Capturing An Image

This may constitute a trend among sensor developers. Eastman Kodak made a similar announcement at Photokina: it has formed the Image Sensor Solution (ISS) division to market the company's line of CCD and CMOS sensors to OEMs, as well as other Kodak business units.

The Cameras of the Field
Sixteen million-pixel sensors aside, what digital cameras currently sit at the top of the professional market? The answer will depend on who you ask. As Zarakov notes, the terms once used to quantify the quality of a digital camera are no longer so absolute. A sensor's pixel count is important, but so is the accuracy of capturing complete color information. Most one-shot cameras capture less than 1⁄3 of the total amount of color, because each pixel is measuring only one of the three primary colors: red, green or blue. The best digital camera will have the right combination of specifications for a given photographer who will use the unit for a given application—or two.