Phase One straps 80 megapixels to your camera, USB 3.0 for ginormous image transfers

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We're still trying to wrap our brains around the idea that a 80
megapixel camera sensor exists at all, but there's already a second
light-devouring digital back on the way -- the Phase One IQ180, which
technically hails from the very same company as the Leaf Aptus-II 12.
That doesn't mean the company simply rebranded its subsidiary's giant
CCD, as this unit's got an extra half-stop of dynamic range, captures
a tenth of a second quicker at full resolution, and supplements the
standard FireWire 800 connector with USB 3.0. There's also a 3.2-inch,
1.15 megapixel touchscreen with a pseudo-Live View for easy framing
and 1GB of RAM to buffer the gigantic images you'll be pumping out.
Improvements don't come cheap, though, as you'll drop $43,990 in April
at launch. If you can settle for a slightly lower resolution, though,
there's no need to sell your Lexus quite yet -- the summer months will
bring lesser models with 60.5 megapixels and 40 megapixels respectively.