No later than last week we were getting ready for Kodak’s 50 megapixel image sensor which is supposed to pack the $39,995 Hassleblad’s H3DII-50 camera. Now we hear that PhaseOne is going to surpass Kodak as they are about to offer a 60.5 megapixels camera.

PhaseOne’s P65+ digital back has a resolution of 8984 x 6732 active pixels which lead to a total resolution of 60.5 megapixels. Such a camera will be priced accordingly. You will have to get your hands on about $42,000 to get one. And the P65+ digital back is worth #39,900. Just in case you need something “smaller”, the 21 megapixels camera from PhaseOne costs only $13,000. Better buy a car you say?

The CCD sensor called “Sensor+” technology can take up to one image per second. An 8GB RGB image will be transformed into a 180MB file. Better choose wisely what you’re going to photograph!