Sony is developing 100MP sensor with 6K video for full-frame consumer cameras
Apr 2, 2019
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Dunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, concerts, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.
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Will 100MP become a new standard in photography? According to details that were recently leaked about a new sensor from Sony, we’re getting there. Sony is reportedly developing a full-frame sensor which will shoot 102 MP photos and 6K videos. It will be available in consumer cameras, both by Sony and those from other manufacturers.
The news was released on EOSHD, along with comments on its forum and a few images illustrating Sony’s 35mm 100MP sensor. It’s named IMX555CQR and it will shoot gigantic photos 12,288 x 8,192 in resolution (that’s 12K in video terms, as EOSHD adds). There’s also a novel high-speed digital readout for 16-bit still images. As for video, the sensor is supposed to shoot 6K video in 12-bit using pixel binning mode.
In the leaked document, Sony describes the sensor’s specs and adds that the company doesn’t guarantee its quality and reliability unless it’s used in consumer digital cameras. Here are the leaked images showing the sensor’s build and specs:
Sony’s 100MP sensors are used in medium format cameras such as the PhaseOne iXM 100MP. However, this would be the first time 100MP sensors are seen in full-frame consumer cameras. So if it comes to life, I guess you better stock up on those 1TB memory cards.
[via EOSHD]
Dunja Đuđić
Dunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, concerts, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.
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16 responses to “Sony is developing 100MP sensor with 6K video for full-frame consumer cameras”
do we really need 100mp though??
The 55mp+ we have in the medium format cameras are already crazy sharp and detailed….what would 100mp give us that we dont already have? ( other than twice the megapixels…lol )
There is a point when it comes to “mine is bigger than yours” instead of any major advantages…
Duncan Knifton you are so damn right but I still need this :D
In my line of work that 100mp would be amazing. I do botanical timelapse which often runs into the macro world. That 100mp allows even crazier crop in magnification, as long as the lenses are good enough to resolve it.
Christopher R Field file sizes would be huge !
#WorthIt #MoResolutionBaby
It’s not about the sharpness, it’s about the color. The sensor in this article can do on sensor debayering.
All Sony here now.
As per today, Sony only has one lens that can resolve close to 100mp. So….this requires a new lens lineup, which will be expensive as hell.
Are tehy planning to enter the external hard drives and storage market – if they are not already there? Because that sure sounds like creating need :)
I love Sony a7iii
Maybe in a medium or even large format.. but wouldn’t going 100 megapixels in full frame just introduce all kinds of problems, even before getting to not having lenses able to take advantage of it?
Color is the big thing for this sensor. Multiple analog to digital converters and being able to do on sensor debayering. Remember, a 20 megapixel sensor isn’t delivering 20 megapixels worth of color data, some pixels are green, some are blue and some are red.
Yes, Sony is King ?
So 100mp on a full frame sensor means pixel size of approximately 3 um. This means that resolution would be diffraction limited at f5.6, or perhaps even closer to f4. Note that this is a pixel size smaller than currently used in the best of the 4/3 cameras. To be truly useful, especially for flexible cropping, lenses would also have to maintain their quality all over the full frame, rather than just in the centre, which puts that much more stress on the optics. Modern software sharpening can obviously help address the optical challenge, but in that case why collect the pixel data in the first place, instead of just using the software on a smaller number of pixels?
you guys know this was a April Fool’s prank…