Sharp Japan today announced a new 1/2.3 type 12Mpx CCD [JP] for compact digital cameras featuring “the highest performance in the industry”. The company says first samples will be available starting ...

This morning, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to three researchers who made advances in optical technologies. Charles Kao won the half the prize for leading the search for development of ...

Charge-coupled-device cameras are a vital component of many applications involving digital imaging. Neil Savage presents a summary of some of the latest products. Cameras based on ...

Despite its small size of just 2.51.5 in., the PixelFlyQE digital CCD camera offers improved quantum efficiency with higher pixel resolution of 13901024. Its miniature head easily connects to a ...

The camera in your pocket is pretty amazing. Today's smartphone cameras feel like they're a million miles away from earlier photography tech, but digital cameras had to start somewhere. Back in the ...

Problems with the image pickup in eight models of Sony Corp. digital still cameras could prevent them from taking clear pictures or any photos at all, the company said today. Sony has found that the ...

I've got a question for all you digital photography buffs. My dad has a friend who went whale watching and took quite a few photos. He claims that when he was looking through the viewfinder and took ...

Concord Camera today announced the company’s first two digital cameras using Charge-Coupled Device (“CCD”) technology. The Concord Eye-Q 3340z features a 3 megapixel CCD sensor and a high resolution ...

We'll take a look at the charge-coupled device sensor from a Fujifilm Finepix E550 6.3-Mpixel camera. For a point-and-shoot camera, the Finepix E550 delivers impressive resolution as well as ISO 800 ...

The retro nostalgia continues across China as the once-forgotten charged-coupled device (CCD) cameras have made a comeback with the youth. According to Shanghai-based news site Shine, CCD digital ...