It is reported that Leica will use 7000 megapixel CMOS, which is expected to be used in M11P, SL3 and other follow-up cameras.

CTOnews.com, July 25, Leica has already used 6000-megapixel BSI CMOS in M11 and Q3 cameras. According to foreign media Leica Rumors, Leica is now preparing to go further and is preparing a 7000-megapixel color / monochrome CMOS.

It is reported that Leica and CMOSIS are jointly developing a full-frame 70 MP (7000 megapixel) CMOS sensor, which is divided into a standard color version and a special monochrome "black-and-white version" of Leica Monochrome models. At present, the spy photos of the sensor have been released by foreign media.

According to ▲ source Leica RumorsCTOnews.com, CMOSIS is an Israeli imaging company currently owned by AMS-Osram, and Leica has been working with Leica in the M240 era (before and after 2012) to use the 24MP (2400 megapixel) full-frame CMOS in cameras such as M240 (M262 / M240P), SL1, Q1 (Qmurp) and so on.

Domestic forums generally hold a good impression on this generation of Leica imaging, thinking that the CMOS (M240) launched by Leica and CMOSIS is better than the follow-up Leica M10, M10R, M11 camera CMOS in the saturation level, but there are deficiencies in high sensitivity, with Leica in the M240 era machine processing algorithm, easy to appear in the "straight out JPG" in the "main body gorgeous, dark dead black" problem, but some people regard this defect as a "imaging feature".

▲ source Leica Rumors Leica has recently used a number of CMOS in its cameras, changing the early situation of "one CMOS for all", so it would not be surprising if Leica used a 7000-megapixel CMOS in its M11P or M12, SL3 and other camera models, but it would probably cost a few hundred euros more.