canonical wrote:
Just another noisy sensor with too small of photosites....ala 50D
I think if people bother to read DXOMark's article which compares the sensor of the 500D/50D vs D5000/D90/D300s, they’ll learn:
(i) “Canon EOS 500D sensor is (nevertheless) an exceptional sensor with a very small pixel pitch and very low RAW noise”
(ii) “the Canon EOS 500D is a bit more color blind in comparison with the Nikon D5000. To compensate, a greater degree of color processing is applied, which increases (chroma) noise”
(iii) “Canon EOS 500D behaves the same way as many other Canon cameras… that is, the readout noise becomes predominant and… explains why the Canon EOS 500D’s dynamic range does not increase between ISO 200 and ISO 100 and obtains only 11.5 eV as its maximum dynamic range measurement”
(iv) Pixel size has NOTHING to do with the 'poor' performance of the 50D/500D sensor
Mind you, even the el cheapo D5000 has better dynamic range (12 stops) @ low ISO than the expensive, FF, low pixel density 5D2 (11 stops).
skibum5 wrote:
nikon will almost surely now be first to make a "Canon 3D" an 18+ MP FF with pro AF and at least 6fps.
Nikon is in dire straits now financially. They must also have learned it's a bad idea to release the D700 so soon after the D3 'cos it literally kills the sales of the latter. You won't see the D700x for several years unless they're ready with the D4 upgrade.
thw2 wrote:
They must also have learned it's a bad idea to release the D700 so soon after the D3 'cos it literally kills the sales of the latter.
I don't think that's true, I've worked with 3 guys who own D3s, 2 of them bought after the D700 release, and I don't know anyone who owns a D700, small survey size yes, but it shows that there's people out there prepared to pay the extra for the D3.
Pixel Perfect wrote:
Yakim that's at least 18 months old and it may have been Chuck Westfall in an interview I read. It was definitely a Canon representative. Whether that sentiment is still true I don't know, but so far no EF-S L, even though 2 of them are L optically.
It seems Canon is bent on making nothing but L lenses and EF-S lenses.
If this is correct, then it means that it is a new AF system and not just the system from the 1D series cameras. It will be interesting to see exactly what the AF system is. Is it based on the diamond pattern from the XXD series or based on the 1D series? Are there helper points for tracking or not? These details will be important.
