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Sony to stop making FX sensors?
Thom Hogan thinks it is possible.
http://www.bythom.com/ -- Waddling Eagle World Famous Flight Instructor |
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Sony to stop making FX sensors?
On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:27:14 -0700, C J Campbell
wrote: Thom Hogan thinks it is possible. http://www.bythom.com/ I doubt it. If Sony wants to compete with Nikon and Canon, they'll need a FF offering, even if they aren't turning the type of profits they want from it. They'll never crack the pro market without one. |
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Sony to stop making FX sensors?
On 2010-07-26 11:36:12 -0700, Bowser said:
On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:27:14 -0700, C J Campbell wrote: Thom Hogan thinks it is possible. http://www.bythom.com/ I doubt it. If Sony wants to compete with Nikon and Canon, they'll need a FF offering, even if they aren't turning the type of profits they want from it. They'll never crack the pro market without one. The thing is, if Sony stops making FX sensors, then Nikon will not have them, either, unless Nikon has something in development that no one knows anything about. So it would basically be Canon. Then we could restart the whole "do you really need a FF sensor" war again. As Thom Hogan frequently notes, most of his professional work is done with the D300. I myself use a D3x. But I have to admit that I don't like using it. It is too heavy and bulky. But I use it instead of the D300 because there really is a noticeable difference in picture quality that I like in the D3x. I guess that puts me in the "needs a FF sensor" camp. And that reminds me. The D300 needs to be sent in again. It is draining batteries for some reason. It is good enough as a backup if I remember to take the battery out and keep freshly charged batteries available, but I am going to have to send it in as soon as I can get a break. Ummm, no break coming up soon. Maybe I need a new camera, perhaps another D300. -- Waddling Eagle World Famous Flight Instructor |
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Sony to stop making FX sensors?
"C J Campbell" wrote in message news:2010072610271416807-christophercampbellremovethis@hotmailcom... Thom Hogan thinks it is possible. http://www.bythom.com/ -- Waddling Eagle World Famous Flight Instructor Minolta and more lately Sony have been messing about for ages on this. Nothing for years and then full frame at silly prices. Other makers had stuff early and prices are keener. I have a bag full of Minolta glass and I will be mightily ****ed off if Sony stop making full frame (instead of ramping up volume and dropping the cost). The trouble with Sony is that if they can't rack up a higher margin than other manufacturers through some proprietary features then they quickly lose interest. Of course their ways of ensuring lock in are sometimes ethically questionable: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_rootkit |
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Sony to stop making FX sensors?
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2010072610271416807-christophercampbellremovethis@hotmailcom, C J Campbell wrote: Thom Hogan thinks it is possible. http://www.bythom.com/ thom hogan thinks a lot of things are possible. not all of them are. |
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Sony to stop making FX sensors?
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2010072612010375249-christophercampbellremovethis@hotmailcom, C J Campbell wrote: The thing is, if Sony stops making FX sensors, then Nikon will not have them, either, unless Nikon has something in development that no one knows anything about. nope. sony might not make them for their own use but nikon is a separate deal. the d3/d3s is a very popular camera. the d3x is niche. |
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Sony to stop making FX sensors?
On 2010-07-26 12:01:03 -0700, C J Campbell
said: On 2010-07-26 11:36:12 -0700, Bowser said: On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:27:14 -0700, C J Campbell wrote: Thom Hogan thinks it is possible. http://www.bythom.com/ I doubt it. If Sony wants to compete with Nikon and Canon, they'll need a FF offering, even if they aren't turning the type of profits they want from it. They'll never crack the pro market without one. The thing is, if Sony stops making FX sensors, then Nikon will not have them, either, unless Nikon has something in development that no one knows anything about. So it would basically be Canon. Then we could restart the whole "do you really need a FF sensor" war again. As Thom Hogan frequently notes, most of his professional work is done with the D300. I myself use a D3x. But I have to admit that I don't like using it. It is too heavy and bulky. But I use it instead of the D300 because there really is a noticeable difference in picture quality that I like in the D3x. I guess that puts me in the "needs a FF sensor" camp. And that reminds me. The D300 needs to be sent in again. It is draining batteries for some reason. It is good enough as a backup if I remember to take the battery out and keep freshly charged batteries available, but I am going to have to send it in as soon as I can get a break. Ummm, no break coming up soon. Maybe I need a new camera, perhaps another D300. How old are the batteries are in your D300? The time might have come to replace them. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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Sony to stop making FX sensors?
