Japanese company makes 133-megapixel sensor for 8k recordings
The Japanese company NHK has announced that it will come with a sensor for a 133-megapixel camera. The cmos module can, among other things, record video in 8k resolution, the successor to 4k. It is unclear which manufacturers will use the sensor.
According to NHK, the cmos sensor will be unveiled to the general public on May 29, the company states on its website. However, the Japanese company has already announced that the chip has 133 megapixels and a Bayer RGB color filter. By handling all RGB color information on a single chip, the overall size can be made significantly smaller than existing 8k cameras, which make extensive use of 33-megapixel sensors per color channel.
The new cmos sensor has a light-receiving surface with a diagonal of 43.2mm. 8k video, which corresponds to a resolution of 7680×4320 pixels, can be shot at up to 60 frames per second. The chip is probably intended for use on the professional market, but NHK has not yet announced a price.
It is also unclear which manufacturers are interested in the chip and when the first products with a 133-megapixel camera will be on the market. NHK has been developing sensors that can shoot video in 8k resolution since 1995. Earlier this year, the company managed to send a video with 8k resolution over a distance of 27km.
An 8k sensor that NHK introduced earlier.