Eastman Kodak Co. revealed new technology that will make photography in low light crisp and clear.

Did they finally make a revolutionary sensor? Nope! Instead, company’s image sensor business focused on improving the filter placed on top of the sensor.

Think of the sensor as your eye. It captures the image and sends it for processing to the ‘brain’ (a computer chip).

The new filter increases sensitivity to light sending more of it to the sensor. This means the use of flash may not be needed in dark situations. Furthermore, the more light, the shorter the shutter has to stay open for the image to be captured. This means your images will be less blurry and more crisp.

Coming soon to the photos near you

Thankfully, Kodak will share this technology with other camera manufacturers in early 2008 and hopefully we will see cameras youtilizing the new filter on shelves later that year.

This technology is expected to have the biggest effect on camera phones and better mobile pics can brighten up anyone’s day.

Via Yahoo! News