Savageduck wrote:
On 2010-07-26 12:01:03 -0700, C J Campbell said: On 2010-07-26 11:36:12 -0700, Bowser said: On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:27:14 -0700, C J Campbell wrote: Thom Hogan thinks it is possible. http://www.bythom.com/ I doubt it. If Sony wants to compete with Nikon and Canon, they'll need a FF offering, even if they aren't turning the type of profits they want from it. They'll never crack the pro market without one. The thing is, if Sony stops making FX sensors, then Nikon will not have them, either, unless Nikon has something in development that no one knows anything about. So it would basically be Canon. Then we could restart the whole "do you really need a FF sensor" war again. As Thom Hogan frequently notes, most of his professional work is done with the D300. I myself use a D3x. But I have to admit that I don't like using it. It is too heavy and bulky. But I use it instead of the D300 because there really is a noticeable difference in picture quality that I like in the D3x. I guess that puts me in the "needs a FF sensor" camp. And that reminds me. The D300 needs to be sent in again. It is draining batteries for some reason. It is good enough as a backup if I remember to take the battery out and keep freshly charged batteries available, but I am going to have to send it in as soon as I can get a break. Ummm, no break coming up soon. Maybe I need a new camera, perhaps another D300. How old are the batteries are in your D300? The time might have come to replace them. There's a "battery lifespan" indicator in the d300, presumably reads chip on the battery, though I don't know if that would be based on number of charge cycles, or something else. After I bought a D70 many years ago, Nikon recalled some of the EN-EL3 batteries for a fault, and replaced them. By the time I got around to checking s/n on my battery, the EN-EL3"a" was introduced - so they gave me one of those (I sold the D70 with aftermarket battery in it) So I've got one battery about 18 months old (bought with the D300) and one about 4-5 years old. Both read as "100% new" in the D300 battery meter. I suspect that unless you machine-gun the D300 or use liveview a lot, two batteries might outlast the camera. I seem to get about 1,000 shots per charge, even with a little "chimping". If they last 500 charge cycles, then I'll need a few new shutters. IIRC there was someone reporting D300 or 700 draining batteries quite fast when "off" in DPReview forums. |
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Sony to stop making FX sensors?
nospam wrote:
In article 2010072610271416807-christophercampbellremovethis@hotmailcom, C J Campbell wrote: Thom Hogan thinks it is possible. http://www.bythom.com/ thom hogan thinks a lot of things are possible. not all of them are. Sure - but he's usually less "sensational" than several other photo-websters. The recently published Japanese sales figures for interchangeable lens camera sales are probably a reasonable guide to what's going on, even if there's some difference between markets. IIRC the largest market chunk by any 35mm sensor camera was 1.8% (of unit sales) with the Canon 5d. Nikon (FX) didn't make the cut-off. Sony only featured in the figures with the newly released NEX cameras. 35mm format is a very small niche - most of the profit will be in lens sales, including especially to APS-c users "future-proofing" by buying 35mm format lenses. That's why Nikon/Canon now release pro-quality lenses in FX format only. They are really milking the market for everything they can get. |
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Sony to stop making FX sensors?
On 2010-07-26 17:11:18 -0700, Meh said:
On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:27:14 -0700, C J Campbell wrote: Thom Hogan thinks it is possible. It's ALSO possible the Sun could go Nova tomorrow. Highly improbable, BUT possible! No, there are certain signs before a sun goes nova. I read that in "The Last Days of Krypton," so it must be true. -- Waddling Eagle World Famous Flight Instructor |
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