Camera Sensors

What are the pros and cons of a CCD sensor? What are the pros and cons of a CMOS sensor? What are CCD sensors better at?  What are CMOS sensors better at?

    The pros of a CCD (Charged Couple Device) sensor are that they produce clean and relatively noise free video. The cons are that the process was inefficient as some charge was lost as the electrons shifted, the serial read out was slow, and the energy cost was high. The pros of a CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) sensor are that there are low power requirements and faster image capture because of parallel processing. The cons are that is has higher noise and rolling shutter, meaning that the info is read from top to bottom line by line, which can result in a "jello" effect. CCD sensors are better at having a clearer image. CMOS sensors are better at efficiency and speed.