Figure 1: 13.2 x 9.9-mm SPAD sensor. Click for a larger image. (Source: Canon Inc.) Canon Inc. has developed an ultra-small single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) image sensor, measuring 13.2 × 9.9 mm, ...

Canon shows a sensor at CES that counts individual light particles; Ricoh releases a monochrome compact camera for purists.

Canon's new SPAD sensors work by amplifying a single photon that enters the sensor's pixels into large amounts of electrical energy pulses. This allows the camera to see objects in areas with small ...

Canon has developed a new 3.2-megapixel single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) image sensor that can take color photographs in the dark, according to Nikkei Asia. It’s due to go into production next ...

According to Nikkei Asia, Canon is poised to shake up the digital imaging industry next year with a new sensor capable of capturing full-color images at “one-tenth the brightness conventional sensors ...

Today Canon revealed a 250MP image sensor that'd make Along Game a Spider, Stargate, and Blade Runner feel vindicated at last. While this new sensor isn't quite able to see around corners, it's ...

High-resolution imaging sensors aren’t new. However, its size makes Canon’s achievement so impressive and record-breaking. Canon has managed to stuff 410-megapixels into a 35mm full-frame camera ...

For now, there’s really only one way to capture an HDR image when lighting conditions vary wildly across the frame: you take multiple shots with different exposures, and then assemble a final ...

Canon announced that it has created a new 410-megapixel, 35mm full-frame CMOS sensor, "the largest number of pixels ever achieved" in a sensor of its size. Because of the level of detail the new ...

There's an image sensor inside every camera, phone and device that records stills or video – and Sony has a 42% chokehold on this market. Yet Canon, despite being the biggest camera manufacturer in ...

LONDON– Canon Inc. has announced it has developed a CMOS image sensor withmore than 120 million pixels, and claimed it is the world's highestresolution image sensor for its size. Thesensor is the ...