On Aug 23, 2011, at 1:31 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: > This is fun: > > http://photorumors.com/2011/08/22/fujifilm-x10-in-the-next-few-weeks/ > > Super compacts seem to be the big wave right now. Maybe DSLRs have > hit a bit of a wall?
It's a wall called physics. Allow my to channel Miserere, Godfrey et. al. for a moment. With an SLR system, you're limited at the wide end by registration distance, especially with a 35mm derived sensor. You can get some improvement on that score by making Cotty eat his hat, but those sensors cost a LOT more. On the other hand, sensor technology is improving so much that you can get reasonable performance from smaller and smaller sensors, which means less costly glass, less costly sensors, and smaller, more convenient cameras. Also, most people benefit from shorter lenses and more depth of field, they're more interested in making sure that their subject is sharp, than that everything else is out of focus. It's also probably easier to do autofocus quickly if there is more room for error. There is also the advantage of being able to tune the glass, sensor, registration distance to the exact application, rather than trying to make it fit a general compromise like an SLR mount. Or, if I weren't so pedantic and loquacious, I'd say something like: Well, duh! Smaller sensors and no mirror works better for almost everyone that either hasn't invested in a lot of DSLR format lenses. > -- > Steve Desjardins > > -- > 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. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- 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.
