- KAF-10500
Kodak announced on September 15, 2006 that Kodak's KAF-10500 CCD
image sensor was to be used in the new M8 camera from German manufacterLeica . [cite web | url = http://www.dpreview.com/news/0609/06091501kodakccdleicam8.asp| title = Kodak Sensor in Leica M8 | publisher = Dpreview.com| date = 2006-09-15] The sensor was developed specifically - perhaps not exclusively – for this camera. It has 10.3 million 6.8 μm pixels and is 18×27 mm inducing a 1.33crop factor , with an ISO 160–2500 sensitivity range.The KAF-10500 sensor includes
indium tin oxide as a constituent material whichKodak claims leads to low noise, high sensitivity, and widedynamic range . It is designed for use with lenses with short back focal lengths by including a microlens array to reduce fall off in intensity from the center to corners of the image. Further details and aspects of the sensor were unveiled during the course ofPhotokina 2006. [http://photokina-show.com/0368/kodak/digitalcameras/kodaksensorleicam8/ Kodak Sensor for Leica M8] , LetsGoDigital Photokina coverage]References
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