In brief: While manufacturers have been able to cram many millions of pixels into tiny smartphone camera sensors and improve their sensitivity, Canon made a new type of sensor that's particularly ...

Figure 1: 13.2 x 9.9-mm SPAD sensor. Click for a larger image. (Source: Canon Inc.) Canon Inc. has developed an ultra-small single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) image sensor, measuring 13.2 × 9.9 mm, ...

For now, there’s really only one way to capture an HDR image when lighting conditions vary wildly across the frame: you take multiple shots with different exposures, and then assemble a final ...

Canon has announced the creation of a new imaging sensor that is is able to take high-resolution, color photographs even in almost total darkness. Though you might think this will be a boon to ...

High-resolution imaging sensors aren’t new. However, its size makes Canon’s achievement so impressive and record-breaking. Canon has managed to stuff 410-megapixels into a 35mm full-frame camera ...

Sensor sensibility: Some of the biggest names in the history of digital image sensors who have made significant breakthroughs in CCD and CMOS sensors have collaborated on a history of the technology ...