Saturday, 28 November 2015

Why aren't there any cooled CCD sensors to reduce noise?


Sensor cooling is a common technology to get less noise. Why isn't it available on high-end D-SLRs ?


(see http://www.andor.com/scientific_cameras/ikon-m_cooled_ccd/ for an extreme example)


I'm not saying D-SLRs should be cooled with liquid nitrogen. Just some cooling system !




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