The 3-minute video shows how much detail the 250-megapixel sensor can capture, demonstrating with tiny crops of wide angle photos showing incredible detail.

If you watched our latest OrmsTV video where Deon chatted with Rodger Machin, Professional Product Manager at Canon, South Africa about the Canon 5Ds vs the 5Ds R – you would have heard them talk about the monster 250-megapixel sensor that Canon is working on. Well, at Canon EXPO Paris 2015 last week, in addition to showing off its prototype ultra-sensitive CMOS sensor, Canon was also showing the power of the ultra-high-resolution 250-megapixel sensor.

The 3-minute video above is what Canon was looping in an exhibit and starts out by showing how much detail the 250-megapixel sensor can capture. Tiny crops of wide angle photos show an incredible amount of detail when blown up. Take a look…

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