>> A new super-sensor would be great but it does not seem to fulfill the seer's >> vision of "Mid-September ...forehead-slapping amongst the competition in >> the DSLR world." nor does it fit with "...not a single DSLR out there >> at any price, including ones using the same sensor, have it." This implies >> it is an in-production sensor and the "improvement" could have already been >> done by someone. >> > > One of the theoretical advantages of CCD, versus CMOS, sensors is that > the output of a CCD is analog, so it's possible to use > different/improved A-D converters. In most cases, camera makers > economize by using the A-D converter designed my the CCD manufacturer. > But not always: Nikon designed their own A-D converter for the D200 > (Nikon's D80 and Sony's A100 use the Sony D-A converter made for the > chip by Sony). > I somehow doubt that there is much to gain from improving the A/D, though. Seems to me that the real issue is noise already present in the analogue signal, and also dynamic range limitations also on the analogue side.
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