> If photographers continue to > pay a premium for 1.3x and FF digital bodies, Canon > will continue to make them. I suspect that today the old arguments (justifying the size of the premium) have weakened a bit. I suspect there are other reasons for not wanting to supply bigger sensors (yet) to the general market.
> Frankly, I think the sensor and image processing in > the 20D is already more than good enough for almost > all photo-journalism work. You might be right, but don't I remember people saying that about the 10D, and the D60 and the D30 ... If things are / were so perfect then progress, other than AF/frame speed can stop, no? The D20 is fantastic for sure . but would an equivalent with a larger but equally high resolution sensor not be "better"? > If Canon made a 1-class > body built around the smaller sensor I think they'd > sell a ton of them. But at the cost of canabalizing > curent 1D series sales. They won't sell an affordable FF sensor until 1) the market is saturated with 1.6 ones 2) a competitor releases an affordabe FF (don't hold your breath, none of them want to kill the goose that laid the golden egg of new-mount lens sales just yet ;o) If they had released an affordable D1s (say for $2000) .... what of sales of EF-S lenses then? * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
