We're looking at a revamped but still tiny CX sensor, this time with the resolution bumped up to 14 megapixels (instead of 10) -- a move that likely won't do much for the camera's overall image quality or low light performance relative to APS-C or Micro Four Thirds shooters.

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Pixim's innovation is to give each pixel its own analog-to-digital converter so that photons are continuously converted to ones and zeros and the camera's microprocessor can tell exactly how fast each pixel is filling up relative to the other pixels.

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