Category: Image Sensors

Sony announces Industry 1st stacked CMOS sensor with hybrid autofocus and 3-axis stabilization

John Aldred

Following from last year’s announcement that they were raising 440 billion yen (nearly $4 billion) to further development and production of new sensor technology, Sony have started to reveal the fruits of their labor with the announcement of their new IMX318 sensor. Aimed squarely at the mobile devices market and with a pixel size of only 1.0μm, they’re able to […]

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Sony inks deal to acquire Toshiba’s image sensor business, facilities

Gannon Burgett

This week has been acquisition galore. First, the rumor of Nikon buying out Samsung’s NX sensor business (which has since been denied by the latter of the two), then came news that Phase One acquired Mamiya for its medium format technology. Today, Sony announced it has inked a deal that solidifies a $154 million buyout […]

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