Canon’s new SPAD sensor shoots high quality colour images using 1/10th the light required by a CMOS sensor

Canon has been going a bit mad on the Single-Photon Avalanche Diode (SPAD) sensor development, it seems. Having just announced their groundbreaking 1-megapixel SPAD sensor a little over six months ago, Canon’s back with a new 3.2-megapixel SPAD sensor, which is not only the most densely pixel-populated sensor of its kind, but it’s also more… Continue reading Canon’s new SPAD sensor shoots high quality colour images using 1/10th the light required by a CMOS sensor

Canon Develops a Sensor that Can Shoot Full Color Photos in the Dark

Canon has developed an image sensor that is capable of capturing high-quality color photography even in the dark. The company says that it will be able to shoot clear photos even in situations where nothing is visible to the naked eye. In a report from Nikkei, Canon says that it has developed a new type… Continue reading Canon Develops a Sensor that Can Shoot Full Color Photos in the Dark