List of all Nikon DSLR cameras and their sensor manufacturer/designer

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A reader linked in the comments (thanks El Aura) to this dpreview thread that contains a list of all Nikon DSLR cameras and the corresponding sensor manufacturer/designer. I always wanted to create such list for reference, so here it is – feel free to post in the comments section if any of the information listed below is incorrect and I will update:

Nikln Z9: Sony IMX609AQJ (source)
Nikon Z7: Sony IMX309BQJ (source)

D40: 6 MP CCD Sony
D40x: 10 MP CCD Sony
D50: 6 MP CCD Sony
D60: 10 MP CCD Sony
D70: 6 MP CCD Sony
D80: 10 MP CCD Sony
D90: 12 MP CMOS Sony
D7000: 16 MP CMOS Sony
D7100: 24 MP CMOS Toshiba
D7200: 24 MP CMOS Toshiba (source)

D3000: 10 MP CCD Sony
D3100: 14 MP CMOS Nikon
D3200: 24 MP CMOS Nikon
D3300: 24 MP CMOS Sony

D5000: 12 MP CMOS Sony
D5100: 16 MP CMOS Sony
D5200: 24 MP CMOS Toshiba
D5300: 24 MP CMOS Sony (?)
D5500: 24 MP CMOS Sony

D100: 6 MP CCD Sony
D200: 10 MP CCD Sony
D300: 12 MP CMOS Sony
D500: Sony IMX321 CMOS (source)

D600: 24 MP CMOS Sony
D610: 24 MP CMOS Sony
D750: 24 MP CMOS Sony

D700: 12 MP CMOS Nikon
Df: 16 MP CMOS Nikon

D800/D800E: 36 MP CMOS Sony
D810/D810A: 36 MP CMOS Sony
D850: 45MP CMOS Sony

D1: 2.7 MP Sony
D1h: 2.7 MP Sony
D1x: 5.47 MP Sony
D2h: 4 MP LBCAST Nikon
D2x: 12 MP CMOS Sony (Nikon designed)
D3: 12 MP CMOS Nikon
D3s: 12 MP CMOS Nikon
D3x: 24 MP CMOS Sony
D4: 16 MP CMOS Nikon
D4s: 16 MP CMOS Nikon

Nikon 1 cameras: sensors made by Aptina (not sure about the J5)

Note: some of the Nikon-designed sensors are made by Renesas.

Her is another table with the actual sensor models from radojuva.com.ua:

Sensor Camera models
Nikon NC81338L (CMOS) D3 , D700 (sensors themselves from Matsushita?)
Nikon NC81361A (CMOS) D3s (sensor itself from Matsushita?)
Nikon NC81362A (CMOS) D3100
Nikon NC81369R (CMOS) D3200
Nikon NC81366W (CMOS) D4 , D4s , Df
Nikon JFET-LBCAST (LBCAST) D2h , D2hs
Sony IMX-007-AQ (CMOS) D2x , D2xs
Sony IMX-071 (CMOS) D7000 , D5100
Sony IMX-094-AQP (CMOS) D800 , D800E , D810 , D810a
Sony IMX-021-BQR (CMOS) D300
Sony IMX-038-BQL (CMOS) D90 , D5000 , D300s (?)
Sony IMX-128- (L) -AQP (CMOS) D600 , D610 , D750
Sony  IMX-028 (CMOS) D3x
Sony ICX-453-AQ (CCD) D40 , D50 , D70 , D70s
Sony ICX-493-AQA (CCD) D40x , D60 , D80 , D3000
Sony ICX-483-AQA (CCD) D200
Sony ICX-413-AQ (CCD) D100
Sony IMX-193-AQK (CMOS) D7200 (?), D5300 , D5500 , D5600 , D3300 , D3400 , D3500
Sony (model name unknown) (CCD) D1, D1h
Sony (model name unknown) (special ‘rectangular’ CCD) D1x
Toshiba HEZ1 TOS-5105 (CMOS) D5200 , D7100
Toshiba (Sony) T4K54 (CMOS) D5 , D6 (?)
Sony  IMX-321 (CMOS) D500 , D7500
Sony IMX-309-AQJ (backside illumination CMOS) D850 (the sensor itself from Towerjazz?)
Sony IMX-309-BQJ (backside illumination CMOS) Nikon Z7 , Z7 II (similar to IMX-309-AQJ)
Sony Nikon Z6 , Z6 II, Z5 (similar to IMX-128)

Another online reference can be found here.

Update: both the Nikon D5 and D500 sensors are made by Sony.

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