Nikon develops new image sensor - LBCAST

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According to an article in the Japanese Nikkei, Nikon has developed a new image sensor based on a new 'LBCAST' (lateral buried charge accumulator and sensing transistor array) technology, which appears to be similar to CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor)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." Aparantly this is the first in-house developed sensor from Nikon.

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