boojum
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Canon's Record-Setting 410MP Full-Frame Sensor Makes its Public Debut
Probably not coming to a Canon camera near you, but this 410MP sensor is still incredible.
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piero2025
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It’s going to be still a long time before they replicate the beauty of film.
Of course the definition, chromatic aberrations and whatever, but beauty, not.
The first time I met Nikolai, I was sporting a humble bessa R, with an old screw mount voigtlander.
He showed me immediately his Leica something, which is very high megapixel count camera that costs something like 8 thousand euro (camera only).
Now I am certainly a Mr. Nobody and I don’t pretend to be a good photographer, but my photos on 13 year expired Ektar have as many likes on Instagram as Nikolai’s.
Of course the definition, chromatic aberrations and whatever, but beauty, not.
The first time I met Nikolai, I was sporting a humble bessa R, with an old screw mount voigtlander.
He showed me immediately his Leica something, which is very high megapixel count camera that costs something like 8 thousand euro (camera only).
Now I am certainly a Mr. Nobody and I don’t pretend to be a good photographer, but my photos on 13 year expired Ektar have as many likes on Instagram as Nikolai’s.
Godfrey
somewhat colored
How does Canon announcing a very high pixel count sensor, intended for mostly science and industrial image acquisition, imply anything about "replicating the beauty of film" ...? 🤔 Really now.
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piero2025
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Oh don’t worry, it will end up in cameras.
The Nikon d1 had 2.7 megapixels.
Ray Kilby
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The pixel count is daft past 10mega in terms of definition. It’s just the light to dark ratio. But again, if I can’t see it, why do I want to see it in an exposed image? If it’s dark, then leave it dark. I am now going to be told I’m misinformed. And film is lovely, but just expensive these days.
joe bosak
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Such possibilities. I wonder how they will handle colour. How fast will they process shots? Will storage keep pace or will there be some way to condense output in-camera. Will I still be alive, and will I care?
boojum
Ignoble Miscreant
I have a 100MP medium sensor and I can vouch that it extra MP's count for something.
Here is a night shot with the 100MP at ISO 12,800 and it is well defined in detail, micro-contrast and color.
Godfrey
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lynnb
Veteran
This chip will further enable public surveillance and face recognition in crowds and public spaces. I’d guess that’s a growing market. You could certainly make some impressively large prints if it ends up in a camera with a lens and stabilisation that’s a good match for it. The landscaper in me would love something like that, even if I could never afford it.
piero2025
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What I meant is that Nikons have now 50+ mp, it’s a big marketing point
The Nikon D1 used a 10MPixel Sony CCD, pixel-binned 4:1.
Canon introduced a 120MPixel APS-C sensor years (2018?) ago. My friend at work was given one to test.
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My work funded development of a 100MPixel CCD almost 25 years ago.
It was Monochrome.
Canon introduced a 120MPixel APS-C sensor years (2018?) ago. My friend at work was given one to test.
Canon CMOS Sensors | Canon USA
CMOS sensor technology from Canon pushes the boundary of possibilities to give OEMs, system integrators and end users a leading edge for industrial and scientific imaging applications. Discover what’s possible for your application with Canon CMOS image sensors.
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My work funded development of a 100MPixel CCD almost 25 years ago.
It was Monochrome.
The Canon 246MPixel CMOS sensor is available for under $15K.
Godfrey
somewhat colored
So what? Why does that matter?
I mean, if you prefer how film looks, why make negative comments on some random ultrahigh resolution digital sensor that isn't even in a camera yet? There's no need to arbitrarily sneer at a thing just because you prefer something else.
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boojum
Ignoble Miscreant
The Nikon D1 used a 10MPixel Sony CCD, pixel-binned 4:1.
Canon introduced a 120MPixel APS-C sensor years (2018?) ago. My friend at work was given one to test.
Canon CMOS Sensors | Canon USA
CMOS sensor technology from Canon pushes the boundary of possibilities to give OEMs, system integrators and end users a leading edge for industrial and scientific imaging applications. Discover what’s possible for your application with Canon CMOS image sensors.
My work funded development of a 100MPixel CCD almost 25 years ago.
It was Monochrome.
My SWAG is that this was in pursuit of better images. Size matters. ;o)
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boojum
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My pinhead view of the 410MP sensor is that now the challenge is the lens before it. Can the lens capture the details the sensor can translate into an image?? I have no doubt that speciality lenses can do this but can lenses be made for the commercial and hobbyist photo market at a price mere mortals can afford along with this monster sensor?? Tape at 11:00.
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shawn
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You can get roughly 200 or 400 megapixel landscape images for relatively low cost. A couple of examples....
My S1R in high resolution mode is 187 megapixels and unlike the Canon chip has full RGB information at every pixel location. The camera does all the combining itself and maybe adds 20ish seconds to the processes and it spits out a raw file with all that info.
The Fuji GFX cameras have pixel shift that will get you 400 megapixels with full color at every location too. You have to run special software on a computer to create the high resolution file though which adds more time to the process. I don't think Fuji has integrated that into the cameras yet.
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