Undoubtedly, Canon stands tall among the world leaders when it comes to photography and cameras. After rendering some of the most invincible cameras over the years, Canon is again ready to mesmerize the people with its new CMOS sensor that is touted to be the world’s largest sensor with ultra-high sensitivity.

So, what’s new about this CMOS sensor? This 202 x 205mm sensor is 40 times that of a usual CMOS sensor of 35mm in size. If you are wondering what will be the practical use of this large-sized sensor then to your surprise, it will be able to capture images in strict lighting conditions.

In fact, the amount of light required for this sensor to capture images is 1/100th of the light needed by the sensor of a DSLR camera used by professionals. So, it seems this new CMOS sensor will bring new dimensions to professional photography.

According to Canon, the new CMOS sensor is capable of recording videos at 60fps with an illumination of only 0.3lux. This amount of illumination is equal to that of a full-moon night. So, if you are into nocturnal photography, then this CMOS sensor would be a wise choice and would add spark to your work.

Canon has used a new circuit design for this large-sized CMOS sensor. Canon has manufactured this CMOS sensor in extremely clean production conditions so that there is no complaint for dust, blur or any other sort of image imperfection. The new circuit design was chosen so that the processor runs faster enough to match up with videos.

Also this sensor makes use of 300mm Silicon wafer. Usually, full-frame processors by Canon use 200mm wafers. If this has been done for cutting down production costs, then what about the way too expensive retooling? Also, it is quite ironical that it was Canon who started off with CMOS image sensors but many of its competitors such as Sony took up the 300mm wafer building of processors years ago.

This, however, is not sure how many cameras in practicality will be carrying this large-sized CMOS sensor. This is a time when people like to carry lighter and compact things and photographers especially would not like to carry the burden of a huge DSLR with this new CMOS sensor in.