How Canon Sensors Work, and the Light L16 Camera

We go deep on how Canon designs its sensors, to try to answer the question of how they’re able to achieve so much speed without a stacked sensor design. Also, we rewind time a few years to look at the Light L16, which is one of the weirdest looking cameras we’ve ever seen.

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Notes:

• Sony Suspends Nearly All Memory Card Sales as Global Flash Shortage Hits Filmmakers [CineD]
• Light L16
  • The Rise and Fall of L16 [Dear Susan]
  • Light L16 Camera Review [The Verge]
  • PetaPixel article about camera shipments over time
• Canon Sensors
  • Image sensors explained [Canon]
  • Sony a7V and Canon R6 III Comparison [EOS HD]
  • CMOS Sensors [Canon]
  • Article about column parallel sensor tech [Canon Watch]
  • Parallel ADC patent
  • Canon spec sheet showing 12-bit readout on R6 III at higher framerates
  • Canon patent for triple-layer high-speed stacked sensor [Canon Rumors]
  • Canon 410 MP Sensor