In article , Hans-Georg
Michna says...

The theory says that CMOS sensors would be best for you, because
they have an incredibly large contrast range up to 6 orders of
magnitude.

That is true only for the non-integrative type, which has a logarithmic
response, but suffers from high noise levels (because you don't
integrate over time - exposure time is basically 0). All other CMOS
sensors which integrate the light over time don't have such a high
dynamic range.
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Alfred Molon
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