Canon developed APS-H CMOS sensor resolution of 250 MP

Canon developed APS-H CMOS sensor resolution of 250 MP

Canon today announces the development of a CMOS sensor size APS-H (approx. 29,2 x 20,2 mm) resolution of 250 million pixels (19 580 x 12 600 pixels) - this, according to the company, the world's largest number of pixels for CMOS-sensor that is smaller than full-frame standard 35mm.

As stated in Canon, in photographs taken with the camera installed in her new sensor, it is possible to distinguish the inscriptions on the plane, which was flying at about 18 km from the place of the shooting.

As the developers of new products, due to CMOS sensors increase the number of pixels results in an increase in the signal, and it can lead to problems such as delayed transmission signal and small jitter. However, despite the large number of pixels, the new CMOS sensor delivers ultra-high speed signal readout - 1.25 billion pixels per second - which was made possible thanks to technological advances in the miniaturization of circuits and signal processing. As a result, the sensor can record video in ultra-high resolution at a speed of 5 frames / sec. Through years of development in the field of sensor technology Canon's engineers have managed to implement the architecture, which is adapted to the tiny pixels and provides high sensitivity and low noise in the images.

When shooting video camera equipped with a 250-megapixel CMOS sensor provides a resolution of almost 125 times superior video format Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) and almost 30 times - 4K (3840 x 2160). Extremely high definition images obtained with the new sensor, allows the user to crop and enlarge without compromising video quality and resolution.

Canon plans to use this technology in special video surveillance and prevention of crime, super-precision measuring tools and other industrial equipment, as well as photo and video cameras.