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Canon announces the successful development of a 250-Megapixel sensor

By Marcus Wong - on 9 Sep 2015, 11:46am

Canon announces the successful development of a 250-Megapixel sensor

It seems the 50-Megapixel sensor in Canon’s latest 5DS camera may only be the tip of the iceberg as the company has just announced the successful development of a 250-Megapixel APS-H sized (29.2x 20.2mm) sensor. Tests included using a prototype camera equipped with the sensor to capture the writing on the side of an airplane flying some 18km away to prove that even extreme crops retained sufficient detail for practical use.

Canon’s new technology also allows the new sensor to overcome the typical problem CMOS sensors face – an increase in signal delay that comes with having to handle a larger amount of data. By miniaturizing the signal processing technology of the circuits involved, the new sensor is able to handle large amounts of data of up to 1.25 billion pixels per second, which lends well to extremely high-resolution video capture at up to five frames per second.

The prototype camera used to test the new sensor.

By applying the sensor technologies that Canon has been developing over the years, the new sensor is also able to achieve high sensitivity, low noise and incredibly high resolution. How high? Well, with the new sensor, you can shoot movies in resolution that’s 125 that of full HD (1920x1080) video, and 30 times that of 4K (3840x2160) video. This means you can really crop into your captured footage without fear of resolution loss, which should greatly open the options for image makers everywhere.

The release from Canon Japan says that the first applications for this sensor technology will likely be in the fields of surveillance and security equipment, as well as in ultra-high precision equipment for industrial purposes, but they will continue to examine the viability of its use in future imaging solutions for video.

Source: Canon Japan, Canonrumors.com

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