The Nikon D850 Cancelled?

In article , Eric Stevens wrote:

Canon has presented a prototype 120MP censor:

https://petapixel.com/2015/10/29/can...portedly-isnt-
bayer-and-may-have-a-multi-layer-design

As i wrote in another post: That would give a 70-80MP dual
pixel RAW sensor.

Eric Stevens:
The file size would be enormous while the highspeed shooting
rate would not be. Is such an image size going to be of any real
practical use?

Sandman:
Landscape and portrait shooters want MOAR PIXELS! Thats why they
shoot medium format, and those are the ones Nikon/Canon want to
sell to. And with their high ISO performance when compared to MF
cameras, if the resolution is high enough, there is more and more
reason to use DSLR instead of medium format...

I agree with you - to a point. However there surely is a practical
limit and my question is whether or not we are approaching a point
where there is nothing more to gain? Or can we anticipate pixel
sizes eventually diminishing to quantum dots?

I don't think the limitation is on the sensor side, however. Even if Canon
were to release a 120MP sensor, small format lenses wouldn't be able to
resolve that kind of resolution. making it kind of moot. Maybe new lens
technology is needed as well for it to be usable in the long run.

Of course, with an adapter you could mount medium format lenses on that DSLR
and get a bit more resolving power.

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Sandman

In article ,
Sandman wrote:

In article , Eric Stevens wrote:

Canon has presented a prototype 120MP censor:

https://petapixel.com/2015/10/29/can...portedly-isnt-
bayer-and-may-have-a-multi-layer-design

As i wrote in another post: That would give a 70-80MP dual
pixel RAW sensor.

Eric Stevens:
The file size would be enormous while the highspeed shooting
rate would not be. Is such an image size going to be of any real
practical use?

Sandman:
Landscape and portrait shooters want MOAR PIXELS! Thats why they
shoot medium format, and those are the ones Nikon/Canon want to
sell to. And with their high ISO performance when compared to MF
cameras, if the resolution is high enough, there is more and more
reason to use DSLR instead of medium format...

I agree with you - to a point. However there surely is a practical
limit and my question is whether or not we are approaching a point
where there is nothing more to gain? Or can we anticipate pixel
sizes eventually diminishing to quantum dots?

I don't think the limitation is on the sensor side, however. Even if Canon
were to release a 120MP sensor, small format lenses wouldn't be able to
resolve that kind of resolution. making it kind of moot. Maybe new lens
technology is needed as well for it to be usable in the long run.

Of course, with an adapter you could mount medium format lenses on that DSLR
and get a bit more resolving power.

That was a APS-H prototype... As it's dual pixel RAW that's what's about
these days then that would give ya about 60MP in DPR APS-H... That in
turn would with the 1.3 crop factor mapped into the equation give a FF
camera, lets call it 1DXs 80MP... Canon can but will they? That would,
however be at the edge of that what the best lenses from Canon, Sigma
and Zeiss can resolve today!
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teleportation kills