Sony plans to increase its sensor production by 50%

By PR admin | Published: November 17, 2011

 

Sony plans to increase its sensor production by 50%Reuters reports that Sony plans to increase its sensor production by 50% in the next 2-3 years. On Monday Sony opened its fourth CMOS sensor line in their Nagasaki factory. In addition to its own camera lines, Sony supplied sensors to many other manufacturers like Nikon and Apple.

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3 Comments

  1. Richard
    Posted November 17, 2011 at 5:34 pm | Permalink

    Is this to be a 300mm fab?

  2. genotypewriter
    Posted November 17, 2011 at 6:05 pm | Permalink

    Unless this is a new plan, they were already talking about doing this…

  3. Mak
    Posted November 17, 2011 at 9:35 pm | Permalink

    Sensor tech is frustrating. It doesn’t seem to be getting good as fast as other technologies. Why are large sensors still so expensive? Why can’t anybody make a sensor bigger than 645 for photography? It doesn’t even have to have super high resolution. I’d love to see a 30mp 6×7 sensor in a digital Mamiya 7 body.