Stanford University developed this technology about 10 years ago, and a company called Pixim brought it to market. They ultimately could not make it in the camera market because this technology is lagging the pixel count of CCD technology, and consumers ultimately bought solely on MP. The company chose to focus on security cameras instead.
I hope that the consumer market is educated enough to look beyond pixel count as an indicator of a camera's quality.
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Stanford University developed this technology about 10 years ago, and a company called Pixim brought it to market. They ultimately could not make it in the camera market because this technology is lagging the pixel count of CCD technology, and consumers ultimately bought solely on MP. The company chose to focus on security cameras instead.
I hope that the consumer market is educated enough to look beyond pixel count as an indicator of a camera's quality.