ptomsu
Workshop Member
I am not so sure if there will only be the 1DX in the future and not also a 1DS with maybe 36MP. Would this make sense? Marketing wise, if Nikon moves down that path yes. IQ wise I doubt, both because limitation of even pro grade 35 lenses and also noisy images because of small pixel size.
But I still think that everything is possible.
One other observation I have is, that we obviously reach some technology limitations, as it takes so long time spans to introduce the next significant jump in resolution (and IQ). Some years ago we saw a doubling in MP count every 2 years, now it takes much longer, if achieved at all.
Coming back to the 12MP of my E5 and the advanced processing Olympus does in the E5 to achieve highest quality IQ with rather lower resolution, maybe Canon has adopted that way of thinking for their D1X. Anyway I must say that my E5 experience tells me every day it is better to have less resolution but stellar processing and lenses than the other way round in order to achieve great IQ
But I still think that everything is possible.
One other observation I have is, that we obviously reach some technology limitations, as it takes so long time spans to introduce the next significant jump in resolution (and IQ). Some years ago we saw a doubling in MP count every 2 years, now it takes much longer, if achieved at all.
Coming back to the 12MP of my E5 and the advanced processing Olympus does in the E5 to achieve highest quality IQ with rather lower resolution, maybe Canon has adopted that way of thinking for their D1X. Anyway I must say that my E5 experience tells me every day it is better to have less resolution but stellar processing and lenses than the other way round in order to achieve great IQ