Sony Has Bought Toshiba's Image Sensor Division for $155 Million
Following a series of negotiations, Sony has announced that it’s buying Toshiba’s image sensor business for 19 billion yen—which is about $155 million.
Sony Plans to Take Over Toshiba's Image Sensor Division
Sony has confirmed that it’s currently in negotiations to agree the terms with which it will take over Toshiba’s CMOS image sensor business. The move will see Sony boost its already impressive image sensor division.
Leaked Sony Sensor Has Potential to Supercharge Future Cameras
If a leaked document from the Chinese site Cnbeta holds true, within a couple of years consumer cameras could see a significant bump in quality and low light performance. The leak describes a Sony image sensor that uses a completely new way of gathering light called Active Pixel Color Sampling.
150 Megapixel Image Sensor Won't Power Your Nikon, Might Save Your Life
Two Chinese companies, TowerJazz and Gpixel, have teamed up to develop the GMAX3005, a new massively high-resolution 150 megapixel CMOS image sensor. The goal is to use it for medical and industrial applications, so don't expect it to see it in your next DSLR.
New Image Sensor Tech Captures Better Photos By Ditching Silicon
Basically every digital image sensor out there relies on silicon photodiodes to capture light. Jointly developed by researchers at Panasonic and Fujifilm, a new image sensor technology uses an organic layer instead—and early tests results of the technology blow the status quo away.
Giz Explains: Why ISO Is the New Megapixel
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.
