It looks like Canon will be continuing to invest heavily on building another CMOS sensor plant expanding on the growth of digital camera. By expanding in another plant, it helps to reduce costs whilst increasing profits.
Here’s what ruters has to say:
“TOKYO (Reuters) - Canon Inc. (7751.T: Quote, Profile, Research) will invest about 55 billion yen [...]

It looks like Sony is investing heavily in its sensor production facility in Japan. According to the press release, Sony Corporation announced that it would invest approximately 60 billion JPY in Sony Semiconductor Kyushu Corporation’s Kumamoto Technology Centre (Kumamoto TEC) Fab 2 facility, to extend clean room facilities by 5,000m² and reinforce image sensor fabrication [...]

According to Kammagamma, they say that Canon has developed a 52 megapixel CMOS sensor in APH-S size.
Here’s what they say in their abstract:
“We have developed a new CMOS image sensor having pixels of more than 52M in APS-H size. The CMOS image sensor has the most number of pixels known to date without stitching. The [...]

Now here is some interesting piece of news from www.smh.com.au which claims that Kodak has developed sensors that can take photos in low light. To me this seems like they are increasing the ISO to about 2 -4 times the normal level, but what about noise. These are no mention of the noise or the [...]

Samsung has announced an 8.4 megapixel CMOS image sensor with a 1.4㎛pixel design at Samsung’s fourth annual Mobile Solution Forum. This is the worlds smallest CMOS sensor.
The new CMOS image sensor chip provides a very high signal to noise ratio which is a key measure of overall image quality.
This was achieved by implementing advanced light [...]

It seems that Canon is the only camera manufacturer to really push the advantages of a full framed sensor. They have two DSLR, the EOS-1Ds Mark II and the EOS 5D which incorporates the full-frame CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) image sensors. As Nikon and other top camera manufacturers have yet to enter the full [...]

According to an interview with the Assistant Manager, Product Planning and R&D Department for Nikon, Charles- André Wamberque, full frame sensor may become a reality when the cost decreases.
Here’s what he says:
“We never said we abandoned the full frame. But then again, we never said when we will introduce a camera with a full frame [...]

After a long 3 years, Sigma will be releasing a new DSLR called the SD14 on the 26th September 2006. The new Sigma SD14 replaces the Sigma SD10 which is the only DSLR in the world to incorporate the Foveon X3 CMOS sensor.
Rumors has it that the new Sigma SD14 will have a 14 megapixel [...]

OmniVision has introduced the world’s smallest NTSC camera with a sensor size of only 1/18 inch. The new sensor is called the OV6920 and will be use in disposable cameras for medical applications such as intubation and diagnostic systems. Measuring 2.1 mm by 2.3 mm, the CSP packaged chip will enable a 3.2 mm diameter [...]

Here is an interesting article by www.photoreporter.com that summarizes the differnces in digital camera formats between the different manufacturers. The formats includes Full Frame 24 x 36mm, Four Thirds 17.3 x 13mm and the common APS-C 22 x15mm.
Here’s what they say about each format.
Full-Frame Format
The full-frame digital format was pioneered by Canon in the EOS-1D [...]