Tag Archives: Who makes Nikon’s sensors?

Who produces the sensors for Nikon’s mirrorless cameras?

Here is an updated list of Nikon cameras and their sensor manufacturers (the list for DSLR cameras can be found here) – it appears that in 2024, Nikon started predominantly using Tower Semiconductor sensors: Model Year Sensor Sensor Manufacturer Nikon Z5 2020 Full-frame CMOS 24.3MP Sony Nikon Z6II 2020 Full-frame BSI CMOS 24.5MP Sony Nikon […]

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

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

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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Nikon Z50 and D7500 sensors made by Tower Semiconductor (former TowerJazz)?

In the latest investor and analyst online conference presentation (page 32) Tower Semiconductor (former TowerJazz) presented a table on the current growing markets and in the “High-end photography” category they listed “Growing market share with a leading DSLR maker” with pictures of the Nikon Z50 and the Nikon D7500 cameras:

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Inside Nikon’s secret sensor design lab

Imaging Resource published a new article about Nikon’s super-secret sensor design lab. Here are three videos on how Nikon sensor testing is performed (check out the original article – it contains a lot of information):

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

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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