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Hammerli wrote:
But not everyone is as enamored with full frame as you seem to be, and the current IIN has more than enough pixels(and resulting file size) for its intended use.
If I am enamored with full frame it's for two reasons. First, I like that all the lenses I own have the same character now with my 5D that they had on my film cameras. I was weaned on 35mm film photography and have an intuitive sense of the focal lengths and the character of each lens in that format. Second, because I like both 12.7 megapixels and the high ISO/low-noise performance the 5D sensor delivers. I was skeptical before I got my 5D that I would find much benefit over the 8 megapixels I already had, but all that vanished with the first image (yes, the very first test shot) I got out of the 5D.
However I wouldn't say I'm enamored with the full frame to the point that I dislike smaller frames. I like that when I put my 300/4L on my 20D I get the reach (FOV) of a nearly 500mm lens with it.
The 1.3x sensor just seems like a compromise to me. It's not full frame so that intuitive sense of focal lengths and the 12.7 quality megapixels aren't there. And the telephoto booster effect isn't as effective as it is with the 1.6x crop cameras.
As many others have mentioned, I'd prefer the 1.3X stay, and I'd like to see improvements to AF, dynamic range, battery system and quality control.
I honestly have no real preference one way or another -- my comments on this thread are speculation on what I think will happen and why I think it will happen. However if one of the things you'd like to see is an improvement in dynamic range, the jump to a bigger sensor can help that. Bigger photosites allow for greater dynamic range, all else being equal.
I believe if Canon put the 5D sensor into a 1-series body and was able to deliver the same or better AF and frame rate as is currently seen with the Mk2n, the majority of PJs and sports shooters would snap them up in a heartbeat. Everybody says they don't need more megapixels than they already have until they get a camera with more megapixels. I thought the same way until I got my 5D.
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