Sony has released an image of the first full-frame curved sensor (taken with the worst camera in the world). Likely for the Sony RX2.
It’s incredible watching technology progress this way. Currently, cameras like the Sony A7r use microlenses on the sensor to compensate for light not hitting it at a direct angle.
The curve sensor will curve to allow the light to hit straight on, which will help with aberrations and, hopefully, diffraction. The sensors will also be up to 2x more sensitive.
What else is cool? They perfectly match the angle of curvature of the human eye.
Sounds pretty cool, although I bet cleaning them will be a bitch when it comes to the interchangeable lens cameras.
Now, I want a circular curved sensor. The image coming out of the lens is circular, so why not create a camera with a sensor to match it and then let the photographer crop as they wish? This way, it makes no difference if you shoot landscape or vertical.
