Image Sensors

Cameras

Thinner Image Sensor That Doesn’t Suck = Even Thinner iPhones

10:30AM August 5, 2011 | Matt Buchanan

Omnivision makes image sensors for the iPhone. They’re pretty good. Their latest sensor uses a new 1.1-micron pixel architecture that makes it “20 per cent slimmer than any 8-megapixel module in commercial use today”. Meaning it can fit in the super-cramped spaces available in ultra-thin phones. More »

Cameras

Canon’s Ungodlynormous Image Sensor Sees Undies In The Dark

3:59AM September 3, 2010 | Matt Buchanan

A full-frame image sensor, like in the 5D Mark II or Nikon D3s, is the equivalent of 35mm. This image sensor is 300mm. This is how well it can see in the dark: More »

Cameras

Samsung’s Laptop Webcams Will Shoot 1080p Video

5:21PM April 8, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

To my knowledge the only fullHD webcams available are external ones – so Samsung’s CMOS sensors could prove a hit for people not wanting to fork out extra for a webcam. True, you’d have to buy a Samsung laptop though… More »

Mobile

Samsung Shows The Future Of Its Cameraphones

8:11PM February 15, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Samsung’s headline act may’ve been the new Wave handset yesterday, but here at Gizmodo we’re equally interested in the guts of these portable talky-phones. Take their two new CMOS sensors for phones, which show the future for Samsung’s new camphones. More »

Cameras

Giz Explains: Why ISO Is The New Megapixel

6:00AM February 13, 2010 | Matt Buchanan

In 1975, the first digital camera took 23 seconds to record a 100-line black-and-white photo onto cassette tape. Today, a Nikon D3s takes photos with 12 million pixels at 1/8000 of a second. And it can see in the dark. More »

Cameras

Red One Mysterium-X Sensor Upgrade Available January 22

8:50AM January 15, 2010 | Sean Fallon

Starting on January 22, Red One users will be able to upgrade to the Mysterium-X sensor for the low, low price of $US5750. It’s the same sensor found on the Epic-X – delivering improved imaging and better low-light performance. More »

Mobile

Apple May Be Looking For LED Flash Components For Next iPhone

5:18AM January 9, 2010 | Dan Nosowitz

Improvements to the iPhone’s camera are pretty much inevitable for the next iteration, and it looks like Apple may be looking for mass quantities of LED flash components to improve low-light shooting. More »

Cameras

Your Next Mobile Might Have A 14.6MP Sensor, Shoot 1080p Video

10:07AM January 5, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

OmniVision has made a new 14.6-megapixel image sensor specifically for mobile phones which will give them the ability to shoot 1080p video at a breezy 60 frames-per-second. Considering that we’re talking about mobile phones here, that’s quite a nice upgrade. More »

Science

A Brief History of Williard Boyle and George Smith

10:40AM October 13, 2009 | Rosa Golijan

Williard “Mr. Modesty” Boyle and George “Three Page Dissertation” Smith, extraordinary sailors and co-winners of this year’s Nobel prize in physics deserve time in our spotlight: they invented the CCD image sensors which gave our digital cameras eyes. More »