The Nikon D850 Cancelled?

On Sun, 12 Feb 2017 08:50:15 +0100, android wrote:

In article ,
Eric Stevens wrote:

On 11 Feb 2017 23:56:01 GMT, 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.

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?

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?

80MP would be about the most that that the best FF lenses of today could
take advantage of.

And how many photographers could take them to that limit?
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Regards,

Eric Stevens

In article ,
Eric Stevens wrote:

On Sun, 12 Feb 2017 08:50:15 +0100, android wrote:

In article ,
Eric Stevens wrote:

On 11 Feb 2017 23:56:01 GMT, 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.

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?

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?

80MP would be about the most that that the best FF lenses of today could
take advantage of.

And how many photographers could take them to that limit?

Who cares. The proper question is: Can Canon get enough of paying
customers to put a camera like that in production? The answer: Probably.
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