Heiko Hamann wrote: >generation phase. In five years or so we will have the optimal chip size >and resolution - maybe 50MP full frame - an we will look back on all the > > > 50MP would be an interesting number. I'm guessing this would be about a 5 micron pixel size- which may be just a bit too small for really low-noise pixels unless something changes. I don't think you'd want to get smaller than this.
Calculation: sqrt(50E6)=7kpixels/side 30 ave mm per side 233 pix/mm .2 pix/micron 5000nm/5 micron pixels If my math is wrong, feel free to point it out. The point being, this is not going to be like computers where we've gone literally a 1000 magnitudes in a few decades. We've got less than one magnitude of image sensor capability left in a 35mm system. -R
