Nikon Z6 III Partially Stacked Sensor

Dibyendu
June 18, 2024
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    June 27, 2024, 8:02 a.m.
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    Most of the top-end sensors read out top and bottom - though some Canon sensors have the 'column' lines running along the rows. I found this shot of the R5 sensor on a Canon site
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    What's interesting is the very large number of bonding pads regularly placed top and bottom. Contrast with a similar pixel count FSI integrated ADC sensor (IMX094)
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    Notice two things. One that it has far fewer contacts top and bottom (and that they are irregularly positioned) and that they are connected directly to package lead-out pads. Those connections are absent in the R5, suggesting that the connect to something else inside the package. Notice also that the top and bottom borders on the IMX094 are larger than the side borders, in order to accommodate the ADC circuitry, whereas all the borders on the Canon chip are the same size (though much larger). I'm not saying it's a slam-dunk, but it does support the idea that canon is using a multi-chip package with the ADC chips integrated at the package level.

    As I remember it was a diagonal distortion, which could go both ways.

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    June 27, 2024, 8:47 a.m.
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    thanks for the information, the canon sensor has an extrodinary fast readout speed dual pixel AF but the a7iv even though a slower readout speed on paper is the highest ranked non stacked sensor action camera for autofocus and acuracy right behind all the stacked sensors. 🤔

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    Members 139 posts
    June 27, 2024, 8:57 a.m.
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    Horshack posted following figures at DPreview for the Z6 III

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    June 27, 2024, 9:45 a.m.
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    funny thing is that it still cant focus on a cats eye accurately sitting on a couch 🤨 and the human eye focus is laggy.

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    June 27, 2024, 10:29 a.m.
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    cant seem to find anywhere where the z6iii bins,line skips or over samples video, my guess is the fastest sacrificing video quality because its not publicized anywhere.

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    June 27, 2024, 8:02 p.m.
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    Members 139 posts
    June 27, 2024, 9:06 p.m.
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    June 27, 2024, 9:42 p.m.
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    That's correct. I had forgotten. Those two bits speed it up by a factor of four.

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    June 27, 2024, 9:43 p.m.
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    Members 167 posts
    June 27, 2024, 10:51 p.m.
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    Hey, whatever it takes for you to avoid having to acknowledge that the Z6III can do some things faster and better than your own camera. That's what this is all about in the end, right?

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    June 28, 2024, 7:44 a.m.
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    i just like the facts, are buyers just plain stupid and accept anything without explaination. i dont care about nikon as i wont be buying another camera for 10 years that wil replace the a7iv, btw have read that the a7iv has been clocked slower just to fit in the mid range catergory and not encrotch on the higher end cameras.🤔another fact is that the a6300 has one of the best 4k video quality of any camera 🤔 facts are facts the a7iv downsampled 7k to 4k 60p vid clocks at 13ms but hey who cares right 😁

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    July 1, 2024, 10:41 a.m.
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    Oh dear, the sky has fallen, it wasnt half obvious what the outcome would be, lack of real testing and follow up reviews was a dead give-away. 😎
    hope the canon r5ii is going to be a killer camera. my 10 year prediction is looking good 😁