Here’s the CMOS sensor: And here’s the CCD sensor: And here’s the CCD sensor: There’s no audio so you don’t get the nitty gritty details about what’s actually happening down to the silicon nuts and ...

Ever wondered how the CMOS and CCD image sensors inside cameras work? Well, these neat animations by Raymond Sirí do a great job of explaining it.

We don’t know if different materials or different sensors would require different offsets, but we’d guess they do. There was some very small noise in the sensor output, but, honestly, not much.

The same person that created the sensor found in most cameras is behind a new Quanta Image Sensor with crazy low-light capabilities.

Here's the run-down on back-side illuminated sensors (like those in the recently announced Sony cameras) including how they differ from more conventional designs and why we're still waiting for an ...