Re: hi-res digital imager

Mike Harrison wrote: 
On 25 Jul 2005 11:19:39 -0700, "surfer" <opto1310@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


What is the state of the art in high resolution (pixel count) digital
imaging sensors, such as CMOS?  Is 20 megapixel or higher available?
Reference to product/vendor will be appreciated.

TIA
Mike



I think EEV do some very high-res devices for astronomy etc. Prices certainly well into the
kilobucks range I would think.



www.cs.iastate.edu/~lcmi/stuff/KAF-22000CELongSpec.pdf

The Kodak KAF-22000CE, 4080 x 5440, 50.0 x 38.8mm color chip is the largest commercial single CCD I'm aware of. That's over 22 megapixels.

There are several very large astronomical cameras in existence but all of them I know of are made of mosaics of 4096 x 4096 or smaller CCD's.
As long as 10 years ago 8192x 8192 CCD's had been made experimentally but weren't economically practical.

In CMOS, Cannon's 1DS Mark II camera has 16 megapixels. I don't know if it's the largest currently available.

If those aren't large enough wait a few months. The technology hasn't maxed out. It's just keeping up with the market demand.


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