Nikon Moves To CMOS

[frankie_frank1]

<p>Is CMOS better than CCD? Doesn't CMOS have more noise?</p>

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[epp_b]

<p>Um...</p>

<p>1. Nikon uses both. Are you saying that they are now using exclusively CMOS sensors?<br>

2. Source?</p>

[lex_jenkins]

<p>The thread title "Nikon Moves To CMOS" is puzzling. Is this a question or a news report? If it's a news report, is it something very recent within the past week? If so, what's the source. Or is it just something you've recently heard about? The purpose of your post is unclear.</p>

[raymond_ocampo]

<p>This title confused me as well. Nikon has been using CMOS for quite some time as well as CCD.</p>

[nathancraver]

<p>This isn't exactly news. The D3, D3x, D700, D300, D90 all use CMOS sensors instead of CCD. The D200, D80, D60, D40 and earlier use CCD. Look at the high ISO performance of the D3/D700 and even the D300 compared to the D200. I think that pretty much sums it up.</p>

[starvy]

<p>perhaps my lack of knowledge shows here, but ithought the difference in the two types of sensors were only in the lower range products like webcams and cheap digicams, rather than dslr gear?</p>

[munim]

<p>CMOS can be manufactured very cheaply, so it's found in cheap digicams. At high end, things are not so clear. Whether CMOS or CCD is used is a matter of matching the sensor to the whole camera. Both have their strengths and weaknesses. I wouldn't worry too much about it. And I'm doing PhD research in smart embedded cameras, BTW.</p>

 

[stwrtertbsratbs5]

<p>I leave the choice of technology to Nikon engineers. Just give me nice clean files.</p>

[peter]

<p>I seem to recall reading an article which said that Canon (who evidently use CMOS sensors in their high end products) have a noise advantage over Nikon (sensor size for sensor size) due to the CMOS technology having a better signal to noise ratio. Not sure my self apart from this claim.</p>

[nathancraver]

<p>Peter, that may very well be true, and that may be why the newer/higher end Nikons use CMOS sensors now. People used to say LCD screens weren't as good as Plasma, but as technology advances, the tables have arguably turned.</p>