Canon 250MP Prototype Targeted At Surveillance

Canon did not exhibit at ASIS, and is also not exhibiting at ISC West 2017, instead having their products in a rather small section of Axis' booth (at least at ASIS, we do not know what they will show at ISC West, just that they are not currently listed as having a booth).

The Axis 20MP camera that was co-developed with Canon was brought to market under the Axis brand.

And Canon has often confounded those who assume that they will use their multiple security holdings to their best use.

I think that many people, myself included, expected Canon to take a more active role in both Axis and Milestone, possibly combining them into a more unified offering. That has not happened, Canon has mostly left them alone. If Canon had made a number of obviously bad moves, then I might agree there was more risk of Canon doing something unbelievable, like marketing a new 250MP security camera under their brand instead of Axis'.

I think Canon realizes that their brand is not strong in security, but their technology innovation capabilities are significant. With that in mind, I think if they build a full product around this sensor, it would logically be under the Axis brand, and Canon has not done anything to show they would approach this differently.

Only in a best case scenario ;)

This camera certainly uses a professional photographic camera lens.

A 10G fiber plant and 40/100G switching would be costly but a fraction of the SSD SAN that would be needed.

Just rent it from Amazon. They already have more than enough capacity to handle something like this.

I agrre with all you mentioned, mainly because you said "probably lighting requirements..."

I have to confess I was a bit skeptical when I heard that Avigilon had launched an IP camera with 29 Megapixels, 0.1 Lux, since I didn't have good experiences with cameras of only 2 Megapixels in low illumination. It was 2 years ago.

To check if it was really possible or a big lie, I made a theoretical analysis of this camera features and I proved that, yes, it was possible a 29 Megapixels having a sensitivity as low as 0.1 lux.

You can check my analysis here: http://www.cctvinstitute.com.br/29-megapixels-ip-camera.html

Now, 2 years later, Canon, the very same company who supplied sensor and and lenses for that Avigilon camera, is launching a 250 Megapixels camera proclaming that it is very good at low illumination. Well, as technology had advanced a bit since 2 years ago, maybe it really is...

You're right: I made a mistake; blurring would occur with fast movements at slow shutter, not low fps. Problem with low fps is the lost of information.

But I disagree when you said: "The  30/25 fps were important in the analog age, whit limited resolutions viewing small areas. In the megapixel age, fps are not so important because your monitored area is bigger."

Since the time-lapse age, it was determined that, for security proposals, at least 5 fps is enough to not loose any important information.

I remember a video from Pelco showing a line of people passing by a table with an ashtray on its top.

At 1 fps, suddenly the ashtray 'disappears' and you can't know who took it because it happened between frames.

But at 5 fps you can clearly identify who took the ashtray.

Therefore, to detect quick and suspicious movements, doesn't matter how big or small is the area nor the quantity of information (resolution) you're recording, but the quantity of movement (fps) is being recorded.

Someone remember and still have this video? I've been looking for it to show in my trainings.