Tag Archives: Sony sensor

Sony has officially listed two new sensors on their website (44.7MP and 61.17MP)

By [NR] admin | Published: April 11, 2023

Sony has now officially listed two new sensors on their website:

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Not a surprise: the Nikon Z9 sensor is made by Sony (IMX609AQJ)

By [NR] admin | Published: June 7, 2022

Techinsights reports that the Nikon Z9 camera image sensor (IMX609AQJ) is made by Sony Semiconductor (a different company from Sony):

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Confirmed: the sensor inside the Nikon Z7 camera is made by Sony

By [NR] admin | Published: January 24, 2021

Over the years I have been trying to keep a list of all Nikon cameras and their sensor manufacturer/designer (the list has been updated several times). The website Tech Insights offers some searchable resources on sensor manufacturers:

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The Nikon D5 and D500 sensors are both made by Sony

By [NR] admin | Published: March 31, 2017

TechInsights (previously known as Chipworks) published their reports on the sensors inside the Nikon D5 and D500 DSLR cameras – both sensors are made by Sony: Sony IMX321 CMOS image sensor in the Nikon D500 Toshiba (Sony) T4K54 CMOS image sensor in the Nikon D5 For a detailed list of Nikon DSLR cameras and their […]

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Sony to no longer sell certain sensors to other manufacturers?

By [NR] admin | Published: March 18, 2017

Imaging Resource published their interview with Kenji Tanaka (Senior General Manager Digital Imaging Group, Sony Corp.) and it is their understanding that Sony will no longer provide other manufacturers with some of their sensors/technologies:

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

By [NR] admin | Published: December 16, 2015

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 […]

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Sony is rumored to announce a new 20MP APS-C sensor

By [NR] admin | Published: February 8, 2013

In the next few weeks Sony will announce a new 20MP APS-C sensor in their upcoming a58 camera. It remains to be seen if Nikon will decide to use this sensor in one of their future DX models. For now, the D7000 replacement is rumored to have a 24MP sensor. Out of the four Nikon […]

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