Canon has created a 250-megapixel CMOS camera sensor.<br />During testing, the monster sensor , was able to "distinguish the lettering on the side of an airplane flying at a distance of approximately 18 km (11 mi) from the shooting location."<br />Canon doesn't mention it in its rather spartan press release , but the files produced by the 250MP sensor must be absolutely huge.<br />While this 250MP sensor won't be coming to market any time soon, it's pretty safe to assume that it will arrive in a DSLR or some other high-end imaging device eventually.<br />If Canon manages to squeeze out a 120MP DSLR in 2018, then maybe we'll see a 250MP camera by 2023...<br /><br />Updated: Canon heard my plaintive cries and sent me some high-res images of both the camera and the sensor.
