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Kodak Cranks Out 39-megapixel CCD

Topic: Cameras

Though the company has long since shifted its camera-making focus to the low-to mid-range consumer market, Eastman Kodak announced yesterday that it has produced two new CCDs that set a new high-water mark for imaging power. The 31.6- and 39-megapixel image sensors will be offered to camera and camera-body manufacturers, and may begin appearing in some professional digicams some time in 2006. The good news for the rest of us is that by almost doubling performance at the highest-end of the CCD spectrum, Kodak’s new sensors may indirectly help push costs down for consumer-grade CCDs.

Hate to see how much that one cost!