha.. This post has been edited by kevin613: Jul 16 2007, 01:21 PM |
|
|
|
|
|
TSkevin613
|
Jul 17 2007, 06:57 PM
|
|
|
anyway, it's not gonna be anytime soon, the factory will only start operation in july 2008, so the earliest we'll see canon compact with their own cmos sensor should be in 2009.
|
|
|
|
|
|
TSkevin613
|
Jul 19 2007, 12:31 AM
|
|
|
QUOTE(AlamakLor @ Jul 18 2007, 09:56 PM) competition between manufacturers means consumer will benefit..  so we'll probably see compacts moving away from CCD to CMOS in the not-so-soon future.. |
|
|
|
|
|
TSkevin613
|
Jul 19 2007, 07:15 PM
|
|
|
QUOTE(dgrebel @ Jul 19 2007, 06:17 PM) why do they still make compact cameras? why not make everyone a must to only buy DSLRs?  and considerably cheaper too.. just make every DSLR equivalent to the canon eos20da. DSLR is not exactly portable, and pocketable lah.. |
|
|
|
|
|
TSkevin613
|
Jul 20 2007, 12:25 AM
|
|
|
QUOTE(ganz @ Jul 19 2007, 09:39 PM) and can't view from LCD display while taking picture not true.. olympus has a few models that can do live preview already, so is the latest canon 1dm3. |
|
|
|
|
Quote
0.0140sec
0.60
6 queries
GZIP Disabled