It will be the camera mfg's judgment that MP count parity is the only way to stay in the race. For the 'serious' buyer, sensor/pixel size/count relevancy will require a perception of honest technical justification. A good thing.
Jack --- "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think ALL DSLR mfgrs are going to offer some or at least one high > end FF > models > eventually, its only a matter of time. Increasing the sensor > size is the only really significant way left to increase PQ markedly. > jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Adam > Maas > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 9:08 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: FF Sensor from Sony > > > On 1/30/08, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Adam Maas wrote: > > > > > Likely if this shows up in any non-Sony bodies it will be with a > > > conventional output. But since Nikon's likely to use the D3's > sensor > > > in any lower-$$ FF body and always uses their own designs in the > > > Single-digit line and Pentax's revealed sensor production & > design > > > capabilities, I don't expect to see this sensor in many non-Sony > > > bodies. > > > > It's reportedly in the Nikon D3x. We'll know soon. > > > > Not anytime soon, as the D3x won't surface until August at the > earliest. And > that would be a MAJOR change for Nikon, who's never used a non-Nikon > designed sensor in a single-digit body. Frankly, I doubt we'll see it > in the > D3x. We may see it in the FF version of the D300 that's rumoured > though. > > -Adam > > -- > 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. > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping -- 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.
