Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That is also my understanding Jayanand. CCD: Better S:N (signal to noise) characteristics. Greater dynamic range. Greater ability to render micro detail. More expensive to produce. Requires more processing power. Cmos: Higher ISO performance. On board processors resulting in less power usage. Lower Cost. 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: > 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.