"Canon Inc. announced today that the company has successfully developed a high-sensitivity 35 mm full-frame CMOS sensor exclusively for video recording. Delivering high-sensitivity, low-noise imaging performance, the new Canon 35 mm CMOS sensor enables the capture of Full HD video even in exceptionally low-light environments."

Full press release with more info at:

Canon develops 35mm full-frame CMOS sensor for video capture at DV Info Net (http://www.dvinfo.net/news/canon-develops-35mm-full-frame-cmos-sensor-for-video-capture.html)

Update: sample video clip added (appears at the bottom of the press release, linked above).

Next step for Canon logically is BSI sensors and affordable Global Shutter CMOS sensors.

If this is indeed 1920x1080 pixels on a full frame, it still has to be bayered for it to read color. I'm sure the monochrome version of the sensor would have amazing sharpness compared to all other DSLR video.

The last test shot under a full moon was really impressive.

indeed. That last moon shot was something else. Almost looked like daytime.