While the market for conventional webcam and laptop camera modules remains robust, driven by hybrid work models, the most significant innovation and value are now concentrated in specialized segments.

Smartphone cameras continue to be a predominate feature in consumer marketing and buying decisions on smartphones. It makes sense, then, that manufacturers of smartphone camera components are part of ...

The godfather of the active-pixel CMOS sensor, Eric R Fossum, PhD, has been awarded the 2026 Charles Stark Draper Prize for Engineering ...

OmniVision, a key player in CMOS image sensors, faced difficulties after losing Apple as a client in 2011. Following its acquisition by Visionox, it shifted its focus to serving Chinese smartphone ...

Complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) technology now offers state-of-the-art imaging capabilities necessary for a number of biomedical applications, but the question is, can it supplant the ...

Apple's iPhone 15 will be getting a state-of-the-art camera sensor from Sony that could double the amount of captured light with improved exposure control over the current generation. In a rather ...

Curved designs mean simpler optical systems – like eyes with single lens; claimed to be “next major innovation” in imaging. The great curve: Silina’s technology offers benefits to imaging sector.

Image: Draper Eric Fossum, the inventor of the modern CMOS image sensor and a longtime friend of DPReview, was recently awarded the 2026 Charles Stark Draper Prize for Engineering. The award, which is ...

Camera resolution is about to go crazy, as a 180MP medium format sensor is on the way – and maybe a 107MP full frame sensor, ...

Enables automated systems to spot hazards at longer distances; and better synchronisation with scanning lidar. Sony Semiconductor Solutions is to launch a new CMOS image sensor for automotive cameras ...

The image sensor is arguably the most important component in a digital video or still camera. But these sensors are also notoriously non-standardized. They tend to differ in the schemes used for: ...