Monday, July 14, 2014
Here's the first image taken with Sony's new curved camera sensor
Here's the first image taken with Sony's new curved camera sensor Curved TVs and phones are already a fad, so why not camera sensors?Nikkei reports that Sony has released the first image ever taken with a curved CMOS sensor, which Sony developed for compact and full-frame cameras. The new image sensor features a curvature similar to the human eye that helps to fix optical distortions normally created by flat sensors.Sony also hopes curved sensors will feature greater light sensitivity, provide better image quality and pave the way to simpler lenses. Typically the problem of capturing an image with a curved sensor is light rays that pass the lens at an angle. Read more >