Godfrey wrote: I haven't seen much evidence to say that their CCD sensor products (Pentax, Nikon, KM aka Sony, Olympus, etc) do better or worse than the Canon CMOS sensors do in any way that is significant to a purchase decision.
Well, IIRC a CMOS chip is much cheaper, I believe, althoug the production gear is very expesive. Also the low battery consumption leaves more energy for other purposes (features). Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk +45 56 63 77 11 +45 23 43 85 77 Skype: jensbladt248 -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af Godfrey DiGiorgi Sendt: 2. oktober 2006 13:04 Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Emne: Re: CMOS In general, the differences between CCD and CMOS sensors today are more important to the hardware/manufacturing process then any benefits of one type over the other are to the photographer. How a specific design is implemented and built into a camera affects the photographer much more than which type of sensor it is. Canon's made a huge investment into CMOS manufacturing and it is working well for them. Sony produces sensors with both technologies and I haven't seen much evidence to say that their CCD sensor products (Pentax, Nikon, KM aka Sony, Olympus, etc) do better or worse than the Canon CMOS sensors do in any way that is significant to a purchase decision. I judge the cameras I buy based on the total package, not specifics of component implementation. Godfrey On Oct 2, 2006, at 12:25 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > Is CMOS supposedly better than what we have now, and, if so, in what > way(s). If it is better, then why aren't other camera > manufacturers using > such sensors? > >> I believe I read somewhere, that Pentax is planning to take up >> pruduction of CMOS image sensors. Does this mean future >> genrations of Pentax cameras will have CMOS? Like Canons! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.12.11/460 - Release Date: 10/01/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.12.12/461 - Release Date: 10/02/2006 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
