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David J Taylor wrote:
Which leaves the small-format cameras as low-end cheap (?) and nasty (?) alternatives to the "proper" DSLRs. Perhaps the high-end ZLRs will then Unfortunately, there are many types of products that have gone through the same sort of evolution, with low end and high end, but not much in the middle. |
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David J Taylor wrote:
I thought that the 4/3 system might provide an opportunity to break from the constraints of last century's 35mm cameras, providing some novel optical solutions, and still retain sufficient image quality for the great majority of applications, whereas the innovations are actually being seen in ZLR cameras. APS failed, despite sufficient image quality for the great majority of applications. It's something about intentionally limiting your options, even though you are unlikely to ever need the options that you shut yourself out of. Even if some new sensor technology was able to solve the current noise issues with 4:3, the larger sensors will still be better (unless the noise reduction is of such magnitude that for all intents and purposes it is non-existent no matter how small the pixel size). The 1.5 and 1.6 crop factor cameras are in essence a break from last century's 35mm cameras. It was a question of how small they could make the sensor while retaining sufficient quality. The lens mounts were retained for marketing reasons. |
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