Eastman Kodak Company
Kodak's Image Sensor Solutions Wins Photonics Circle of Excellence Award For Fourth Consecutive Year
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Feb. 10 -- Eastman Kodak Company has been recognized as a winner of the Photonics Spectra Circle of Excellence Awards, making Kodak one of only two companies ever to receive the award four years in a row.
Photonics Spectra a leading trade magazine covering the science and industry of photonics recognized Kodak for the 22-million-pixel Full-Frame CCD Image Sensor created by the company's Image Sensor Solutions operation. Specifically, the award recognizes the sensor known as the KAF-22000CE as among the top 25 most technically innovative products of 2003.
This sensor, which provides unsurpassed image resolution for the professional photographic market, is one of a family of KODAK sensors used by the leading manufacturers of digital camera backs for photographers including Sinar, Phase One, Imacon, Jenoptik, MegaVision and Digimeq. As photographers move from film to digital, Kodak is quickly becoming the supplier of choice to this industry because of the high-quality components it provides for medium-format cameras.
The Photonics Spectra award is an industry benchmark for innovation in photonics, an area of study that involves the use of radiant energy (such as light), whose fundamental element is the photon. Winning products are selected for their excellence, innovation and achievement by a panel of Photonics Spectra magazine editors. The Image Sensor Solutions division at Eastman Kodak Company has been recognized for the fourth consecutive year as a winner of the Photonics Spectra Circle of Excellence Awards. Can we make this active, rather than passive Photonics Specta awards Kodak\'85..
"This year's award - particularly when viewed in light of the continued recognition Kodak has received over the past four years - is a testament to the talent, innovation, and effort of those involved in designing KODAK sensors," said Christopher McNiffe, General Manager, Image Sensor Solutions, Eastman Kodak Company. "This is a clear validation of our ability to design and manufacture superior digital imaging systems that address the wide range of issues that are important to our customers."
KODAK image sensors incorporate industry-leading technologies that allow professional photographers to capture images with superior resolution without sacrificing the quality demanded by their clients. By improving image quality, reducing noise, and improving sensitivity, KODAK image sensors have become the de facto standard for use in this market.
The KAF-22000CE full-frame color CCD image sensor provides a total silicon area that is twice the photographic area of traditional 35mm film. The 22-million image sensor is just one in Kodak's extensive product line, delivering the core technology that drives the most advanced developments in digital imaging applications. Kodak develops, manufactures, and markets solid-state charged-coupled device (CCD) image sensors for applications ranging from medical imaging applications to digital cameras and machine vision products.
Photonics Spectra previously recognized Kodak for the company's Blue Plus Image Sensors line; the KAF-16801CE, a 16-million-Pixel Full-Frame CCD Image Sensor; and the KAF-3200ME Image Sensor, the first full-frame sensor to use microlens technology for increased sensitivity.
About Eastman Kodak Company and infoimaging
Kodak is the leader in helping people take, share, enhance, preserve, print and enjoy pictures for memories, for information, for entertainment. The company is a major participant in infoimaging a $385 billion industry composed of devices (digital cameras and PDAs), infrastructure (online networks and delivery systems for images) and services & media (software, film and paper enabling people to access, analyze and print images). Kodak harnesses its technology, market reach and a host of industry partnerships to provide innovative products and services for customers who need the information-rich content that images contain. The company, with sales in 2002 of $12.8 billion, is organized into four major businesses: Photography, providing consumers, professionals and cinematographers with digital and traditional products and services; Commercial Imaging, offering image capture, output and storage products and services to businesses and government; Components, delivering flat-panel displays, optics and sensors to original equipment manufacturers; and Health, supplying the healthcare industry with traditional and digital image capture and output products and services.
Kodak is the leader in helping people take, share, print and view images for memories, for information, for entertainment. The company is a major participant in infoimaging, a $385 billion industry composed of devices (digital cameras and flat-panel displays), infrastructure (online networks and delivery systems for images) and services & media (software, film and paper enabling people to access, analyze and print images). With sales of $13.3 billion in 2003, the company comprises several businesses: Health, supplying the healthcare industry with traditional and digital image capture and output products and services; Commercial Printing, offering on-demand color printing and networking publishing systems; Commercial Imaging, offering image capture, output and storage products and services to businesses and government; Display & Components, which designs and manufactures state-of-the-art organic light-emitting diode displays as well as other specialty materials, and delivers optics and imaging sensors to original equipment manufacturers; and Digital & Film Imaging Systems, providing consumers, professionals and cinematographers with digital and traditional products and services.
For more information, please contact Kodak Image Sensor Solutions at (585) 722-4385 or by email at imagers@kodak.com. For more information on Kodak's image sensor product line, visit www.kodak.com/go/imagers.