--- Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> << The lack of noise at high sensitivity is something people claim as an advantage for CMOS. Supposedly a drawback is that they suck more power. >>
Actually, it's the opposite. CMOS use much less power than CCD but they have higher noise levels. Canon CMOS have very low noise levels because of a proprietary "noise elimination circuit" that is patented by Canon. This type of technology only works with CMOS (because of the way the data gets off the sensor in a CMOS as opposed to CCD) but anyhow it is proprietary, patented technology that nobody else can touch. Aside from the Canons (all Canon D-SLRs but the D2000, D6000 and 1D) the only other large-sensor CMOS cameras are the Nikon D2X/D2Xs and the Sony DSC-R1. Both have quite high noise levels given the size of their sensors. New Doug __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
