July 7, 2026, Atul Ingle
Harvest Imaging Forum 2026 Nov 5-6, Registrations OpenAdvanced Packaging and Multi-Dimensional Systems Integration for Image SensorsNovember 5 & 6, 2026Antwerp, BelgiumAbstractPackaging technology for image sensors is an underappreciated issue in the systems integration process, greatly affecting performance, scalability, physical area, and cost.
July 2, 2026, Dave
Conference List - December 202618th International Conference on Sensing Technology (ICST2026) - 7-9 December 2026 - Sydney, Australia - WebsiteInternational Technical Exhibition on Image Technology and Equipment (ITE) - 2-4 December 2026 - Yokohama, Japan - WebsiteIEEE International Electron Devices Meeting - 12-16 December 2026 ...
June 26, 2026, Atul Ingle
Foveated imaging with optical foldingJinwen Wei and Liangcai Cao, "Compact Neural Pancake Camera for High-Perceptual-Quality Foveated Imaging," ACS Photonics (2026).Link: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.
June 22, 2026, Atul Ingle
Miscellaneous 2026 market news: Omnivision, Canon, Oculi, SonyOmnivision is listed on HKSE https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/chinas-omnivision-open-slightly-higher-hong-kong-trading-debut-2026-01-12/ Canon will manufacture image sensor image processing chips in 2nm process at Rapidus. https://asia.nikkei.
June 18, 2026, Atul Ingle
400x400 pixel stacked CIS HDR sensor for AR/VR applicationsIn a June 2026 paper titled "A 400×400 3.24-μm 117-dB Dynamic Range Three-Layer Stacked Digital Pixel Sensor With Triple Quantization and Fixed Pattern Noise Correction" published in IEEE Trans.
May 19, 2026, Gordon Laing
Epson R-D1 retro reviewWelcome back vintage camera lovers to a very special episode about the legendary Epson R-D1, one of the most original and innovative digital cameras ever made, but one that’s little-known today outside dedicated groups.
April 21, 2026, Dave
Conference List - October 2026VISION - 6-8 October 2026 - Stuttgart, Germany - WebsitePhotonics Spectra Sensing Technologies Summit 2026 - 7 October 2026 - Online - WebsiteOptica Laser Congress and Exhibition - 11-15 October 2026 - Vilnius, Lithuania - WebsiteASNT Annual Conference - 12-15 October 2026 -...
April 8, 2026, Atul Ingle
AlpsenTek raises another round of funding for its hybrid vision sensorAlpsenTek Completes Series B+ as Hybrid Vision Sensors Become a New Gateway to the AI-Powered Physical WorldSHENZHEN, China — March 17, 2026 — AlpsenTek, a pioneer in hybrid vision sensor technology, today announced the completion of a Series B+ financing round and the total fund-rasing has surp...
March 28, 2026, Dave
Conference List - September 2026IEEE 2026 International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems - 2-4 September 2026 - Pilsen, Czechia - WebsiteIEEE European Solid-State Electronics Research Conference - 7-10 September 2026 - Palma de Mallorca, Spain - WebsiteThe 12th International Workshop on Semi...
March 27, 2026, Atul Ingle
Curved large-format IR sensorPaper link: https://opg.optica.org/oe/fulltext.
March 23, 2026, Atul Ingle
STMicro Nvidia collabSTMicroelectronics accelerates global adoption and market growth of Physical AI with NVIDIA STMicroelectronics to integrate ST sensors, microcontrollers, and motor control solutions with NVIDIA robotics ecosystem to help developers design, train, and deploy humanoid robots and other physi...
March 17, 2026, Atul Ingle
Pointcloud's 4D FMCW lidar paper published in NatureSettembrini et al from Pointcloud GmbH (Zürich, Switzerland) published a paper titled "A large-scale coherent 4D imaging sensor" in Nature magazine.Link: https://www.nature.
March 5, 2026, Atul Ingle
Teledyne e2v announces camera with angle-sensitive pixelsFrom globalnewswire: https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/03/05/3249875/0/en/Teledyne-e2v-Introduces-Perciva-5D-Camera-Occlusion-free-3D-Vision-for-Industrial-Retail-and-Robotic-Imaging.
February 27, 2026, Atul Ingle
LOFIC CIS paperKitajima et al. from Ritsumeikan University published a paper titled "An LOFIC Image Sensor Readout Circuit with an On-Chip HDR Merger Achieving 36.5% Area and 14.9% Power Reduction" as an extended version of work presented at 2025 IEEE Sensors conference.
