According
to an article in the Japanese Nikkei, Nikon has developed a new image
sensor based on a new 'LBCAST' technology (which appears to be similar
to CMOS but faster). This new sensor design allows data to be read twice
as fast as standard sensors. The new sensor is destined for digital SLR's,
to quote the article "An SLR camera with the LBCAST sensor will be
capable of consecutive shooting at the best level for CMOS cameras made
by other companies, or 8 shots per second, which is also more than twice
that of ordinary compact digital cameras with CCD (charge-coupled device)
sensors." As far as I know this is the first in-house developed sensor
from Nikon.
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According
to an article in the Japanese Nikkei, Nikon has developed a new image
sensor based on a new 'LBCAST' technology (which appears to be similar
to CMOS but faster). This new sensor design allows data to be read twice
as fast as standard sensors. The new sensor is destined for digital SLR's,
to quote the article "An SLR camera with the LBCAST sensor will be
capable of consecutive shooting at the best level for CMOS cameras made
by other companies, or 8 shots per second, which is also more than twice
that of ordinary compact digital cameras with CCD (charge-coupled device)
sensors." As far as I know this is the first in-house developed sensor
from Nikon.