Live MOS
The Live MOS sensor is a brand name of an NMOS Image sensor[1] used by Panasonic, Olympus and Leica in their Four Thirds System DSLR manufactured since 2006. (Olympus E-330, Panasonic Lumix DMC-L1 and Leica Digilux 3).
It is possibly researched and developed by Panasonic.[citation needed] It is claimed that the sensor can achieve the same image quality as CCD-based sensors while keeping energy consumption down to CMOS levels.[1]
Due to low energy consumption, it became possible to add the Live View function to all the Four Thirds Cameras since 2006 (except the Olympus E-400, E-410, and E-500).
Also, In order to reduce the noise problem found in the first generation of Four Thirds DSLR cameras, (Olympus E-1, E-300, E-400 and E-500) which used FFT CCD sensors[2] (due to smaller sensor size compared to the APS-C size),[3] the Live MOS chip includes completely new noise-reduction technology.
This sensor is also used in Panasonic's Micro Four Thirds System camera, the Lumix GH1, and in the Panasonic DMC-GF1 and DMC-GF2.
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Olympus E-330 EVOLT Review Dpreview
- ↑ Specifications of Olympus E-400 did not mentioned the type of CCD is FFT or not.
- ↑ See Four_Thirds_System#Disadvantages
3. Also used in Lumix GH2 4. Olympus uses this type sensor in several models.