>>>> Who has a 14 megapixel APS CMOS sensor? >>>> >>> It's probably the Pentax-designed sensor we've been hearing about >>> for a >>> few years, with manufacturing done by some large semiconductor >>> maker. >>> >> >> Gee whiz. Doesn't Samsung have the capability to do that sort of >> thing?
Panasonic manufactures the NMOS 4/3 System sensor that the Olympus E-3 is using. From what I've seen, that chip has pretty darn nice ISO 3200 noise characteristics ... better than the Canon 40D, and very close to "on-par" with the Nikon D300 (the latest new technology 16x24 sensor DSLR). Given Olympus' spec for active chip area, that's 10.1 Mpixel spread over 13x17.3 mm chip area, or ~44,900 pixels/ square mm. A 16x24 mm sensor having 14 Mpixel with the same technology would have lower density and presumably even better noise characteristics, at ~36,450 pixels per square mm. The K10D's older technology sensor has about 26300 pixels per square mm by comparison. Godfrey (BTW: my friend's Nikon D300 arrived yesterday. I had the chance to fool with it at lunch today. It was fitted with the Nikon 17-55/2.8 VR lens. A very nice camera to work with.) -- 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.
