Canon announced they are developing a new box-style camera with a 1-inch SPAD image sensor capable of capturing HD footage in extreme low-light conditions: the Canon MS-500. Let’s take a closer look at this world’s first camera equipped with such a big SPAD image sensor. Back in 2015, Canon launched the ME20F-SH camera that still has, to this day, a whopping 4 Million ISO setting. In January this year, the company also claimed to have developed a sensor with no less than 24 stops of dynamic range. Canon continues to push night-vision image sensors and technology one step further with the MS-500, a successor to the ME20F-SH, capable of seeing what your eyes can’t see. Canon MS-500 high-sensitivity camera. Image credit: Canon Canon MS-500 – a world’s first The Canon MS-500 is, according to Canon, “the world’s first ultra-high-sensitivity interchangeable-lens camera (ILC) equipped with a 1.0-inch Single Photon Avalanche Diode (SPAD) sensor featuring the world’s highest pixel count of 3.2 megapixels.” Indeed, that’s a lot of “world’s first” in one sentence. So what does it all mean? Canon MS-500 high-sensitivity camera. Image credit: Canon First, the Canon MS-500 has a B4 bayonet lens mount based on BTA S-1005B standards. The B4-mount has been a broadcast standard for decades. It means that you can use a lot of broadcast lenses with it, whether from Canon or another manufacturer. The MS-500 1-inch SPAD sensor. Image credit: Canon The next thing we know about the Canon MS-500 is its image sensor. The camera...
Published By: CineD - Wednesday, 5 April, 2023