Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]While somewhat dated (in techno time) I believe much of this piece still holds true < http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/sensor-design.shtml>; though I'm not a scientist, engineer or mathematician. Yet, my own anecdotal experience with: 10D 20D 5D M8 R8/DMR seems to fall in line with the points made by the author. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Feb 28, 2010, at 9:17 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > George, > If I remember right, CCD sensors have better noise characteristics > than CMOS > ones. The major advantages of CMOS sensors are considerably lower > power > usage and lower manufacturing costs. > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 2:34 AM, George Lottermoser > <imagist3 at mac.com> wrote: > >> Does anyone have any data >> if this is true for CCD sensors? >> >> It appears to me that CCD's simply do not offer >> the kind of high ISO performance that Cmos does. >> >> As far as I can tell >> the current (so called) medium format CCD sensors >> run about the the same sized sensor sites >> as the M9. >> >> Regards, >> George Lottermoser >> george at imagist.com >> http://www.imagist.com >> http://www.imagist.com/blog >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >> >> >> On Feb 28, 2010, at 1:30 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: >> >> And I'd not mind it if by then the sensor sites had been enlarged >> so I'm >>> not >>> getting 18 MP's but 12 and have a much higher useable iso range. >>> As is par >>> for the course right now. >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information