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Interesting comments from many.
I think the real problem for Sony if they play it safe with these specs, will be the Z800, which can't be too far away; that is, will the Z800 continue the Nikon lead in image quality, which they've had since the debut of the real iso64 setting? Will the Z800 use the 61Mp Sony sensor and have iso64? Or will Nikon show some real balls, and use the 100Mp sensor (they have certainly been going all out recently).
'R is for resolution', Sony proudly proclaimed in the marketing blurb when the R-series was born; that's probably shifted (or at lest should have), to 'R is for maximum image quality', now that the MP race has faded somewhat from the common psyche. What matters most for landscape photographers 'is' image quality. Sony's recent sensor development, that allows a larger photodiode area/pixel, should allow a 100Mp sensor with no noise penalty over the current 60Mp one, and that, on top of the image quality improvements that down-resing can provide (and they are image quality improvements
that no other method can produce)
The other squeeze factor for Sony, is going to come from Fuji. Sony has already lost market share amongst landscape photographers, to the GFX. With the next round of sensor development well under way, a 150MP 44x33mm sensor can't be too far off: 61Mp will be looking pretty measley by comparison then!
So, I think to future proof the RV, Sony should go with their 102MP sensor, or at the very least, release a RVr - a second body with higher MP's.
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