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Hasn’t basically everyone switch from CCD to CMOS sensors these days?

I don’t know the technical difference other than what each stands for.



Oops, indeed. I got the two mixed up.


It’s kind of funny CCDs had a full product life cycle since that magazine cover.


They see a plenty of use in professional and scientific contexts, so it’s not like their life is over. Indeed the largest digital camera sensor ever, the 3.2 gigapixel imager installed in the soon-to-be-online Vera Rubin Observatory, is CCD. CMOS won out in consumer products because of lower cost and power consumption.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_C._Rubin_Observatory




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