The MP War still rages
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 12:28 am
Considering all problems, specially noise, related to 10MP APS-C sensors I was thinking the MP War would progress more slowly in the future, settle down a bit and stabilize around, say, 15MP, perhaps 20MP?...
Guess I was quite wrong: news from the Dark Side state a 50MP prototype CMOS sensor sized 19x28mm has been hatched by Cànón. And not only that: they're planning to develop a new file format to replace, or additionally to, JPEG and CR2...
Take a look at
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/digital-came ... 266161.php
and further links...
Guess I was quite wrong: news from the Dark Side state a 50MP prototype CMOS sensor sized 19x28mm has been hatched by Cànón. And not only that: they're planning to develop a new file format to replace, or additionally to, JPEG and CR2...
Take a look at
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/digital-came ... 266161.php
and further links...
It could all be a hoax. That's just a photo of a sensor! Could be 6 megapixels for all the pixels I can count on it...