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posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday June 20 2018, @08:14PM   Printer-friendly
from the now-that's-a-sensor dept.

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Think medium format CMOS sensors are big? Check out[*] what Canon's largest sensor looks like when placed next to a DSLR camera (an EOS Rebel T3i/600D).

[...] Canon first unveiled its humongous, ultra-sensitive, ultra-resolution CMOS sensor back in August 2010, saying that it would open new doors in various academic and industrial fields.

"A certain level of light is required when shooting with a digital camera or camcorder, and without it, images cannot be captured due to insufficient sensitivity," Canon writes. "In the pursuit of further improving the sensitivity of imaging elements, Canon has embraced the challenge of achieving higher levels of sensitivity and larger element sizes while maintaining high-speed readout performance, and has succeeded in developing the world's largest class of CMOS image sensor measuring approximately 20 cm square."

[*] Image location: https://petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2018/06/sensorsizecompare-800x547.jpg

Source: https://petapixel.com/2018/06/18/this-is-what-canons-ginormous-cmos-sensor-looks-like-next-to-a-dslr/


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  • (Score: 2) by EvilSS on Thursday June 21 2018, @03:09PM

    by EvilSS (1456) Subscriber Badge on Thursday June 21 2018, @03:09PM (#696212)
    Well yea, I was thinking for large observatories.
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