Photography news, before it happens

• The first video is of a flexible OLED prototype, by Samsung: It’s a 2.8″ display (166ppi), and it’s just 20 micrometer thick (source):

• The other news from this week was Epson’s announcement of a mass production, high-end EVF panels. Some details:

Features of the new panel

• Compact – small 0.47-inch diagonal screen enables compact, thin cameras
• High resolution – high pixel density with SVGA resolution (800 x RGB x 600, 1.44 megapixels)
• Color filter – not affected by color breakup that occurs with fast-moving subjects and panning shots when using a field-sequential color system

Advantages when used in a DSLR camera

• High resolution enables easy focusing
• Can capture images as they are seen
• Viable alternative to optical viewfinder
• Avoids the blackout of optical viewfinders when shooting video
• Enables smaller cameras by eliminating need for mirrors and pentaprisms
• Eliminates mechanical time lag caused by mirror

• Flash memory can actually double as a light sensor – it is 100x smaller than CCD sensor and are better at low light. Read the full article here (source).
• The SD Association discusses next-gen SDXC memory card standard:

“The new SDXC specification provides up to 2 terabytes (TB) of portable storage capacity to store weeks of high-definition video, years of photo collections and months of music. It will accelerate SD interface read/write speeds up to 104 megabytes per second for the first phase. It can be used in cameras, camcorders, mobile phones and other consumer electronic devices. The SD Association will have a road map for a data transfer bus interface speed of 300 megabytes per second in the coming months.”

Google translation:

“Korean Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Is, CMOS back radiation can increase the sensitivity of the sensor (BSI: backside illumination) to commercialize a technology to mass-produce the product was 2010. Now, CMOS sensor all three major companies back to 2010 was irradiated with CMOS sensor technology (BSI CMOS type sensor) will begin mass production. Samsung is the appropriate approach to adopt low-cost process technology.”

Sony already has a backside illuminated sensor (see here and here for more info) in two of their p&s models (Sony WX1 and Sony TX1). It seems that Samsung will also use their sensor for smaller cameras. Introducing this technology to a DSLR camera may not be appropriate based on this interview with Sony’s CMOS Exmor R sensor developers.

Nikkeibp via Pentaxforums