On 4/2/2010 11:12 AM, John Sessoms wrote:
From: P N Stenquist
On Apr 2, 2010, at 10:23 AM, Adam Maas wrote:
> That they would, but even better would be a K-7x with the K-x
> processing chain and either the K-x's 12MP sensor or Sony's closely
> related 14.6MP sensor. I'm seriously hoping we're going to see that
> soon (perhaps for Photokina?).
>
> I'd really love to have the K-x's IQ with the K-7's metering and AF
> (metering in particular is a weak point of the K-x).
>
I'm not so sure I'd want that. The K7 seems to have better detail
rendering than the Kx at low to moderate ISO. Good low light
performance is a nice plus, but for most work it's secondary.
So, how about a camera that combined the K7's metering, AF, and low to
moderate ISO performance with the K-x's high ISO performance?
And since we're off wishing in la-la land anyway, it'll be an 18 - 20 MP
full-frame sensor in 135 format as well for well under $2K. ;-D
Today's wishlist:
D700 performance
K7 ergonomics and features
Katzeye focusing screen
K-x size and price
Japanese K-x shell customizing options
I expect that it'll be available sometime around 2015.
Next year's wishlist will be something along the line of:
D3s low light performance
645D low ISO performance
etc.
For computer performance I use a metric I call "Craymarks" which is what
year the most powerful computer in the world had that level of
performance. I wouldn't be surprised if the K-x processor has a
craymark of about 1980 or later.
For cars, I use "Vettemarks", which is in what year the top of the line
Corvette had that level of performance. Note that a lot of econoboxes
these days probably have vettemark performance in the 1980s.
I don't know what to call the equivalent metric for cameras, but note
that the K-x will probably match the image quality of the best 135 lens
format camera of not much more than 5 years ago. So there's probably
about a 5 year lag in performance between top of the line bodies and
entry level bodies.
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