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<p><strong>What’s in a sensor?

</strong>[<a href="http://image-sensors-world.blogspot.com/2011/10/canon-full-frame-35mm-sensor-news.html">ISW</a>] has given a nice and concise breakdown of the technology inside the new full frame sensor for the EOS 1D X. Below is a direct quote of the breakdown.</p>
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<li>New photodiode construction has resulted in an improved photoelectric conversion rate that gives increased light sensitivity.</li>
<li>Improved transistors inside the pixels are said to make SNR higher</li>
<li>The first time that gapless microlenses have been employed on a Canon full-frame sensor.</li>
<li>14fps speed is achieved by a 16-channel analog output with two-vertical-pixel simultaneous readout. The 16 outputs are muxed in 4 ADCs siting on a separate image processor chip Digic 5+. It is around 1.4 times faster than the previous generation EOS-1D Mark IV and said to be a first for a 35mm full-frame digital sensor. At ISO 32,000 or higher the frame rate is reduced to 10fps.</li>
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<p><strong>Source <a href="http://image-sensors-world.blogspot.com/2011/10/canon-full-frame-35mm-sensor-news.html">Image Sensor World</a></strong></p>
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