Sony reveals a record 247MP camera sensor – and it could one day take medium format cameras to a new level

Sony has made a new medium format sensor with best-ever 247MP resolution and 16-bit processing. Its sensor-making department – Sony Semiconductor Solutions, which is responsible for the majority of sensors used in cameras today – unveiled color and monochrome versions of its ‘industrial’ use IMX811 sensor.Roughly equivalent in size to the sensors used in Phase One IQ4 digital backs and the Hasselblad H-series, the Type 4.1 back-illuminated CMOS sensor is bigger than the Type 3.4 used in cameras like

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