The godfather of the active-pixel CMOS sensor, Eric R Fossum, PhD, has been awarded the 2026 Charles Stark Draper Prize for ...

Mainstream CMOS chipmaking technology is becoming more competitive for capturing light in digital cameras. It's swept the high-end SLR market. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

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The megapixel wars continue as Kodak has just announced the KAF-50100 Image Sensor, a 50Mpixel (8176×6132 pixels) CCD sensor for large-format digital cameras. The sensor array measures 48×36mm (that’s ...

Kodak will use its own 5-megapixel CMOS sensor in the new $99 Easyshare C513 camera, due to ship this month. Stephen Shankland Former Principal Writer Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to ...

If you spend a lot of time reading about cameras, you’re probably familiar with the terms CMOS sensor and CCD sensor, as they describe the two most popular digital camera sensor types. You probably ...

Charge-coupled-device cameras are a vital component of many applications involving digital imaging. Neil Savage presents a summary of some of the latest products. Cameras based on ...

PARIS — Sony Corp. is recalling eight models of its Cyber-shot digital still cameras because of a packaging-related defect in the units' captively manufactured CCD image sensors. Further, an earlier ...

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