jctriguy wrote: Pixel Perfect wrote:
I doubt Sony can do much more with their sensors, so they might want to start getting their act together on AF as they aren\'t even in the ballpark compared to Olympus and Panasonic in the mirrorless market. Maybe the A7 will improve things greatly.
Sony and Canon should co-develop a new sensor with Canon on-chip AF. Don\'t spend enough time looking at white papers and engineering stuff to know if that would be possible. But it would be interesting for both companies.
Yes, this is a valid option. But unlikely - Sony already has Nikon under contract with this sensor technology. Of course there could be a new contract even with Nikon\'s main competitor, it is possible. I believe that the only reason why Sony gave Nikon this technology in the first place was because Sony wasn\'t advanced far enough in the FF market on their own with suitable camera bodies. They had the great sensor but not the infrastructure at the time to use it well. So Nikon and Sony saw an opportunity and agreed to use the Exmor sensor in Nikon\'s FF camera bodies.
Now Sony has caught up in the camera bodies and can use its own sensor technology. I don\'t see any reason currently why they should give anything to Canon (or Nikon in the future).
Oct 21, 2013 at 05:37 PM
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