February 24, 2026, Atul Ingle
QVGA SPAD dToF sensor paperKuijk et al from Vrije University and Sony Depthsensing Belgium published a paper titled "320 × 240 SPAD Direct Time-of-Flight Image Sensor and Camera Based on In-Pixel Correlation and Switched-Capacitor Averaging" in the special IISW issue of Sensors journal.
February 13, 2026, Atul Ingle
CIS startup MetaSilicon raises over $40mhttps://www.startupresearcher.com/news/metasilicon-secures-over-usd43-2-million-in-series-a-fundingMetaSilicon, a designer of high-dynamic CMOS image sensors, has successfully closed its A+ financing round, securing over $43.2 million.
July 1, 2026, Atul Ingle
Canon MS-510 low light cameraPress release: https://www.usa.canon.com/newsroom/2026/20260415-cameraCanon U.S.A.
June 25, 2026, Atul Ingle
IISW 2027 call for papers available, abstracts due Dec 10, 2026Link: https://imagesensors.org/CFP2027/fcfp2027.
June 21, 2026, Atul Ingle
VISSA VISible detection for Space Applications open for abstract submissionsESA, CNES, AIRBUS DEFENCE & SPACE, ISAE-SUPAERO, OHB, SODERN, and THALES ALENIA SPACE are pleased to invite you to:VISSA: VISible detection for Space Applications, the 9th iteration of the workshop series known as “Space & Scientific CMOS Image Sensors”Please find attached the CALL FOR A...
June 6, 2026, Dave
Conference List November 2026IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference, and Room-Temperature Semiconductor Detectors Symposium - 7-14 November 2026 - Granada, Spain - WebsiteSPIE Future Sensing Technologies 2026 - 9-12 November 2026 - Yokohama, Japan - Website - (co-located with SPIE Asia-Pacific Remote Se...
May 3, 2026, Atul Ingle
Low-cost ultra-high-speed imager using spatio-temporal encodingIn a preprint titled "Low-cost passive single-shot ultrafast imaging at 685 Gfps" Eşlik et al write: Capturing ultrafast transient phenomena conventionally requires streak cameras or computational imaging based on compressed sensing, which lead to complex and costly systems.
April 10, 2026, Atul Ingle
Photonics article on single-photon detectors industry use-casesLink: https://www.photonics.
April 6, 2026, Atul Ingle
SmartSens unveils 1" 50MP HDR CISLink: https://www.gizmochina.com/2026/03/27/smartsens-sc5a6xs-1inch-50mp-sensor-launch/SmartSens unveils SC5A6XS 1-inch 50MP sensor, brings advanced HDR tech, 4K 120fps supportChinese image sensor maker SmartSens has introduced a new camera sensor aimed at flagship smartphones.
March 28, 2026, Dave
Conference List - September 2026IEEE 2026 International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems - 2-4 September 2026 - Pilsen, Czechia - WebsiteIEEE European Solid-State Electronics Research Conference - 7-10 September 2026 - Palma de Mallorca, Spain - WebsiteThe 12th International Workshop on Semi...
March 19, 2026, Atul Ingle
Is Huawei developing its own image sensor?Link: https://www.huaweicentral.com/huaweis-first-1-inch-camera-sensor-is-ready-with-new-imaging-tech/Huawei’s first 1-inch camera sensor is ready with new imaging tech ...This new sensor is a 50MP camera with a 1/1.3-inch format.
March 9, 2026, Atul Ingle
Paper on FSI vs BSI for SPADsIn a paper titled "" Eom et al. from Yonsei University, EPFL, Sungkyunkwan University and TruPixel, Inc.
March 5, 2026, Atul Ingle
Teledyne e2v announces camera with angle-sensitive pixelsFrom globalnewswire: https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/03/05/3249875/0/en/Teledyne-e2v-Introduces-Perciva-5D-Camera-Occlusion-free-3D-Vision-for-Industrial-Retail-and-Robotic-Imaging.
February 25, 2026, Dave
Conference List - August 2026The 3rd International Conference on AI Sensors and Transducers - 2–7 August 2026 - Jeju, South Korea - WebsiteBNL Physics and Detector Simulation Meeting - 11 August 2026 - Zoom online - WebsiteInternational Conference on Particle Accelerators and Detector Technologies (ICPADT-26) - 21-2...
February 18, 2026, Atul Ingle
ForzaFAST581high-speed global-shutter CIS paperAgarwal et al. from Forza Silicon (Pasadena, CA) published a paper titled "High-Frame-Rate Low-Noise Global Shutter CMOS Image Sensor for High-Speed Machine Vision" in the IISW special issue of MDPI Sensors journal.Open access link: https://www.mdpi.
