Re: Pentax DSLR future

[Toralf Lund]

Dario Bonazza wrote:

Pål Jensen wrote:
I think a 16MP DSLR in a 35mm size [ ... ]



Hmmm... technology being equal, I don't expect 18MP to be so much 
better than 16MP. OK, larger pixels should deliver better S/N ratio 
than smaller ones, but... is technology equal? I'm afraid it won't.

Generally speaking, Kodak sensors are behind Canon and Sony. The 4/3 
system performs rather badly about noise control. OK, it's smaller 
than APS. But the Kodak 14MP FF SLR delivered lower quality than the 
Canon 11MP FF SLR, so why do you expect the 18MP Kodak to be better 
than the 16MP from Canon?

It was mentioned on this list quite recently: The Kodak FF DSLRs did not 
use Kodak sensors! Actually, someone claimed in that context that Kodak 
actually has ownership interest in the company that produced them (I 
keep forgetting its name), but it was still a completely different plant 
run by completely different people from the ones that will be making the 
sensors we talk about here.

- T