Filter Pledges Crisp Photos in Low Light

June 14th, 2007 By BEN DOBBIN, AP Business Writer

(AP) -- A year from now, capturing a crisp, clear image of a candlelit birthday party could be a piece of cake - even with a camera phone. Eastman Kodak Co. said Thursday it has developed a color-filter technology that at least doubles the sensitivity to light of the image sensor in every digital camera, enabling shutterbugs to take better pictures in poor light.

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