camera
Sony Unveils Exmor Image Sensor for Mobile Phones
Sony has announced that it will soon be shipping its new IMX060PQ or Exmor 1/2.5 CMOS image sensor designed for use in mobile phones. The sensor claims the title of both the industry's smallest unit size at just 1.4 μm and the industry's highest pixel count at 12.25 effective megapixel resolution. In addition to the sensor Sony also announced its new lens module, the IU060F. The module is 1/3.2 with 12.25 effective megapixel resolution and is also the industry's smallest and thinnest of its class.
Below: CMOS Image sensors "Exmor" (from left to right)"IMX060PQ" "IMX046PQ" "IMX045PQ"
These products should greatly increase the image quality of mobile phone cameras in the coming years. Some of the major features of the Exmor and the lens module include:
- Realizes high-definition image quality equivalent to compact digital still cameras
- Realizes high sensitivity and high S/N through its unique pixel structure and lens
- Sensitivity equivalent to 90mV in 1.75µm unit cell - "Column-Parallel A/D Conversion method" achieves high frame rates:
- "IMX060PQ" : 10fps
- "IMX046PQ"/"IMX045PQ" : 15fps - Industry's smallest and thinnest lens module, also equipped with lens, auto-focus and Interface functions
- Unique lens design to achieve high resolution
- "Piezo" type lens motor that reduces power consumption when shooting video images
- Equipped with 28mm wide-angle lens (35mm conversion) popular in digital cameras ("IU060F" only)
The sensor and lens modules will ship at various times over the next year. The Exmor Type 1/3.2 8.11 effective megapixels CMOS Image sensor "IMX046PQ" supposedly will ship this month while the
Canon Announces the EOS 450D
Today Canon launches its newest D-SLR, the EOS 450D. The camera features a 12.2 Megapixel CMOS sensor, EOS integrated Cleaning System, a 3" LCD with Live View mode and a new nine point AF system. The 450D has all of the features of the EOS-1 series, including the DIGICIII
image processor and a redesigned menu system. It is also customizable, with 13 functions that can be adjusted by the user to his/her shooting style.
On the outside the 450D closely resembles the 400D, but there are many significant improvements,
