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Wow James! That’s quite the question, I’m afraid no one here is qualified to answer it properly! You’d need to talk to someone who works in camera design and engineering.
I do have a few thoughts on the matter though… 🙂
First, I was rather surprised that the maximum ISO limit was only ISO 6400! (Expandable to 12,800) Canon’s new camera the 7D MK II goes all the way up to ISO 51,200, and it’s a crop sensor camera! (Check out the link, near the bottom of the page for the ISO comparison.) That seems to indicate that noise levels any higher than that would more than likely be unacceptable. But then again, the camera is aimed toward “those shooting landscape and architectural photography, as well as those shooting commercial or high-end editorial work in the studio” Used in those situations, you would have no need for high ISO levels.
Here’s a shot taken at ISO 800, you can see for yourself that the amount of detail is impressive!
If you’d like to see for yourself what kind of detail you can get from the 5DS and 5DSR, then take a look for yourself! The detail is simply astounding! I cannot imagine the workflow though, imagine 100s of RAW images that are 60-100 MB each!
Speaking of print sizes, with 50 MP (at 300 DPI), you can get approximately a 29″x19″ print.