New 120-Megapixel CMOS sensor from Canon

Canon has developed a new 120-Megapixel CMOS sensor that is capable of shooting at 9.5fps, besides recording Full HD movies.

That’s about 7.5 times larger and 2.4t times improvement in resolution when compared to Canon’s existing highest-resolution commercial CMOS sensor of the same size. The 120-Megapixel APS-H-size sensor has 13,280 x 9,184 pixels, while the imaging area of the newly developed sensor measures approximately 29.2mm x 20.2mm. Thus far, Canon has yet to comment on the implementation of this huge-ass sensor on their upcoming products.

The new CMOS sensor makes possible a maximum output speed of approximately 9.5 frames per second, supporting the continuous shooting of ultra-high-resolution images.

Canon’s newly developed CMOS sensor also incorporates a Full HD (1,920 x 1,080 pixels) video output capability. The sensor can output Full HD video from any approximately one-sixtieth-sized section of its total surface area.

Images captured with Canon’s newly developed approximately 120-megapixel CMOS image sensor, even when cropped or digitally magnified, maintain higher levels of definition and clarity than ever before. Additionally, the sensor enables image confirmation across a wide image area, with Full HD video viewing of a select portion of the overall frame.

NOTE: Canon’s current highest-resolution commercial CMOS sensor is employed in the company’s EOS-1Ds Mark III and EOS 5D Mark II digital SLR cameras, is equivalent to the full-frame size of the 35 mm film format and incorporates approximately 21.1 million pixels. In 2007, the company successfully developed an APS-H-size sensor with approximately 50 million pixels.