What's the maximum Megapixel?

Question

I heard there are 16 megapixels cameras, is this a rumor? What's the maximum of megapixels?

Answer 1

Hasselblad's new H2D-39 D-SLR is the first true 39 megapixel digital camera in the world. It is based on Hasselblad's existing H2 digital camera and is compatible with the company's H System lenses and V camera lenses.
The camera's CCD sensor is more than twice the size of conventional 35mm camera sensors (36.7 x 49.0 mm). At maximum resolution, the images captured by the H2D-39 in Hasselblad's proprietary 3F RAW format are 78MB large (50MB with lossless compression).

The camera features a 2.2” OLED display, a FireWire 800 interface, support for CF media and an optional Image Bank 80GB external hard drive. The H2D-39 is also expandable thanks to its i-Adapter interchangeable camera interface. The CF-39, CF-39MS and CFH-39 digital-back modules allow the user to tailor the camera to his or her shooting parameters. Also featured is the company's digital APO correction (DAC) which diminishes the effects of color abberations and provides a fuller, more life-like picture. The camera captures images in 16-bit formats and supports ISO ranges 50, 100, 200 and 400.

Preliminary pricing for the different digital-backs are as follows (in US dollars):

H2D-39 - $32,000
CF-39 - $33,000
CFH-39 - $33,000
CF-39MS - $40,000

Answer 2

well this depends on the camera type. canon does make a 16 megapixel camera i think its the mark IIId. Howver there are a ridiculous amount of cameras for land surveyings and big projects. This year at a major photography show PMA 2007, they revealed a camera 250 megapixel camera. it takes almost 3 min to take a picture but its for land surveying and construction. you can safely say there is a 16 megapixel slr for consumers

Answer 3

Yes there is such thing as 16 megapixel, which you can get online or at a ritz camera, but you can get 18 megapixel for an EXTREMLY high price at an online electronic super store like newegg.

Answer 4

The top of the line Canon 1Ds Mark ll has 16.7 megapixels. It costs $7000 for just the body:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=Search&A=details&Q=&sku=354004&is=REG&addedTroughType=search
For studio work, you can even get cameras that go up to 39 megapixels:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=5517&A=details&Q=&sku=463797&is=REG&addedTroughType=categoryNavigation

Answer 5

i think its for real. I heard 16mp is the highest too. not too sure tho.