Latest Fujifilm organic/CMOS hybrid sensor

[stingOM]

Once again Fuji have done it using the "hybrid" approach just like they did when they developed the Fuji S Pro series.

No need for IR filter + micro-lenses = better light gathering capability + sharper images?




News
http://www.dpreview.com/news/2011/12/21/Fujfilmorganicsensor

http://www.motionvfx.com/mblog/fujis_revolutionary_hybrid_organic_cmos_sensor_patented!,p1050.html

I quote:

"Fujifilm has recently been granted a patented for its work on a sensor that uses an organic (carbon-chemistry-based) material on top of silicon circuitry.

This is the advantage of using the new organic sensors: “As the organic photoelectric conversion layer has a large absorption coefficient in principle, it can absorb enough light in spite of its extreme thinness.

Therefore, it is free from spectral cross-talk between tiny pixels when capturing slanting rays of light and does not need any micro-lenses conventionally used for gathering incident light.

The spectral sensitivity of the organic photoelectric conversion layer can be freely controlled by designing organic materials and it is possible to achieve a panchromatic property which does not have sensitivity to infrared light but only to blue, green and red light .

Therefore, it is not necessary to use a conventional infrared light cut filter and we can eliminate its problem, a change of infrared cut wavelength and color hue caused by a change of the angle of light incidence.”

Source: http://www.houseofjapan.com/electronics/fujifilm-hybrid-organiccmos-sensor

Official research paper:
http://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=fujifilm%20hybrid%20organic%2Fcmos%20sensor&source=web&cd=7&ved=0CE0QFjAG&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fujifilm.com%2Fabout%2Fresearch%2Freport%2F055%2Fpdf%2Findex%2Fff_rd055_004_en.pdf&ei=7QH7To3LJcfIhAe7ooi-Cw&usg=AFQjCNGsLRkehuwWkDmAxNj32m4mcb3KIQ&sig2=3rvN6ixeEpDttT1ZeKnHUQ

[Kram]

Love to see a side-by-side test vs. Canon and Nikon's best.

[LucisPictor]

Perhaps we have to get used to the necessity to buy a new cam every two years.
I planned to stop now. Hope I can follow that plan.

[tikkathree]

Organic materials eh?

Fungus is organic isn't it?

[Attila]

[sichko]

The word organic is simply descriptive. It describes chemical compounds based on carbon. The O in OLED or AMOLED, modern types of display, also stands for organic used in the same sense.