Sony CCD full frame

[gregbradley]

A new Sony 35mm 34.8mp CCD. It was only a matter of time now Kodak has exited the scene.

http://www.sonyalpharumors.com/ft5-the-new-sony-full-frame-sensor-ccd-superhad-ii-with-34-8mp/

If its anything like their latest smaller CCDs it could be really nice sensor.

Greg.

[jase]

Article is dated in 2009. If the chip was a mover and shaker, it would have made its way into the astro imaging realm by now. Alas I've heard nothing about it in the last four years.

[gregbradley]

Sorry I missed that. Gee I wonder what happened to it?

Greg.

[mithrandir]

Is that rumour for the chip now in the Nikon D800 and D800E? IIRC Nikon had an exclusive deal so Sony couldn't even use it in their own a99. That has a 24Mpx chip.

[gregbradley]

No this is a CCD chip and D800 uses a 36.3mp CMOS.

It was intended for a movie camera and also some security camera per the article on it.

Greg.