I found this article some time ago and just rtememberred it:
http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fict...sp?NewsNum=1811It looks as though the problem of curved sensors is being overcome.
The megapixel race seems to have reached its zenith so the question is where do we go from here?
With more powerfuls ensors edge distortion (among other artefacts) is a coming under continually increasing scrutiny and as I understand it a lot of this comes down to having to design rectiliear lenses. With a curved sensor this would mitigate a substantial amount of this problem. I know a curved sensor would take up more space in the camera, but the sensor would not need to curve that much to give huge benefit across the sensor surface. So increases in body depth may not that big but benefits would be significantly greater with regards detail off-axis.
But would it mean designing a whole new range of lenses? My guess is that lenses would not need as many elements to reduce edge distortion so they could be made smaller and lighter - and therefore cheaper.
Or is this a solution in search of a real-world problem?
