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111-Megapixel CCD Chip Ships
georgewilliamherbert writes "EETimes is reporting that Dalsa has shipped a record-breaking 111-megapixel CCD image sensor to customer Semiconductor Technology Associates. The chip was paid for by a U.S. Navy SBIR project. At four inches across, a bit big for camera phones, but the 10560x10560 format will probably get professional digital camera users drooling."
I can't wait to get 10560x10560 resolution family photos named IMG_1000.jpg as attachments in my inbox...
if a cheap ship ships cheap chips, how much cheap chips shall the cheap ship ship?
How many bad pixels before the unit is considered faulty and can be returned?
You can imagine the developers on the phone to their competition...
What?? That camera's rubbish.... ours goes up to one-hundred and eleven!!
His post refers to the resolution of the eye itself . . .Which may not answer the original question. . .
"Per unit area." I believe, although he didn't express it quite right, that what he's interested in is how many dots per inch at a given viewing distance on the print before the human eye cannot tell the difference.
He wants to know how much camera is actually overkill when all he wants is a picture of his girlfriend for his desk.
The answer, of course, is "it depends." I haven't seen his girlfriend so I don't know what the appropriate resolution would be.
KFG