Not to be outdone, Pentax introduced K20D digital SLR camera and14.6 megapixel CMOS sensor. Samsung's similar digital SLR camera is GX-20.
This CMOS sensor is jointly developed by Pentax and Samsung * * *, and is manufactured by Samsung, which deserves special attention.
One of the keys to the image quality produced by photosensitive devices is the area of each pixel. Although the number of pixels in some card machines has greatly increased, their total area has not changed, resulting in a significant decrease in unit pixel area and a decline in image quality.
Compared with Sony's12 million pixel sensor, Pentax sensor has14.6 million pixels, but the single pixel area is the same as that of12 million pixel sensor!
In other words: Pentax installed 2.7 million more pixels of the same size on the total area of APS-C (Pentax has applied for a patent for this technology)! Therefore, this image sensor is called "the industry's first ultra-high resolution sensor".
Pentax's photosensitive device is 20% lighter than before. In this way, when the anti-shake of the fuselage is turned on, the sensor displacement compensation is easier, the effect is greatly improved, and the critical shutter can be reduced by 2.5-4 levels, which is close to the anti-shake effect of the lens.
Another feature is that the pixels of the sensor are designed with ISO 1600 as the basic sensitivity. In other words, it is "innate" high sensitivity.
Pentax sensor also has the function of "automatic pixel repair"! By operating the camera button, you can repair the bad point on the sensor without sending it to a special repair shop.
Therefore, Pentax, a sensor with high resolution, high sensitivity, low noise, ultra-light weight and automatic repair of bad points, may be the most advanced CMOS sensor in the future. At present, Kx only uses this sensor. So Nikon D90, Canon 500D and Nikon D500 have fallen behind in sensors.