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Aptina Introduces High Performance Camera Sensor To Bridge And Mirrorless Cameras Market

San Jose, CA and Cologne, Germany, September 18, 2012 - Aptina, a global provider of CMOS imaging solutions enabling Imaging Everywhere™, announced today the release of the AR1011HS digital camera image sensor. The new 1-inch optical format sensor is ideal for enabling high quality bridge and mirrorless cameras and targets Tier-1 camera OEMs. The sensor provides 10-megapixel (MP) resolution, 3.4-micron pixels, with Aptina’s DR-Pix™ technology, delivering uncompromised low light and bright light scene image quality. The AR1011HS high-speed sensor architecture is capable of reading full 10MP resolution at 60fps, and enables a variety of video modes, including broadcast quality quad high definition (HD), oversampled 1080p for True HD resolution, 1080p video at 120 frames per second, and additional high frame rate modes for slow motion playback.

“The AR1011HS image sensor is a great match for the performance-oriented bridge and mirrorless camera market,” said Sandor Barna, Vice President and General Manager of Aptina’s Consumer Camera business. “Image quality and speed are the two things this market cannot compromise on. Tier-1 OEMs competing in this market are looking for increasingly versatile solutions to meet the demand for speed and performance, and this sensor provides both.”

Integrating Aptina’s DR-Pix™ technology, the AR1011HS delivers both high-pixel sensitivity for low-light imaging, and high-pixel capacity for bright outdoor scenes. The combination of this outstanding pixel performance and high-speed readout technologies enables fast, vivid broadcast quality video and high-end still image capture quality in a single sensor solution.

The AR1011HS uses Aptina’s advanced 24-lane HiSPi™ High Speed Serial Pixel Interface for fast data transfer. HiSPi is an open access, scalable technology that enables 1080p/120 fps performance (and beyond) and has been adopted by many of Aptina’s business partners to meet the challenges of high-speed, low-power consumption data transfer.

What about m43 4:2:2 120fps? Hopeless?

now, what cameras /manufacturers will utilize this? :)

Aptina announces a 14MP image sensor for digital cameras, the AR1411HS, in the increasingly popular 1-inch format for mirrorless, bridge, high-end compact, and broadcast digital video cameras. The sensor is said to have attracted great interest from market-leading mirrorless camera makers, as an improved version of the 1-inch 10MP AR1011HS introduced in 2012.

The AR1411HS uses 2.86um DR-Pix pixel to improve image quality in both low-lit and brightly-lit scenes. The pixel DR is stated to be 86dB, the responsivity is 20.5 ke/lx*s. The frame rate is 80fps at full resolution for a 1.1 gigapixels/sec, 40% faster than its 10MP predecessor (the flyer states 60fps at 1/80s scan rate). The high-speed readout provides full 4K video at 60fps, in either the Quad HD (3840H x 2160V) or the wider Digital Cinema 4K format (4096H x 2160V), and 120fps in 1080p video mode, enabling slow-motion video capture without loss of resolution. This speed also gives the user the unique capability of grabbing full 14MP resolution still images without interrupting an oversampled 1080p HD video stream. The sensor power consumption is 1.1W at full resolution and speed.

"The AR1411HS image sensor delivers superior image quality and the ability to capture still shots and video very fast, in virtually any environment," said Sandor Barna, VP and GM of Aptina’s Consumer Camera business. "This 1-inch sensor effectively bridges the performance and price gap between the smaller 1/2.3-inch sensors commonly used in compact digital still cameras and the larger APS-C and full-frame sensors that are used in DSLR cameras. Based on the initial success we are seeing in high quality HD-video enabled mirrorless cameras and strong interest from several top camera companies that have sampled the image sensor, we believe the AR1411HS is a game-changer."

Via: http://image-sensors-world.blogspot.de/2013/04/aptina-announces-1-inch-14mp80fps-sensor.html

now we are talking. Ill like to see whats on panas lab next to the exit line. i loved the NMOS sensors they used on GH 1 and 2, but this is a complete different animal.

Since Aptina and Sony agreed to cross license their patents, it probably won't be long before we see this technology in Sony cameras. Also, look to Nikon as a possible early user of this sensor.

http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/01/aptina-and-sony-cross-license-each-others-camera-patents/

It seems Dynamic Range in video will improve a lot in near future cameras, maybe same thing as BMCC or even more, but with much smaller file sizes, things are going fast in technology, time to wait, or just buy if you will make money ASAP with things you buy.

Sony RX200 and Nikon 1 V3 - 4:2:2 - I like!