Rumor: sony medium format curved sensor camera

[Cmaier]

The big Sony medium format system talk: 53.5mmx40mm sensor with 150 and 200mp, lots of f/1.7 primes and very expensive! – sonyalpharumors

www.sonyalpharumors.com

Given what Sony did in revolutionizing the market with mirrorless, this would be very interesting. Curved sensors allow for much smaller lenses. But they don’t allow for zooms. Interesting trade off.

 

[Clix Pix]

Huh! Interesting rumor...... Hadn't heard this before!

 

[Citysnaps]

Fascinating. If true, I have to hat-tip Sony for pushing forward (again) on camera and sensor tech. I do wonder how curved sensors are fabricated (gradual buildup of layers towards the sensor periphery?).

My first digital camera was a Sony f707 from the early 2000s. Its Zeiss lens was superb. Loved its “nightshot” mode which flipped the internal IR-block filter out of the light path. Simply screwing on a B+W visible light block filter turned it into a true infra red camera. Also, for focusing, the camera used a laser-diode that projected a series of red dots on your subject and focused off that. Quick and dead accurate.

Seeing the Mamyia 7 camera in the video brought back memories of always wanting one and its three lenses when I shot film - but was always out for reach on cost. A friend had one and it was a great camera.

 

[Cmaier]

Fascinating. If true, I have to hat-tip Sony for pushing forward (again) on camera and sensor tech. I do wonder how curved sensors are fabricated (gradual buildup of layers towards the sensor periphery?).

My first digital camera was a Sony f707 from the early 2000s. Its Zeiss lens was superb. Loved its “nightshot” mode which flipped the internal IR-block filter out of the light path. Simply screwing on a B+W visible light block filter turned it into a true infra red camera. Also, for focusing, the camera used a laser-diode that projected a series of red dots on your subject and focused off that. Quick and dead accurate.

Seeing the Mamyia 7 camera in the video brought back memories of always wanting one and its three lenses when I shot film - but was always out for reach on cost. A friend had one and it was a great camera.

I would imagine you curve the substrate, for example by selectively etching away material. Etch profiles are often curved, anyway.