Canon Patent For 5 Layer Foveon-Like Sensor

Canon Patent

Egami (translated) spotted a very interesting sensor patent filed by Canon.

The patent refers to a 5 layer sensor, respectively 3 layers for RGB, one for IR, and one for UV. The sensor design aims to a more realistic reproduction of skin tones. As you can see Canon is always pushing research on sensor design.

  • Patent Publication No. 2014-103644
    • Publication date 2014.6.5
    • Filing date 2012.11.22
  • Canon patents
    • I get the visible light
    • I get the ultraviolet light
    • I get the infrared light
    • I want to extract the skin area
    • The skin region of visible light, I will correct the image from the difference of the skin area of ​​ultraviolet light
    • Signal value of the infrared light is regarded as the skin area, the high part

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Magic Lantern Support For Canon EOS 70D In Development

Magic Lantern For Canon EOS 70D

This is not exactly breaking news, it was announced on ML’s Facebook page back in April. But since I totally overlooked it, I report it now. Better late than never :-)

Development of Magic Lantern for the [shoplink 14246]Canon EOS 70D[/shoplink] has started. Hope we will soon see a stable release.

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