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Permalink Reply by Stephen R Mann on January 10, 2013 at 11:04pm

Plenty of cameras have CCDs. Not very new.

Not lightweight cameras. Just try to find one.  All you can find are CMOS cameras, CCD is very rare. 

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Permalink Reply by Kevin B on January 11, 2013 at 1:00pm

Actually, CCD board cams have been around for a while. In fact this one has established itself as one of the go to cams for FPV:

http://www.securitycamera2000.com/products/600TVL-SONY-SUPER-HAD-CC...

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DeveloperPermalink Reply by R_Lefebvre on January 11, 2013 at 4:05pm

The Pixim Seawolf is the new hotness. ;)

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Permalink Reply by Luke Olson on January 11, 2013 at 3:34pm

That's pretty cool to know there's a modern CCD camera available with some pretty good specifications. Though the wobble effect can be eliminated from other cameras. Folks who experience a wobble effect with a CMOS sensor have improperly mounted their camera. Also this camera will bring with it all of the cons of CCD sensors (like smearing). Thanks for the link!

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Permalink Reply by Stephen R Mann on January 11, 2013 at 5:36pm

The "Jell-o" effect is the nature of CMOS cameras with any movement.  Yes, properly mounted and with vibration mitigation you can reduce it to a tolerable level, but the rolling shutter is always there.  CCD sensors have no rolling shutter issue, but if overxposed, you get the vertical smear.

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