Canon Develops 120 Megapixel APS-H-Size CMOS Sensor

[Colin500]

It's quite something, but somehow also predictable...


(At least it seems that way to me, who's been following microprocessors from several thousand transistors up to currently like a billion of them per chip.)


I'd be much more impressed by a new sensor with "noise-free" 15 stops of dynamic range, or "noise-free" ISO 15000!


Ciao, Colin

[darklord]

It's quite something, but somehow also predictable...


(At least it seems that way to me, who's been following microprocessors from several thousand transistors up to currently like a billion of them per chip.)
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Manufacturers will soon abandone quoting the actual pixel count and go with something like this camera has a "E6600 Extreme" sensor when they couldn't increase pixel count anymore. It'll probably happen first in the P and S world wherebigger number always means better product.

[Daniel Browning]

I'd be much more impressed by a new sensor with "noise-free" 15 stops of dynamic range, or "noise-free" ISO 15000!

A certain amount of noise will always be there, because it's an intrinsic property of light itself, but there is definitely a lot of room for improvement at high ISO.