“Exmor R” CMOS Sensor

Maintain the beautiful ambience of natural lighting
Now obtain sharper pictures with less noise. The compact, high-resolution “Exmor R” CMOS Sensor raises the bar on CMOS sensor performance thanks to back-illuminated technology. This cutting-edge design doubles the light sensitivity of the sensor* and combines with Sony’s original Column A/D Conversion to reduce noise by half*. For you, this means superb, lifelike photos even when shooting in dimly lit environments. * Approximate. Compared to conventional sensors.

Back-illuminated technology places the metal wiring of the photo diode beneath the diode instead of above it.

Conventional sensor   “Exmor R” CMOS Sensor Twice the sensitivity and half the noise result in beautiful images in dimly lit environments, even when compared to images produced by our conventional models.

Great low-light performance

Shooting movies underwater and in other low-light environments present special problems, especially in terms of brightness. Sony’s “Exmor R” CMOS Sensor helps solve this by providing twice the sensitivity and half the noise of previous cameras equipped with other types of CMOS sensors. The end results are brighter, better looking movies even when shooting in dimly lit settings.

Low-light environments

Dimly lit interiors

Underwater