UK Digital Cameras Blog

A study from research firm In-Stat reveals that over 75 per cent of all image sensors shipped last year were for camera phones - with CMOS sensors dominating CCDs in terms of shipment volumes.

Indeed, CMOS sensors had close to an 80 per cent share of image sensor shipments - while CCF sensors remained strong in digital still cameras, security cameras and camcorders.

“CMOS also made inroads into digital still cameras and camcorders in 2006, two markets that traditionally have been dominated by CCDs,” Brian O’Rourke, In-Stat analyst, claimed.

“CCDs continued to dominate the point-and-shoot sweet spot of the camera market. However, the rapidly growing digital single lens reflex (DSLR) market has been transitioning to CMOS sensors, led by Canon, which exclusively uses its own CMOS sensors.”