One thing to keep in mind as we try to extrapolate performance on current sensors to predicted performance on a later sensor generation: Typically it isn’t just a matter of increasing the number of photo sites. Other improvements are part of major upgrades to a new generation, and these included things like noise performance, dynamic range, and readout speed.
It is rare — in fact, no examples come to mind — that a newer generation of sensor with higher resolution performs worse than the previous generation in these other ways.
It is fair to ask “who needs 180MP?,” and the answer is probably “almost no one.” However, if a higher resolution sensor can be produced for a camera that has essentially the same inflation-adjusted price and otherwise at least equal erformance, it can a question of “why not?”
Feb 07, 2026 at 09:41 AM
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