Nikon D70 and lens selection (DX vs. others)

On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 08:45:28 +0000, andrew29 wrote:

As long as the sensors will be made out of silicon wafers the film sized
sensors will be expensive. A 24*36mm piece of silicon will always be much
more costly than the a 19*30mm.

A quick calculation with the following assumptions:

You seem to be assuming that a defect will render a sensor useless: it
might, or it might not. If a defect takes out a whole line, then the
sensor is toast, of course. But if a defect only spans a pixel or
two, the sensor is still usable.

Andrew.
Yes you are correct. Any idea how many defective pixels are allowed by
different manufacturers? And how do I recognize them in my camera?

Paul