The eetimes article I noted previously turned out to be over 1 year old
(7/99). For a more recent press release from Foveon (9/00) see:
http://www.foveon.net/press_16megapix.html
A small extract follows:
Image Sensor Specifications
The 4096 x 4096 sensor measures 22mm x 22mm and has an estimated ISO
speed of 100 with a dynamic range of 10 stops. Shutter speeds are
currently quoted from 2 seconds to 1/8000 of a second using an
integrated fully-electronic shutter which eliminates another component
of a camera: a mechanical shutter. Foveon's electronic shutter ensures
that the exposure for all 16.8 million pixels is terminated at precisely
the same moment with no lag between rows, columns or subset regions of
the imager.
"Now that we have proven that the 16 megapixel sensor can be
manufactured, over the course of the next 18 months we expect to see it
in products for the high-quality professional markets, including
professional cameras, film scanners, medical imaging, document scanning
and museum archiving," said Eric Zarakov, Foveon's Vice President of
Marketing. "Over the next few years we are, of course, anticipating our
technologies to migrate down to the larger mass markets. It is a
very exciting time in photography," continued Zarakov.
Chuck Norcutt
Woburn, Massachusetts, USA
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