Steve, you are entirely right, and it is quite depressing to me how very many cameras have been sold on the basis of augmented megapixels. The sensor is key, and its size truly determines quality of image. Those of us who formerly were dedicated to excellence in the film era have wandered in a ten-year nightmare of mediocrity until now, only today can avail ourselves of cameras reasonably priced that come close to the "real raw" that Ken Rockwell http://www.kenrockwell.com/ describes as the capability of even 35mm. Set aside the former standards of rollfilm and 4x5, which, in the 1950's, were the province of ordinary press coverage. Truly depressing to see media and cultural acceptance today of the pedestrian.
Interesting that Kodak, thought moribund, now produces the very best sensors anywhere, and that the new Leica M9 takes advantage of those, as do NASA probes, shunting the utterly sophomoric/complex entries of both Nikon and Canon sideways. One hopes that not long from now, the curses of shutter-lag, low dynamic range, inadequate color management will once again be overcome in cameras affordable and decipherable to all, both amateur and professional. That this is slightly off-topic, but a good chance to air some views, I apologise. Thank you. --- On Mon, 10/19/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [CGUYS] android takes on iphone To: [email protected] Date: Monday, October 19, 2009, 9:38 AM On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 2:33 AM, mike <[email protected]> wrote: > Not sure what your point is..no one knows what size the image sensor it has, > let alone as you say the quality...but you are still dismissing it? Not dismissing it. I do, however, dismiss the megapixel wars as if that is the sole criteria by which to judge the capability of cameras. Steve ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
