"Richard Crisp" wrote in message
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Check this out:

http://www.fairchildimaging.com/main/area_486.htm


or for sheer size:

http://www.fairchildimaging.com/main/area_595.htm

can you imagine a 3+ inches per side 81 megapixel sensor?

Zowie, that must be one expensive chip.




the 81Mp is probably more of a compromise than the 16MP , due to the smaller
pixel size. Most very large professional cameras seem to use around 13-15um
pixel sizes, like the QUEST , OMEGA Prime etc .
As far as cost goes, I'd be surprised if a couple of 81MP chips cost more
than a whole mosaic of 115MP made up of 2MP chips .