Canon Drops World’s First 410MP Image Sensor with 24K Resolution

19 Feb 2025

The CMOS sensor packs a staggering 24,592 x 16,704-pixel resolution, the largest ever achieved in a 35mm full-frame sensor. (Image credit: Canon)

Canon recently unveiled the world’s first CMOS image sensor that packs 410MP, which is equivalent to a 24K (24,592 x 16,704) resolution. It is the largest ever created in a 35mm full-frame sensor. The company expects the new camera will be utilized for applications that require extreme resolutions, including surveillance, medicine, and industrial imaging.

The CMOS sensor is 198 times greater than Full HD, 12 times greater than 8K, and allows users to crop any part of the image captured by this sensor and enlarge it significantly while maintaining high resolution, so think the show CSI and their ability to “zoom and enhance” almost any image. The newly developed back-illuminated stacked sensor is capable of a super-fast 3,280MP p/s readout speed, which makes it possible to record those 410MP stills at up to 8fps, a rate that can be increased to 24fps by selecting a pixel binning function that reduces the resolution to 100MP.

Canon says it will also offer a monochrome version of the sensor that improves low-light sensitivity by treating four nearby pixels as one. Although that reduces its overall resolution, it allows the monochromatic version of the sensor to capture 100-megapixel videos at 24 frames per second. While those numbers paint an incredible picture, it’s highly unlikely the camera will be available to the general public any time soon, especially when the price will probably be astronomical. There’s no word yet on pricing and availability.

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