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Old 06-10-2009, 09:46 PM
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Originally Posted by gregbradley View Post
There are a lot of point and shoot cameras around that are 12.1mp. What sensor are they using? Perhaps its a Sony sensor and so most likely very low noise. Perhaps that is a CMOS chip.

I'd like to see Sony enter the larger chip market more as they usually put out killer products.
My Sony a200 has a 10Mpixel CCD - 3872x2592 with 6.1um pixels. It's almost the same size as the chip in the QHY8, so might be a possibility.

I think I read the chips in a700 and a900 are CMOS.
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