Large dynamic range cameras

A method for creating an image, the method comprising:

• identifying an integration time for a plurality of channels, wherein each channel includes an optics component and a sensor comprising an array of photo-detectors integrated on a semiconductor substrate, wherein each sensor is configured to image the same field of view;
• simultaneously accumulating charge at each sensor during a frame for a period equivalent to the integration time identified for each sensor;
• reading a photo-signal datum from each sensor, the photo-signal datum representative of the accumulated charge of the sensor;
• and
• generating a continuous image by combining the photo-signal datums read from each sensor during the frame.

A method comprising:

• forming a first image sensor comprising a first array of photo-detectors and a second image sensor comprising a second array of photo-detectors in a semiconductor substrate;
• configuring a first optics component relative to the first image sensor and a second optics component relative to the second image sensor, wherein each sensor is configured to image the same field of view;
• and
• forming circuitry in the semiconductor substrate and coupling and configuring the circuitry to independently control simultaneous data acquisition by the first image sensor under a first integration time and by the second image sensor under a second integration time, wherein the first integration time is different from the second integration time.