Yep, that's why the new Nikon D3 has been cited has having superior noise performance at very high sensitivities. Same argument always made with film bigger is better. Physics dictates that a larger sensor site is better than a smaller site. You can correct with software, (or firmware if it's done on the sensor, but even then bigger will still be better). Take off the blinders and smell the photons.
Adam Maas wrote: > That's not necessarily so. The newest crop of APS-C-ish sensors (In the > D300, A700 and 40D) have noise performance as good or better than the > last crop of FF sensors. 5D level noise performance is good enough for > me (As much as I'd like ISO 25,600 as my max ISO and ISO 6400 > performance that rivals ISO 1600 on a 5D, I don't need it.) > > -Adam > > > P. J. Alling wrote: > >> If Pentax doesn't address sensor size in the K mount line they'll still >> be only second rate no matter how many nifty new lenses and bodies they >> introduce. I can live with slower frame rates, I can deal with noisy >> autofocus, (heck my low light walking around kit consists of three >> lenses and only one is autofocus anyway. The only way to have high >> resolution with minimum noise even with world class image processing is >> larger sensor sites, and that matters more to me than almost any other >> improvements in autofocus, frame rates or additional "features". Olympus >> has boxed themselves in with the 4:3 system, Pentax hasn't done that yet. >> >> Thibouille wrote: >> >>> I know you won't be able to tell what if you're under NDA but >>> sometimes the NDA allows you to say you're actually under NDA (I know >>> it sounds confused ^^) >>> >>> Why do I ask? >>> Interesting rumours from Pentaxforums where 3 people supposedly in the >>> know do hint at very nice things coming in January. I do not trus much >>> two of those but IMO Richard Day has a good reputation in my book. >>> >>> For those who wants to read (means you want run away from rumours) here it >>> is: >>> http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-news-releases/13173-pentax-news-something-interesting-really.html >>> >>> For those who do not like rumours: there's nothing new. There no >>> CMOS-not -from-Sony-coming-soon. You can go back to sleep ;) >>> >>> >>> >> > > > -- Remember, it’s pillage then burn. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
