A three-figure megapixel count is no longer unheard of on high-end cameras, but one company is claiming that it has a camera with the highest resolution backside-illuminated sensor yet. The German company XIMEA has announced a prototype camera with a whopping 246.7MP medium format sensor – which is 19,000 by 12,800 pixels.
Announced on Tuesday, April 1, the XIMEA MX2457 is a prototype camera module that can capture those high-resolution files as quick as 10 fps. While April Fools Day is perhaps the worst day to announce a new product, the MX2457 doesn’t appear to be a joke – it uses the Sony IMX811 sensor that Sony announced last year.
