Differences between CCD and CMOS

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- CCD (charge-coupled device) and CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor;
- Through micro-cells, they convert light into electrons;
- CCD create high-quality, low-noise images;
- CMOS tend to be  more susceptible to noise;
- CMOS consumes little power; whereas CCD uses lots of energy;
- CMOS is cheap (the silicon employed for its production is cheap and available in different qualities);
- CCD is more expensive;
- CCD for high-quality pictures; CMOS for lower-quality resolution and lower sensitivity images.