Stacked Sensor

Sensors & Noise

A sensor with its buffer memory built directly onto the back of the chip, so frames move off the sensor with almost no delay. That speed is what makes silent high-speed bursts and pre-capture buffers of thirty to seventy frames possible.

Related Terms

Pre-Capture

A burst mode that reaches back in time. With the shutter half-pressed the camera continuously keeps the newest frames in its buffer, thirty to seventy of them on a stacked sensor. At the full press it saves those frames plus a set afterward, so action that finished before you could react is already recorded. Lift your finger and half-press again, and the buffer resets.