[David]

Hi all, inserted web site shows the future direction of photographic sensors. I just wonder how long this device will take to hit the marketplace?

Clear photos in dim light: New sensor a thousand times more sensitive than current camera sensors

David

[BirdDude007]

Awesome....I had a feeling these such breakthroughs were coming. I have a feeling the resolution of these future sensors are just going to blow away anything out there today, in fact I feel that this "Full Frame" fad will fade away once these come out, even if they make a FF out of graphene it will just be flat out awesome.
I have been reading up on graphene a lot lately and I am very impressed at all the applications this material posseses, I work in the Dialysis field and they are saying that graphene will even play a roll in future dialysers, it certainly will be interesting to see just where they go with this stuff.....awesome

[rawr]

This is the interesting part of the story:

Asst Prof Wang has filed a patent through NTU's Nanyang Innovation and Enterprise Office for his invention.

The next step is to work with industry collaborators to develop the graphene sensor into a commercial product.

[BirdDude007]

This is the interesting part of the story:

i concur

[Smeggypants]

Professor Wang ??? O was expecting this to be dated 1st of April

[Shanti]

So the Q with a graphene sensor will be the future camera,if resolution matches the sensitivity... or M43 for those with larger hands...FF will be DOA,except for the 1%

[ruggiex]

Yea I can't wait for Super Q with this.

[jeffshaddix]

So the Q with a graphene sensor will be the future camera,if resolution matches the sensitivity... or M43 for those with larger hands...FF will be DOA,except for the 1%

This doesn't solve making ultra-fast lenses, just the sensitivity issue. Large sensors will prevail until there's a similar optics breakthrough (which there may not be).

That said, I agree 100% that a super-Q would be amazing, and I think Pentax really positioned themselves well hoping this sort of sensor tech would come.

[David]

This doesn't solve making ultra-fast lenses, just the sensitivity issue. Large sensors will prevail until there's a similar optics breakthrough (which there may not b

Agree with the above, and just to stir the pot I estimate that the sample Prof Wang is holding is very close to 36mm x 24mm

David

[arnold]

This doesn't solve making ultra-fast lenses, just the sensitivity issue. Large sensors will prevail until there's a similar optics breakthrough

Why would you need a fast lens when there is more than enough light for these new sensors with smaller apertures?

[Class A]

From what I can gather the 1000x improvement in sensitivity refers to previous graphene-based designs. Current CMOS sensors already have a quantum efficiency of 60-90% (back-illumination) so the improvement potential is obviously dramatically less than what the article implies.

[carrrlangas]

From what I can gather the 1000x improvement in sensitivity refers to previous graphene-based designs. Current CMOS sensors already have a quantum efficiency of 60-90% (back-illumination) so the improvement potential is obviously dramatically less than what the article implies.

true, but graphene already has a efficiency of 95%+

[tuco]

I think I recall seeing similar headline news at least two times in the last 10 years. And we are still marching along at a seemingly controlled, incremental improvement rate. So great there is new tech on the horizon but I won't get too excited until I see it in a camera.

[Digitalis]

I think I recall seeing similar headline news at least two times in the last 10 years.

same here - but the first time it was something about quantum dots, and silicon carbide based sensors..

[Giklab]

From what I can gather the 1000x improvement in sensitivity refers to previous graphene-based designs.

This. AFAIK the scientists quoted an improvement of "three orders of magnitude" over previous graphite designs. And it got warped in the PR department/translation.

I need to find that link...