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We <a href="http://www.canonrumors.com/canon-showcases-23-global-shutter-sensor-at-isscc-2017/">covered Canon’s global shutter technical presentation</a> at ISSCC 2017 last month. Nikkei Technology has given a more in-depth breakdown of what Canon has presented about CMOS global shutter sensors.</p>
<p><strong>Nikkei Technology explains:</strong></p>
<blockquote><p>Conventional CMOS sensors use the “rolling shutter” technology, which exposes lines of pixels in series (one after another). It causes a time lag when reading signals from each pixel, sometimes distorting the image of a fast-moving subject.</p>
<p>On the other hand, the [global shutter] technology exposes all the pixels at the same time and is suited for taking images of fast-moving subjects. However, its dynamic range is narrow. To solve this problem, Canon made two major improvements.</p>
<p>First, within time for one exposure, the value calculated by accumulating the electric charge from the light-receiving part (PDs: photo diodes) twice is stored in the memory and processed. To read out the electric charge at a high speed, Canon used its own A-D (analog-digital) converter called “SSDG-ADC”. The converter was announced at ISSCC 2014. <a href="http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/atclen/news_en/15mk/030101177/">Read the full article</a></p></blockquote>
<p>We can definitely expect to see global shutter technology in future Canon cameras, and hopefully that happens sooner than later.</p>
<p><em>thanks Matthew</em></p>
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