Canon Develops 120 Megapixel CMOS Sensor

[Marcus Yam]

Marketing teams would love this bullet point.

Canon Develops 120 Megapixel CMOS Sensor : Read more

 

[Guest]

Throw away your Class 6 SDHC

2MC

 

[LePhuronn]

The noise on that will be horrendous. And why make not make it a full-frame 35mm sensor if it's just for tech purposes?

 

[Travis Beane]

Think I can fit it on my cell phone?
😀

 

[ruffopurititiwang]

Pixel density will be off the charts! Unless Canon managed to break the laws of physics, that 120MP won't mean anything but just another marketing number. Higher pixel density on the sensor means more noise.

 

[elbert]

This tech I guess is heading to spy planes and drones. I would like camera of that quality but I guess that a good 10 years away from commercial use.

 

[kcorp2003]

good to know they reach this far. i can print my pictures with higher resolution with more details.

 

[cookoy]

this will make my 5 MP camera looks like Mickey Mouse's toy

 

[h82run]

Definitely more of a government product than civilian.

 

[irh_1974]

Hang one of these under a satellite
Real-time Google Maps
Pop your location into the map, zoom in and look at the back of your own head
Maybe

 

[coolkd]

its a 202x205mm sensor .. and not a 29x20 which is very close to the one on their 1Ds mark4(27.9 x 18.6 mm)
http://www.dpreview.com/news/1008/10083101canonlargestsensor.asp

 

[zubikov]

Probably for military or commercial uses. Do we really want 40 MB JPEGs and 160 MB Raw files for every single picture we take? It'll be annoying and completely overkill for taking pictures of your cat.

 

[tommysch]

I thought the MP war was over...

 

[Camikazi]

[citation][nom]zubikov[/nom]Probably for military or commercial uses. Do we really want 40 MB JPEGs and 160 MB Raw files for every single picture we take? It'll be annoying and completely overkill for taking pictures of your cat.[/citation]
We don't exactly need 12MP pictures of cats either but we take them anyway 😛 give me a 120MP camera I will take a picture of myself taking a picture just cause I can 😛

 

[ruffopurititiwang]

[citation][nom]Smochina[/nom]I guess all the morons in the world work at Toms these days. IT'S A 202X205 mm sensor, not a 29.2 x 20.2. What a moron.http://www.dpreview.com/news/1008/ [...] sensor.asp[/citation]

From your link: "This follows last week's development announcement of Canon's 120 megapixel 29.2 x 20.2mm APS-H CMOS sensor."

RTA before calling somebody a moron. APS-H = 29.2 x 20.2mm, Mr. Genius!

 

[Guest]

Who are the morrons ? Have you read carefully ?
There are 2 news in the DPreview page:
-1 APS-H 120MPixels (from the previous week http://www.dpreview.com/news/1008/10082410canon120mpsensor.asp )
-1 huge 202x205mm sensor (no resolution given, this is the main subject of that DPreview page)

 

[Guest]

Come on people... 3 people complaining about what they claim is an incorrect sensor size due to one other magazine article. All the additional research I am finding shows that the dpreview article is incorrect with their size.
Articles at:
http://www.gizmag.com/canon-120-megapixel-cmos-sensor/16128/
and
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/08/canon-120-megapixel-sensor/
both support Tom's reported size. Even the photographs indicate it is rectangular, not square like the dpreview measurement would be.

Finally, use some common sense on the measurement. How big is 200 mm in an understandable measurement? It's about 10 inches square, so about the size of a piece of notebook paper! Everything I read points to an error in dpreview, not Tom's.

 

[ruffopurititiwang]

[citation][nom]annoyed one[/nom]Come on people... 3 people complaining about what they claim is an incorrect sensor size due to one other magazine article. All the additional research I am finding shows that the dpreview article is incorrect with their size.Articles at:http://www.gizmag.com/canon-120-me [...] sor/16128/andhttp://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/201 [...] el-sensor/both support Tom's reported size. Even the photographs indicate it is rectangular, not square like the dpreview measurement would be.Finally, use some common sense on the measurement. How big is 200 mm in an understandable measurement? It's about 10 inches square, so about the size of a piece of notebook paper! Everything I read points to an error in dpreview, not Tom's.[/citation]

The 202x205mm sensor is a different topic altogether. It's not an article error in dpreview. There really is a 202x205mm sensor developed by canon. There's even a picture of it in the article. Now, imagine how big the body and lens have to be to use that huge sensor

 

[Guest]

imagine how small the depth of field would be too.

 

[Guest]

@ruffopurititiwang

probably about the size of a satellite..... 😛

 

[ruffopurititiwang]

[citation][nom]dmody[/nom]imagine how small the depth of field would be too.[/citation]
Very nice bokeh @35mm f/22!

 

[zaznet]

[citation][nom]ruffopurititiwang[/nom]Now, imagine how big the body and lens have to be to use that huge sensor[/citation]

That would certainly put the large sensor into military & commercial use. Canon is certainly keeping in the picture and video game with these latest two developments.

 

[Shadow703793]

[citation][nom]ruffopurititiwang[/nom]Pixel density will be off the charts! Unless Canon managed to break the laws of physics, that 120MP won't mean anything but just another marketing number. Higher pixel density on the sensor means more noise.[/citation]
+1. Like said above, this will have a hell of a lot of issues with noise. HOWEVER, if this can be cooled down using a TEC,etc then this very well could be using in some ultra expensive pro level cameras.

 

[slabbo]

great! cause I always wanted to lug around a 1TB harddrive when i wanna take pictures!!!

 

[rrobstur]

something like this would be used for satilites?