SEATTLE—Large-format, single-sensor cameras are touted for their high resolution, ability to mount cine lenses and to achieve the film-look shallow depth of field. But these LFSS cameras also present ...

A widely used filter pattern in a digital camera that uses only a single CCD or CMOS chip, which is the sensor technology in most cameras. Invented by Bryce Bayer at Kodak, the Bayer pattern dedicates ...

Apple continues to win patents detailing advanced technology rumored to show up in next year's iPhone model, the most recent being a pair of inventions dealing with "super resolution" multi-sensor ...

Startup Foveon has designed an image sensor for digital cameras that does away with the color filters normally needed by CMOS and CCD sensors. The sensor has three photosensitive layers embedded in ...

Small digital cameras have an inherent problem: The small sensors they use can’t capture as much light as the ones found in larger cameras. Sure, all digicams – even smartphones – perform well under ...

When Leica announced the M (version 240) they made a big switch to CMOS sensors. Now, however, they have started to see that some of their older CCD sensor cameras are experiencing an issue with ...

Samsung has just taken the wraps off of its new 8MP image sensor made specifically for front-facing cameras. Dubbed the S5K4H5YB, the new sensor is made using the company’s in-house built ISOCELL ...