Specifications

Two newly developed front-end ICs have been incorporated to handle the 8-channel, high-

speed signal reading from the approximately 16.1 Megapixel CMOS sensor. The two ICs

work together with the Dual DIGIC 4 Image Processors as a high-speed parallel-processing

circuit to attain approximately 10 fps high-speed continuous shooting.

Features made possible with DIGIC 4 Image Processors:

• Low-noise processing (DIGIC 4 Image Processor + CMOS -> Normal ISO speed range

increased by 2 stops)

• Faster image processing

• Improved noise reduction at high ISO speeds, with no decrease in maximum burst

• Improved Auto Lighting Optimizer

• Lens Peripheral illumination correction

• Face detection AF during Live View shooting (Face detection Live mode)

• Full HD (Full High-Definition) video shooting

• HDMI OUT

• Compatible with UDMA Mode 6 (CF card)

• LCD monitor VGA

• M-RAW

IV–23. IMAGE PROCESSING AND RECORDING

CF card

SD card

Front-end

Processing

circuit

Front-end

Processing

circuit

DIGIC 4

DDR2

SDRAM

DIGIC 4

DDR2

SDRAM

A/D conversion

Image Processing with Dual “DIGIC 4” (Conceptual Diagram)