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by karmakaze 776 days ago
Quite true even full-frame DSLRs typically use CMOS sensors for some time now.

CCD was the first thing that came to mind as 'charge' is right in the name.

Out of curiosity, looked up invention dates for CCD 1969 and CMOS 1963 and CMOS sensor 1993 (quite a gap). I was playing with DRAM light sensitivity in the lab in the late 80's. I'm guessing CMOS had too much noise to be useful for a long while or something.