New Kodak Technology Will Allow Lower-Light Shooting

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Eastman Kodak Company is reporting that their new image sensor technology will provide an increase in sensitivity to light of two-to-four-times compared to current sensor designs, effectively allowing directors to shoot with less light. Digital cameras use image sensors to convert light into electric charges to begin the capture process.

"That would be great for some of the stuff we're shooting in low-level light," director Andre Madness told XBIZ. "Film cameras are still the best, but we can't use them that often. I'm looking forward to catching all the color spectrum. I'm sure my tech geeks on the crew are going to love it. I have to get in with my lighting guys to see what we can do."

Kodak's new proprietary image sensor adds "clear" light-collecting sensors to the sensors that collect red, green and blue light. The "clear" sensors collect all wavelengths of visible light, increasing the light collected by the image sensor. The data is arranged using a software algorithm developed by Kodak.

According to Kodak, the new sensor increases performance in low light by one to two photographic stops and also can enable faster shutter speeds as well as higher resolution.

Kodak is developing sensors using this technology for consumer markets such as digital still cameras and camera phones. The technology can be used in all of Kodak’s image sensors, including products for industrial and scientific imaging. The first Kodak sensors using the new technology should be available for sampling in early 2008.

For more information, visit the Kodak press website.

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