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That is why the DP1/DP2 cameras were always a hit with some and not so much with others. I don´t make large prints, so this is really not on my high priority list...but I can see this as a deal breaker for professional photographers. I´m sure Pana can see this too and will propably have a solution for it.
My experience has been that given a sharp lens, Foveon sensors capture as much detail as a Bayer sensor of roughly twice the MP count. So, a 4.7MP DP1 will capture slightly less detail than a 10MP Bayer sensor. That's enough to make fairly large prints if they are meant to be viewed at typical viewing distances.
That's very educational, and it does change things in my mind a bit. I can only hope that if and when Panasonic comes out with something like this they'll be able to better the performance from Sigma somehow.
You can count the number of people who want Foveon technology with the fingers of one hand. I agree Bayer needs to be surpassed, but Foveon is not the way.
relatively speaking one can count on one hand the people who prefer negative (perhaps medium format) film (and scans) over those who prefer full frame digital, that does not mean that one is more able to produce a better image than the other ... so it seems a bit of a straw man argument to me.
I'd be interested even if they can't. I always liked the look of the Sigma Foveon sensor, and I imagine that Panasonic would improve some of the operational aspects relative to the DP series.
I think this depends on the type of pictures you take.
Why would the type of pictures one makes create any distinction in this regard?
Well, let me butt in - I don't find the question too difficult.
well, if you photograph outside and take wedding photographs, don't want washed out dresses and ink blacks then you may be part of the crowd who appreciates the S3 and S5 for their sensors.
The GXR is a bit of a special case as it's the only camera body currently available that has changeable sensors, unless you're talking medium format cameras with interchangeable backs which are an entirely different scope of discussion. This discussion was about a sensor type used in a complete camera, not a situation where you were going to pick a body and sensor independently of one another ... eg: "I want a Micro-FourThirds camera with a Fovean sensor!" If you're picking a hypothetical Hasselblad H12 and Hasselblad offers the same size sensor in both Fovean and Bayer matrix types for that body, then of course the choice between Fovean and Bayer matrix sensors is a discriminator.
In the case of the Fuji S3 and S5, you can't change the sensor in these bodies so you are pick one of these two over other cameras with same format, same resolution sensor because the cameras perform to your desire. The fact that they have a particular Fuji sensor is part of that performance envelope, yes, but you can't choose the camera independently of the sensor, just like you can't choose a Nikon D300s on the basis of Fovean vs Bayer sensor. You choose a Nikon D300s because it performs to the spec you want. The distinction of which sensor a particular body has is irrelevant, it's how the body performs that's important.
