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Canon is reporting that they have recently manufactured a massive 50 megapixel CMOS sensor. While this thing sounds like a godsend for those looking to capture the crispness of film in a digital camera, don’t expect to see this sensor show up in your hands anytime soon. Engadget has the story:

Canon has built a 50 megapixel CMOS monstrosity, which is reportedly almost twice the resolution of its nearest competition, and is prepping it as a sort of large format surveillance camera for monitoring large, busy areas such as parking lots and theme parks, along with detailed work like factory part inspections.

The article goes on to state that the sensor was, amazingly, built in the standard dimensions of a DSLR sensor. That little detail may not mean much to you, but that suggests a lot to me. Once they get the manufacturing costs down, I have no doubts that it’ll hit the prosumer market. It’ll give me something new to drool over.

…Beats the hell out of my Canon Digital Rebel XT.

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