Panasonic Develops Sensor With 100x Wider Dynamic Range Than Traditional CMOS

**interested_observer** · 02-03-2016, 07:45 PM

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Today Panasonic has announced that they've created new 'wide-dynamic-range' technology capable of improving 'simultaneous-capture wide dynamic range' 100 times wider than normal by using an organic photoconductive film (shortened to OPF) with a CMOS image sensor.

Colour reproduction will supposedly be more accurate in high contrast situations, the sensor will be able to read more exposure data, yet the size of the sensor won't actually have to be any bigger.

http://bokeh.digitalrev.com/article/panasonic-develops-sensor-with-100x-wide...aditional-cmos

rawr · 02-04-2016, 02:17 AM

Promising.

Just as interesting is a recent nano-optics breakthough using graphene ...

"a team from the Swinburne University of Technology has developed a graphene microlens one billionth of a meter thick that can take sharper images of objects the size of a single bacterium and opens the door to improved mobile phones, nanosatellites, and computers".
Graphene optical lens a billionth of a meter thick breaks the diffraction limit

Ultrathin lens could revolutionise next-gen devices | Swinburne news

I foresee great times ahead for image sensors. Organic photo-conductive films working with nano-optics working with ...

**pathdoc** · 02-04-2016, 05:27 AM - **1 Like**

Waiting with popcorn for the "Let's delay the full-frame until the graphene OPF sensor is ready" threads.

normhead · 02-04-2016, 06:27 AM

It sounds like some kind of transition glasses type built in, variable neutral density filter.

02-03-2016, 07:45 PM	#1
interested_observer Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Tumbleweed, Arizona Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 5,642	Panasonic Develops Sensor With 100x Wider Dynamic Range Than Traditional CMOS Quote: Today Panasonic has announced that they've created new 'wide-dynamic-range' technology capable of improving 'simultaneous-capture wide dynamic range' 100 times wider than normal by using an organic photoconductive film (shortened to OPF) with a CMOS image sensor. Colour reproduction will supposedly be more accurate in high contrast situations, the sensor will be able to read more exposure data, yet the size of the sensor won't actually have to be any bigger. http://bokeh.digitalrev.com/article/panasonic-develops-sensor-with-100x-wide...aditional-cmos

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02-04-2016, 02:17 AM	#2
rawr Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 11,913	Promising. Just as interesting is a recent nano-optics breakthough using graphene ... "a team from the Swinburne University of Technology has developed a graphene microlens one billionth of a meter thick that can take sharper images of objects the size of a single bacterium and opens the door to improved mobile phones, nanosatellites, and computers". Graphene optical lens a billionth of a meter thick breaks the diffraction limit Ultrathin lens could revolutionise next-gen devices \| Swinburne news I foresee great times ahead for image sensors. Organic photo-conductive films working with nano-optics working with ...

02-04-2016, 05:27 AM - 1 Like	#3
pathdoc Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2015 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,380	Waiting with popcorn for the "Let's delay the full-frame until the graphene OPF sensor is ready" threads.

02-04-2016, 06:27 AM	#4
normhead Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Near Algonquin Park Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 39,437	It sounds like some kind of transition glasses type built in, variable neutral density filter.

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