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I question whether the fundamentals are practical, due to conflicting goals. In general, we want to minimize sensor sizes for a camera; while if it's going to

I question whether the fundamentals are practical, due to conflicting goals. In general, we want to minimize sensor sizes for a camera; while if it's going to be used as a power source, we want the opposite. In a PV plate, we want to maximize light capture; while in a camera we want to make sure we 'organize' incoming light with a lens, and restricted field of view. ... In this case having separate specialized PV plate makes total sense, in fact you can find in the market a cheap cam and a cheap PV plaque that will provide power for the camera blowing this one out of the water. If they could "hack" existing camera systems to provide some extra power essentially for free though, that might be worthwhile.

ploxiln 12y ago
Well, we want to minimize camera sizes, particularly for phones. Besides that, the only other reason to minimize sensor size is cost. But nicer/fancier digital cameras have bigger sensors. Look up "full frame sensor" and "three quarter frame", here's an example google result http://improvephotography.com/699/the-difference-between-full-frame-and-crop-sensor-dslr-cameras/ http://improvephotography.com/699/the-difference-between-ful... I suppose that right now the resolution of this new self-powered camera is so low, it's hard to really compare the technology to traditional CCDs. Maybe it's fundamentally limited to less quality for the same sensor or lens size, since some of the light must power the controller and flash writing. I have no idea.