The astute folks over at DP Review assembled a series of press releases about Canon’s 202 x 205 mm CMOS sensor (compared to 36 x 24 mm for the 5DmkII), which they claim can operate at 60 fps, and requires only 0.3 lux of available light (“roughly one-half the brightness of a moonlit night”). The pixel resolution has not been announced, nor has compatible lenses. In general, the larger the “pixels” (photosite receptors), the higher the sensitivity to light, and the better low-light performance. Larger sensor sizes also result in shallower depths of fields, all else being equal. According to Canon, “potential applications for the new high-sensitivity CMOS sensor include the video recording of stars in the night sky and nocturnal animal behavior.” Plus I’m sure we can think of a lot more…