July 3, 2026, Atul Ingle
Ex-Samsung CTO founds image sensor startupLink: https://it.chosun.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=2023092160385 "Lee Je-seok, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the Sensor Business Team, also resigned recently after 32 years at the company.
June 29, 2026, Atul Ingle
Miscellaneous videos: Samsung vs. Sony; Eric Fossum interview; Eyeo webinar; GpixelWhy Samsung Can't Beat Sony's Image Sensors:Interview with Eric Fossum:Eyeo webinar: China’s Newest Tech Billionaire Made His Fortune From Developing Image Sensor Chips For Robotics:
June 24, 2026, Atul Ingle
Canon "twisted photodiode" paper (IISW2025 special issue)In a paper titled "Design and Optimization of a Twisted Photodiode Pixel Structure for All-Directional Phase-Detection Autofocus CMOS Image Sensors" a team from Canon write:To achieve an all-directional and high-speed, high-accuracy autofocus (AF) function, we propose a CMOS image sensor with a Twis...
June 19, 2026, Atul Ingle
Sony's new X-ray image sensor IMX711Product overview page: https://www.sony-semicon.com/en/products/is/scientific/x-ray.htmlThe IMX711 is an X-ray image sensor that employs a direct conversion and integration type CMOS technology, in which X-rays and electron beams are detected directly.
June 1, 2026, Thomas
Tamron 35-100mm f2.8 Di III reviewTamron has designed a new f2.8 zoom with a unique 35-100mm range for Nikon Z and Sony Alpha cameras. Find out if its optical qualities makes this an attractive mid-range zoom in my full review.
April 26, 2026, Atul Ingle
ICCP 2026 posts call for posters & demos, registrations openCall for posters and demos: https://iccp2026.iccp-conference.
April 21, 2026, Thomas
Voigtlander 28mm f2 APO-Lanthar reviewCosina has extended their line of acclaimed Voigtländer APO-Lanthar designs on the wide end with a new 28mm f2 lens. Find out if its optical qualities makes this an attractive manual focus lens for you in my review.
April 8, 2026, Atul Ingle
AlpsenTek raises another round of funding for its hybrid vision sensorAlpsenTek Completes Series B+ as Hybrid Vision Sensors Become a New Gateway to the AI-Powered Physical WorldSHENZHEN, China — March 17, 2026 — AlpsenTek, a pioneer in hybrid vision sensor technology, today announced the completion of a Series B+ financing round and the total fund-rasing has surp...
April 2, 2026, Atul Ingle
Sony announces new image sensor IMX908[Update Apr 6, 2026: a previous version of this post incorrectly said "global shutter" in the title.] Sensor specs: https://www.sony-semicon.com/en/products/is/security/security/IMX908.htmlNews: https://www.sony-semicon.com/en/news/2026/2026031701.
March 28, 2026, Dave
Conference List - September 2026IEEE 2026 International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems - 2-4 September 2026 - Pilsen, Czechia - WebsiteIEEE European Solid-State Electronics Research Conference - 7-10 September 2026 - Palma de Mallorca, Spain - WebsiteThe 12th International Workshop on Semi...
March 24, 2026, Gordon Laing
Panasonic Lumix TZ300 ZS300 reviewThe Panasonic Lumix TZ300 is a super-zoom compact which packs a 1in-type sensor and 15x optical zoom into a pocket-sized body.
March 19, 2026, Atul Ingle
Is Huawei developing its own image sensor?Link: https://www.huaweicentral.com/huaweis-first-1-inch-camera-sensor-is-ready-with-new-imaging-tech/Huawei’s first 1-inch camera sensor is ready with new imaging tech ...This new sensor is a 50MP camera with a 1/1.3-inch format.
March 6, 2026, Thomas
Nikon Z 70-200mm f2.8 VR S II reviewNikon's Z 70-200mm f2.8 VR S II has a promising new optical formula and improved features. Find out how it compares to its predecessor and the alternative from Tamron in my review.
March 3, 2026, Atul Ingle
New Leadership at Bharat SemiDr Boyd Fowler has joined as the Chief Technology Officer at Bharat Semi, an Indian sensor/semiconductor startup.
February 24, 2026, Atul Ingle
QVGA SPAD dToF sensor paperKuijk et al from Vrije University and Sony Depthsensing Belgium published a paper titled "320 × 240 SPAD Direct Time-of-Flight Image Sensor and Camera Based on In-Pixel Correlation and Switched-Capacitor Averaging" in the special IISW issue of Sensors journal.
February 16, 2026, Atul Ingle
Himax full year financial results for 2025 are outhttps://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/02/12/3236971/8267/en/Himax-Technologies-Inc-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2025-Financial-Results-Provides-First-Quarter-2026-Guidance.
