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I believe that the D7100 sensor scaled up to F.F is about 57mp...Is this the rumored new Phase One camera?
Probably not likely, but it would be awesome.
I guess we're almost up to the point where there are only so many pixels you can cram into a 35mm sensor, the coming wave of 40mp+ DSLRs may likely be the last big push in resolution for the format.
Related speculation: I wonder what would be on the horizon had Sony purchased Pentax rather than Konica-Minolta?
Better be shooting at f/5 or less unless you want diffraction mocking your resolution figure.I believe that the D7100 sensor scaled up to F.F is about 57mp...
Autofocus that f'ing works is too much to ask?After reading all the responses here, it now makes more sense why the MFD companies are struggling.
People do not seem to want idiosyncratic things anymore. They rationally want homogenization. An odd trait for a creative endeavor.
While it obviously is cost thing, it seems not many place any value what-so-ever on differentness ... which intensifies the cost disparity even more.
Kinda goes right along with what is happening in photography itself. Homogenization, sameness, a Borg collective of imagery.
Perhaps it is time to bail and go back to drawing and painting where the tools hold almost no sway over the creative output ... having remained basically the same since the days of cave painting ... sticks of burnt wood, colors from mother nature, and animal hair on a stick.
Everything except Acrylics ... Acrylics are the CMOS of the art world. :ROTFL:
- Marc
Marc,After reading all the responses here, it now makes more sense why the MFD companies are struggling.
This quote come's to mind Marc..After reading all the responses here, it now makes more sense why the MFD companies are struggling.
People do not seem to want idiosyncratic things anymore. They rationally want homogenization. An odd trait for a creative endeavor.
While it obviously is cost thing, it seems not many place any value what-so-ever on differentness ... which intensifies the cost disparity even more.
Kinda goes right along with what is happening in photography itself. Homogenization, sameness, a Borg collective of imagery.
Perhaps it is time to bail and go back to drawing and painting where the tools hold almost no sway over the creative output ... having remained basically the same since the days of cave painting ... sticks of burnt wood, colors from mother nature, and animal hair on a stick.
Everything except Acrylics ... Acrylics are the CMOS of the art world. :ROTFL:
- Marc
I believe that the D7100 sensor scaled up to F.F is about 57mp...QUOTE]
I think that we hit the wall with the D800 on the 36-39MP full 35mm sensor because of the difracttion.
My wife compact camera with small sensor and 16mp its a "fog" anything shoot more than f5.6, its scary to see the pictures at f11.
Thats why the "next trent" will be big sensors on small cameras...
That could very well be the case..... interesting times.I believe that the D7100 sensor scaled up to F.F is about 57mp...QUOTE]
I think that we hit the wall with the D800 on the 36-39MP full 35mm sensor because of the difracttion.
My wife compact camera with small sensor and 16mp its a "fog" anything shoot more than f5.6, its scary to see the pictures at f11.
Thats why the "next trent" will be big sensors on small cameras...
I'm in a similar camp that you are in Rob. I love diversity and choice. Idiosyncratic items have always been a source of fun and even joy of use despite not being in the mainstream of functionality, or as easy to master.This quote come's to mind Marc..
"But with the practice of photography came the sad knowledge that there is no royal road to the taking of good pictures. Although money might be lavishly spent in the purchase of costly apparatus, yet it was soon found that some knowledge of chemistry, and some artistic taste, together with practice in manipulation, and neatness and accuracy in working, were indispensable to success."
—W. Jerome Harrison, History of Photography, 1887"
Personally I like diversity,I dont want to live in a monchrom world..(excuse the pun.. ) and I like that Phase and Hassy etc are different to Canikon but I would like to see the tech that Canikon possesses applied to Medium format. for example Phase need a new body and it may as well be a very good one rather than an average one.. M.F needs to be at the cutting edge of tech if it wants to survive long term.
I Think the Leica S was a great piece of work, Leica got a lot of things right very quickly..I still have my H4d-50 and it is an idiosyncratic camera but I enjoy using it and the file's are superb.. if anything I would like to see the weight lowered with magnesium replacing the steel body.. I don't know if cmos is better than CCD at base iso.. but it would be nice if the choice was available in M.F..
I can't complain about A.F accuracy with either the S or H but it would be nice if they worked faster ...
Rob
BUT - the rumour - and it's a rumour at the moment states:My conclusion would be that, if Canon is going for a larger sensor, they will probably do it alone, like they have done more or less every other camera on their own, regardless of system.