Leica has already used 60-megapixel BSI CMOS in the M11 and Q3 cameras. According to foreign media Leica Rumors, Leica is currently preparing to go one step further. They are preparing a 70-megapixel color/monochrome CMOS.
It is reported that Leica and CMOSIS are cooperating to develop a full-frame 70 MP (70 million pixels) CMOS sensor, which is divided into a standard color version and a special monochrome “black and white version” of the Leica Monochrome model. Currently, spy photos of the sensor have been released by foreign media.
▲ Source Leica Rumors
CMOSIS is an Israeli imaging company that is currently affiliated to AMS-Osram. Before that, Leica had cooperated with it in the M240 era (around 2012). The 24MP (24 million pixels) full-frame CMOS jointly developed by the two parties was applied in the M240 (M262 / M240P), SL1, Q1 (Q-P) and other cameras.
Domestic forums generally hold a positive opinion on the imaging of this generation of Leica models. They believe that the CMOS (M240) jointly launched by Leica and CMOSIS is better than the CMOS used in the subsequent Leica M10, M10R, and M11 cameras in terms of saturation, but there are deficiencies in high sensitivity. With Leica’s in-camera processing algorithm in the M240 era, it is easy to appear in the “straight-out JPG”. Features”.
▲ Source Leica Rumors
Leica has recently applied a variety of CMOS in its cameras, changing the earlier situation of “one CMOS for all series”, so if Leica uses 70-megapixel CMOS in its M11P or M12, SL3 and other camera models, it is actually not surprising, but the price must be several hundred euros more expensive.
