Anyone learning about cameras will inevitably ask why some cameras use CCD chips, and others use CMOS chips to detect and process light and create images. Here is an infographic from CEI-Europe that covers this topic in an easy-to-digest graphical format and is a useful tool for budding camera enthusiasts regardless of what kind of cameras they use, or what industry they work in.

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Camera Image Sensor Chips Compared: CCD vs CMOS

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