14 DAY TRIAL // No matter how many lenses and mirrors a camera has, the quality of a photo ultimately depends on the image sensor.
That is why researchers at Panasonic and Fujifilm have been working together on making a new type of image sensor.
The results of their efforts is a new organic CMOS image sensor technology.
Currently being presented by researchers at the 2013 Symposium on VLSI Technology in Kyoto, it uses an organic layer rather than a photodiode to convert incoming light into electricity.
The photo-sensitive layer is 1/7th the width of the conventional structure. Thus, the area actually exposed to light is much wider.
The photo above shows how everything is laid out and interacts, but a full explanation as to what everything is about can be found here, in the official announcement.