Quantum dots promise more sensitive sensors
http://www.dpreview.com/news/1003/10032 ... umfilm.aspTechnology developer InVisage Technologies has announced sensors it says can offer four times better performance than conventional CCD and CMOS sensors. The company's 'QuantumFilm' technology uses the unique electronic behavior of quantum dots (precisely-sized nano-scale crystals trapped in a polymer film) to replace conventional silicon photodiodes. The company says the quantum dots themselves are twice as sensitive to light as conventional photodiodes and that their placement on the sensor surface offers a further doubling of sensitivity over front-illuminated CMOS designs. The film can be positioned on conventional circuitry, allowing the chips to be produced more cheaply than CMOS or CCD designs. The first application will be in mobile phones sensors later this year
Imagine a future version of A700 with four times the Mp crammed in using this technology. 48Mp on APS-C size and 100Mp on FF? No need for FF then. What about the MP producers? Are they feeling the cold sweat round their neck? If youo have shares in one of those, perhaps they should be sold today???
No doubt David Kilpatrick will have something to say about this technology and its use. I can imagine me going around with an updated Panasonix LX4 next year with 40Mp instead of 10 and the same beautiful pictures at ISO400 instead of 100. Every Tom Dick and Harry will be submitting to Alamy from their mobile phones and they will have 100 million images for sale before year 2020.