Canon has announced the development of a new imaging sensor format, which boasts a record 250 million pixels.
Canon’s APS-H size sensor format is bigger than its standard APS-C format crop sensor at approximately 20.2 x 20.2mm, but is smaller than a 35mm full-frame sensor.
Canon says it offers the world’s highest number of pixels (19,580 x 12,600 pixels) for a CMOS sensor smaller than the size of a 35mm full-frame sensor, the company says.
So powerful is Canon’s new 250-megapixel that the company says it was able to capture images distinguishing the lettering on the side of an airplane flying at a distance of 18km away when its engineers tested a prototype.
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What’s more, Canon says its video footage offers a resolution some 125 times that of Full HD and roughly 30 times better than 4K (3,849 x 2,160 pixels).
Canon says it has also kept image noise to a minimum despite the sensor’s exceptionally high pixel count.
Through advancements in circuit miniaturisation and enhanced signal processing technology, Canon says its new sensor achieves a signal readout speed of 1.25 billion pixels per second.
For now, Canon says it is developing the technology for surveillance and crime prevention tools, but it can only be a matter of time before we see technology like this landing in our DSLRs and system cameras.
*OK, not really, but it can capture writing on an aircraft from 18km away!
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