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Fascinating stuff. Haven't seen any mention of using this technology for video. Is the technology fast enough to capture 24 or 30 frames per second?

And I'd expect some serious obstacles when it comes to editing. Adjusting focus in a single still is interesting enough, but how do you stay consistent over a series of frames without micro-adjusting the focus in each and every one?

"Obviously, there's other engineering challenges in terms of heat and power consumption and everything, but to create a 200-megapixel sensor--or what we call a megaray sensor--is all within the industry's reach today."

How about creating a 60-MPx (for example) sensor with pixels that can be switched into a 2x2 array to yield a 15 Mpx image with 4X the light gathering power if you prefer light-gathering power over resolution?