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Nikon Coolpix P100 joins the superzoom party at 26x
February 3rd, 2010
Nikon Coolpix P100 joins the superzoom party at 26x
Nikon just fired off its first pre-PMA camera announcement with the new Coolpix P100 superzoom, which packs a five-way stabilized 26x optical zoom lens in front of a 10.3 megapixel CMOS sensor with ISO 3200 sensitivity, Backside Illumination and Active D-Lighting. Yeah, it’s not quite the 30x zoom from the new Olympus SP-800UX, but the lens can also do macro shots at 0.4 inches, and there are in-camera HDR features, a 40-shot pre-shooting cache, and a 3-inch 460,000-dot tilting LCD. We’re also told the P100 shoots 1080p video, but we don’t know anything about frame rates or formats yet — we’re looking for more, we’ll let you know. Should be out in March for $400; peep the full PR after the break.
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Nikon Coolpix P100 joins the superzoom party at 26x originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tags: Backside, Break, Engadget, Frame Rates, Hdr, Illumination, Macro Shots, Nbsp, Nikon Coolpix, Olympus, Optical Lens, Optical Zoom, P100, Peep, Zoom, Zoom Lens | 
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Toshiba launches 14.6 megapixel CMOS sensor with backside illumination for cellphones
October 27th, 2009
Toshiba launches 14.6 megapixel CMOS sensor with backside illumination for cellphones
Backside illumination may sound like something a proctologist would use in a poorly-lit examining room, but it’s actually a re-imagining of the CMOS sensor that brings the photodiodes closer to the action, thus delivering brighter images from smaller packaging. OmniVision and Sony both have their takes on the tech and now Toshiba is putting it into a 14.6 megapixel sensor for cellphones and compact cameras. The company claims light absorption is boosted by 40%, resulting in bright pictures despite the high-density 1/2.3-inch sensor. Early production will begin before the end of the year but manufacturing lines won’t start firing en masse until sometime next summer, meaning yet another dark and murky winter of dark and murky pictures.
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Toshiba launches 14.6 megapixel CMOS sensor with backside illumination for cellphones originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tags: Backside, Cellphones, Cmos Sensor, Compact Cameras, digital cameras, Engadget, Examining Room, High Density, Illumination, images, Light Absorption, Nbsp, Omnivision, Photodiodes, Proctologist, Sony, Toshiba |
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