Sharp Corp. has developed what it believes is the first commercially available CCD camera module with one-megapixel resolution for integrated camera phones. Sharp's LZOP3721 measures 13.5 x 11 x 9.7mm ...

With the introduction of the new 5 MP CCD camera module (LZ0P3770) for mobile phones and handheld devices Sharp presents the industry’s first solution including authentic camera features such as ...

The early 2000s were a great time for digital phtoography, where the nascent technology was finding its footing through new innovations. There was, however, one sensor design that had the potential to ...

Sharp Corporation has developed two new 3-megapixel CCD camera modules intended for use in camera-equipped mobile phones. The two camera modules feature a built-in autofocus function and the new ...

At the start of the century, it was unthinkable that people would walk around with a pocket-sized camera. But today, we take the ubiquity of photographic equipment for granted. Smartphone cameras have ...

Way back in 2008, Canon — the stalwart Japanese camera brand — released its EOS 5D Mark II model, which heralded a new era of digital photography. It was one of the first DSLR (which stands for ...

The level of consumer misinformation in the megapixel realm is pretty ridiculous already, there's just very little reason for using an 8 megapixel CCD to capture the level of image data coming through ...

Improved design and fabrication methods teamed up with high-speed processors are spawning low-cost, high-performance CMOS and CCD imagers across a wide range of applications. The latest generation of ...

Forty years after they first sketched out the idea for a digital image sensor, two former Bell Labs research scientists have been jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2009 "for the invention of ...