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I don't think it is a race any more. Increases seemed to have slowed down a lot. Now it is more like gradual growth.
Each pixel doesn't need to be perfect, the goal is the best total output. A significant increase in pixel count is my preferred way to achieve that with existing technologies.
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canon deveoped a 50mp chip 2 years back. So far this hasnt become commercial reality. I presume that we will not see 120mp in commercially available 35mm camera before 10 years time. (obviuoly medium format back may reach that number much sooner)
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Speaking of the devil, here's the latets developmonth, 120 MP sensor:
[url="http://www.canon.com/news/2010/aug24e.html"]http://www.canon.com...010/aug24e.html[/url]
If this is anything to go by, expect an APS-H camera with 30 MP or more, IOW, for the1D Mk V, with noise, DR and IQ similar to current 16 MP level 1D Mk IV (16 MP is about 1/4 of the 50 MP APS-H sensor development announced 2 years ago <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':o' />).
Kind regards, Wim
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