Did you guys see this? (new Kodak sensor)

[michaelb]

I know its not Canon's, but did you guys hear about this new Kodak sensor. With the improvement in high ISO, IS/VR/OS, and new sensors like this which handle low light conditions better its going to be amazing to watch the changes in dSLR's over the next 10 years. We may be using a lot less flash in the future.


http://www.dpreview.com/news/0706/07061401kodakhighsens.asp

[RichNY]

I wonder how long before Nikon ships their first camera based on this?

There must be joy over at Nikonians about this, not that they don't think their existing sensor is better than the MIII ;)

[Nickcanada]

I heard about this new sensor on a local radio station. They touted the camera as "night vision" saying you "never need flash". This was just the radio DJ saying this, not Sony.

[GaryS]

The technology is very interesting, and I think it will be great when it comes out... A camera with ISO50 to 12800 sounds awesome!

But its not going to eliminate the need for flash. I use my flash more on bright sunny days than I do in the dark!

[24Peter]

Hmmm. I always wanted to learn how juggle.... But I must say the "Current Technology" photos looks much better to me. check out the noise in his pants? (Is that chroma noise? Or are you just happy to see me? ;) )

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0706/kodakiss_Juggler.jpg

[coldrain]

This is for cellphone and compact digital snap shot cameras, this is not for "amazingly better image quality".

Nothing special is going on, it is not like Sigma's SD14 with the revolutionary X3 sensor, which makes photos a lot sharper with better colour than traditional Bayer pattern sensors.
It is also not like Fuji's different kinds of SuperCCD chips which do special things with photo diode placing and sizes, making the sensor more dynamic.

What Kodak does is to do something that some camera makers like Panasonic do in high ISO, "pixel binning"... grouping groups of photo diodes to in effect make bigger colour "pixels", which together give more accurate readings.
While this minimizes noise to some extent, it does also lower the colour resolution of the sensor. So... nice for point and shoots and cellphones.
Not for cameras that try to get the best image quality at a certain resolution.

[VTEC_EATER]

Well, I must say that the improvement in noise control is quite drastic. While I am impressed with the improvement, the photos still look like total crap to me. What camera are these taken with? I can only assume a P&S with huge amounts of megapixels. Even ISO 200 looks worse than ISO 1600 on my D50.

[RichNY]

Check out the noise in his pants? (Is that chroma noise? Or are you just happy to see me? ;) )


Now that's one funny line!