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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? -- Regards, Eric Stevens |
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The Nikon D850 Cancelled?
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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. -- teleportation kills |
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