Image Sensor Solutions
Image Sensors for Professional Photography
The world's leading image sensors for commercial studio photography
DALSA sets the standard by which all others are judged. For over a decade, our technology has led the way in professional digital photography. In 1998 our image sensor group delivered the world's first 35mm full-frame imager, a six megapixel device that was a landmark in the revolutionary shift to digital that we now take for granted. Ten years later DALSA still leads the industry, supplying devices with 50, 60 megapixels and more covering the full frame of 645 medium format film.
Of course, image quality depends on more than just pixel count. DALSA knows this better than most—our industry-leading imagers have always offered higher throughput, exceptionally low noise, unmatched dynamic range, and better color, and our new 6 micron platform delivers even more of the performance professional photographers demand. With higher responsivity to compensate for smaller pixels, our new devices bring no compromises in performance. We continue to deliver superior angular response, which is vital for wide angle lenses or lens tilt and shift techniques.
Inherently higher charge capacity with lower noise gives the dynamic range needed for higher contrast images, with grain-free blacks and increased exposure headroom. This superb image quality comes with low power dissipation, which means less heating of the camera and sensor, and hence lower picture noise. The low power requirement also significantly lengthens battery life for mobile applications.
All our professional photography CCDs are basically compatible, enablling a camera design platform for a range of products that address the specific needs of different applications and users. To simplify camera design even more, we offer peripheral chipsets to optimize camera performance with the lowest costs and highest flexibility.
Differentiators
With characteristics such as these, the design of our pixels gives our sensors a clear advantage in image fidelity:
- Fill factor: the fill factor of our sensors is typically 80-90%. Interline CCDs and CMOS sensors have much lower fill factors due to the extra structures or circuits they place on every pixel. And to provide antiblooming, many competitors' full-frame or frame-transfer CCDs use a lateral overflow drain on each pixel, reducing fill factor. DALSA's designs offer vertical antiblooming, which drains excess charge vertically into the substrate, preserving very high fill factor while still protecting against overexposure.
- Low dark current and Low noise: the quality or our pixel design and fabrication means our sensors offer very low noise, even without the cooling or additional noise-reduction circuits competitors frequently require. And with our sensors, noise stays low even at higher frame rates.
- Better angular response: DALSA sensors provide excellent angular response, a characteristic that is very important when using fast lenses and wide angles or with lens tilt and shift techniques. We offer thinner polysilicon layers and fewer structures above the charge-collection region of the pixel to reflect and distort incident light. The result is better images.
- Superior color filters: Our proprietary pigment process delivers very precise color performance that remains stable over time.
Products
| Product | Description | Resolution | Pixel | Active Area |
| FTF3021M | 6 MP High Sensitivity CCD | 3072x2048 | 12 µm | 36.9 x 24.6 mm |
| FTF4027C | 11 MP Color CCD | 4008x2672 | 9 µm | 36.1 x 24 mm |
| FTF5033C | 17 MP Color CCD | 4992x3328 | 7.2 µm | 35.9 x 24 mm |
| FTF4052C | 22 MP Color CCD | 4008x5344 | 9 µm | 36.1 x 48.1 mm |
| FTF5066C | 33 MP Color CCD | 4992x6668 | 7.2 µm | 35.9 x 48 mm |
| FTF6146C | 28 MP Color CCD | 6096x4560 | 7.2 µm | 43.9 x 32.8 mm |
| FTF6080C | 48 MP Color CCD | 6000x8000 | 6 µm | 36 x 48 mm |
For more information email sales.sensors@dalsa.com.
Standard Products
FTF3020C: 6 Mpixel
FTF4027C: 11 Mpixel
FTF5033C: 17 Mpixel
FTF4052C: 22 Mpixel
FTF6146C: 28 Mpixel
FTF5066C: 33 Mpixel
FTF6080C: 48 Mpixel
Customer Applications
