Canon has announced a APS-H sized camera sensor with up to approximately 250 Megapixels (19,580 x 12,600 pixels) which currently holds the record for the highest number of pixels fitted into a CMOS sensor smaller that 35mm in size. The Canon APS-H camera sensor is capable of spotting and distinguishing the lettering on the side of a moving Airplane flying at an approximate distance of 18km (over 11 miles away) from the shooting location when installed in a camera. The sensor measures 29.2 x 20.2 mm in dimensions (approx).
Any camera fitted with the 250 Megapixels CMOS sensor shoots videos with around 125 times that the resolution of a Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) one and around 30 times that of 4K UHD (3840 x 2160 pixels) one. This isn’t necessarily for showboating about high-res footage but it lets users crop and magnify video images without sacrificing image resolution and clarity.
If you had thought the Canon APS-H camera sensor with 250MP would be made available on smartphones, you are wrong. Canon is looking at those in the Virtual expression field, crime detection and surveillance equipments, ultra high-res measuring instruments and other industrial equipment.
Source: Canon via TheNextWeb
