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Robert Mann Z. · January 6th, 2005, 12:05 AM

Sony's First CMOS camcorder

http://news.sel.sony.com/pressrelease/5480#au

Jesse Bekas · January 6th, 2005, 01:13 AM

Camcorderinfo reported this too. The article seemed contradictory, first making CMOS sound inferior to CCD (which it can be), and then hailing it as the cam technology of the future (which it probably will be). It's not so much that they're wrong, but the way the article was written is kind of confusing.

Anyway, will using CMOS sensors automatically mean the cam will record true progressive scan and multiple frame rates? I'd be really pissed if they still held this tech back after using a chip that can do those things natively.

Glenn Gipson · January 6th, 2005, 06:36 AM

>>I'd be really pissed if they still held this tech back after using a chip that can do those things natively.<<

You mean like the way they hold back true 24p for any cam under 35k?

Greg Boston · January 6th, 2005, 10:22 AM

Reading the press release, I came to the conclusion that the cmos cam will still be a CF24 emulation, not true 24fps.

=gb=

John Lee · January 6th, 2005, 11:24 AM

Just curious, but why are three CMOS chips necessary? It seems odd to me, since most digital cameras are single chip CMOS devices (right?). I know you get improved color depth when you use a three CCD setup for video, is it the same with CMOS? If so, why aren't there any 3 chip CMOS still cameras?

Again, just curious. Maybe it's a bit too earlier to discuss since this is "the first" cmos video camcorder.

Ignacio Rodriguez · January 6th, 2005, 11:43 AM

At this stage the information is very premature, it might be that it's really a single chip with a lot of pixels and an RGB filter. Things like that have happened before. However if such were the case, at such a small size, the sensor would be very bad for low light conditions due to the size of the pixels. Perhaps Sony just HAD (no pun intented) to squeeze three sensors in there because it was the only way of getting reasonable sensitivity with CMOS.

January 6th, 2005, 12:05 AM	#1
Robert Mann Z. Skyonic New York Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: NYC Posts: 614	SONY CMOS camcorder Sony's First CMOS camcorder http://news.sel.sony.com/pressrelease/5480#au

January 6th, 2005, 11:24 AM	#5
John Lee Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Silver Spring, MD Posts: 152	Just curious, but why are three CMOS chips necessary? It seems odd to me, since most digital cameras are single chip CMOS devices (right?). I know you get improved color depth when you use a three CCD setup for video, is it the same with CMOS? If so, why aren't there any 3 chip CMOS still cameras? Again, just curious. Maybe it's a bit too earlier to discuss since this is "the first" cmos video camcorder. __________________ John Lee Levelse7en@gmail.com

January 6th, 2005, 11:43 AM	#6
Ignacio Rodriguez Contributor Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Santiago, Chile Posts: 932	At this stage the information is very premature, it might be that it's really a single chip with a lot of pixels and an RGB filter. Things like that have happened before. However if such were the case, at such a small size, the sensor would be very bad for low light conditions due to the size of the pixels. Perhaps Sony just HAD (no pun intented) to squeeze three sensors in there because it was the only way of getting reasonable sensitivity with CMOS. __________________ Ignacio Rodríguez in the third world. @micronauta on Twitter. Main hardware: brain, eyes, hands.

January 6th, 2005, 01:13 AM	#2
Jesse Bekas Major Player Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Ridgefield Park, New Jersey, USA Posts: 572	Camcorderinfo reported this too. The article seemed contradictory, first making CMOS sound inferior to CCD (which it can be), and then hailing it as the cam technology of the future (which it probably will be). It's not so much that they're wrong, but the way the article was written is kind of confusing. Anyway, will using CMOS sensors automatically mean the cam will record true progressive scan and multiple frame rates? I'd be really pissed if they still held this tech back after using a chip that can do those things natively.

January 6th, 2005, 06:36 AM	#3
Glenn Gipson Major Player Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Plainfield, New Jersey Posts: 927	>>I'd be really pissed if they still held this tech back after using a chip that can do those things natively.<< You mean like the way they hold back true 24p for any cam under 35k?

January 6th, 2005, 10:22 AM	#4
Greg Boston Wrangler Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: DFW area, TX Posts: 6,117 Images: 1	Reading the press release, I came to the conclusion that the cmos cam will still be a CF24 emulation, not true 24fps. =gb=