>> Actually my quite reliable sources told me that next semi-pro body >> from Sony will have FF sensor and it will be priced well below >> Canon 5D. > > Not surprising (well, maybe the price part is!), especially since Sony > makes their own sensors. > > As the pixel-count wars show no signs of abating and noise performance > at ISO 1600 and up is a hot topic, manufacturers will have no choice > but to increase sensor size on their top models in the future as they > go beyond 10-12 megapixels.
To me, the only truly useful way to go to a larger sensor will be to move up to the 645D class sensor size. I've seen gallery print results from plenty of Canon 1DsII cameras and I don't see anything that impresses me as substantially different from what I'm getting with the Sony R1 or K10D at sizes up to A3 Super and, stretching that, to 16x20 inch. Fact is that several of the folks shooting with those cameras have looked at my 6Mpixel *ist DS prints at the gallery and commented as to how come they weren't getting that kind of print quality. I have no doubt that more 24x36mm sensor cameras will be made by someone. Sony has a chip fab and owns a line of 35mm lenses, they can do what they want. I haven't heard people here screaming how much better the A100 is compared to the K10D. I don't believe, from what I see today, that I will find them to be any significant advantage, and I believe that legacy 35mm lenses will have all the issues that have been discussed over and over again, as we see today with the 24x36 DSLRs from Canon. I'll refrain from further comments on this topic. It's a waste of time as there seem to be religious desires to preserve 35mm format and antique lenses for their own sake. I personally would rather see a 3:4 proportion format camera, with a sensor about 18x24mm or 21x28mm in size, with 10-12 Mpixels and lenses optimized for it. It would make better sense and most likely produce better quality. G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
