In other words, not likely. And that's okay with me. Paul On Oct 14, 2007, at 11:02 AM, Adam Maas wrote:
> Note the D3 is the camera whose performance I'm quoting at the end > of my > previous post. Its performance is incredible, but also far more than I > have any actual need for, especially with SR. > > When the 5D was the current high-ISO king, people were saying you > couldn't get that type of performance from cropped sensors. Well > now we > can, and said people just raise the bar. > > A FF Pentax with D3 level performance would be nice. But Pentax > doesn't > play in that market (high-end 35mm) and never really has outside of > the > LX. Pentax would do better to bring back the 645D program than > pursue a > market that would require an entirely new line of lenses (Pentax would > need to introduce a full set of FF zooms, and possible a full set > of FF > lenses if they intend to do SR on FF) as well as a new body. > > -Adam > > > > P. J. Alling wrote: >> 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 ;) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
