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" When it comes to professional DSLR cameras and\u00A0components, Canon makes some of the best in the world.\u00A0The company&amp;#039;s latest development, however, is far too advanced and probably way too expensive to be\u00A0available for\u00A0everyday photographers. It&amp;#039;s\u00A0a 250-megapixel sensor. For those unfamiliar with the guts of a camera, the sensor is\u00A0what takes all the information of a photo (light waves, radiation, etc.) and translates them into the image\u00A0you see. The pixel count might number in the single-digit megapixels for a lower-end camera like what&amp;#039;s in a smartphone up to\u00A0the twenties, thirties, and even forties on the higher end (a Canon EOS 7D has a pixel count of about 18 megapixels). But 250 megapixels\u00A0is absolutely insane.\u00A0According to Canon, the new technology\u00A0has\u00A0&amp;quot;the world&amp;#039;s highest number of pixels\u00A0for a CMOS sensor smaller than the size of a 35 mm full-frame sensor.&amp;quot; The company\u00A0even claims\u00A0the new sensor can\u00A0read the lettering on the side of an airplane flying 18 km\u00A0away (that&amp;#039;s 11 miles).\u00A0 In addition, the new sensor can capture video at approximately 125 times the resolution of full 1080p HD, which is impressive but absolutely unnecessary for any conventional videographer\u2014not to mention it would take 1.25GB of storage for every second of video captured at 30 frames per second,\u00A0according to SkyNews.\u00A0 Canon intends to use its new technology in\u00A0&amp;quot;specialized surveillance and crime prevention tools, ultra-high-resolution measuring instruments\u00A0and other industrial equipment,\u00A0and the field of visual expression.&amp;quot; Source: BGR "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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