~ MamakTalk ~: Canon sets world record with 250MP camera sensor

Canon has produced a new camera sensor that packs a whopping 250 million pixels on a CMOS sensor that is smaller than 35 mm. This establishes a new world record for the number of pixels on a sensor that is smaller than 35 mm. Canon says the images produced by the sensor would give someone the ability to read the lettering on a plane that was flying at a distance of 11 miles away.

In addition to the ability to pick out details from far away, the sensor can also record high resolution video that is approximately 30 times more detailed than current 4K video, or 125 times 1080p full HD. Canon says the purpose of such high resolution, whether in still images or video, is to enable cropping and magnifying portions of images without losing resolution and clarity in the process.

A sensor this powerful is not headed to the smartphone market any time soon. Canon expects most uses to be in specialized equipment used for surveillance, crime prevention, measurement tools, industrial equipment or “the field of visual expression.” That last item is where we see the long-term hope that one day such eye-popping numbers will be used for the production of images or video for the general public’s consumption.