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p.4 #18 · p.4 #18 · Hasselblad to launch 50MP MF camera using CMOS sensor | |
Tariq Gibran wrote:
It would be awesome if that happened but...the FF 24MP Sony sensor is pretty much ubiquitous now in so many FF cameras that it's achieved production quantity resulting in the scale necessary to dramatically reduce it's price. Even if this Sony MF sensor was in every MF camera sold in a year, the quantity would still be a tiny number by comparison? So, I think it might be a while before we see significant MF sales that could result in the sort of economies of scale needed, but who knows... If the price were to drop fast enough ($4999!), it sure would get my attention. The other part of the equation, as I understand it, is that even going up a little in size with a sensor incurs a significant price jump due to waste/ flaws. I think we need Pentax, Nikon and Canon in the game to really increase MF sales. Maybe that's coming (as they all aim higher up the food chain for profits).
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Oh, I agree with everything you said. I'm just thinking that there's no way it costs Sony as much to make these things as the usual MFDB chip makers, and Sony might even be motivated to eat some of the initial cost if they think it'll sell.
I know there is generally a pretty big step up in cost from aps-c to FF, because, at least as of a few years ago, the steppers out there were only allowing a 26mmx33mm maximum size, so FF chips had to be stitched. Interestingly, the 33x44 chip that Sony is putting in these new MFDBs would probably still only require a single stitch with the same machines. If they're still using these 26x33 machines, I'd guess that the cost jump from going aps-c to FF is larger than the cost from going FF to 33x44, but who knows? If we were talking about a new Sony 40.4mm x 53.7mm sensor, I could see a huge jump in price, but, with 33x44, I'm not so sure. 33x44 is kind of the "APS-H" of the medium format world.
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