Official: Fujifilm GFX 50S Medium Format Announced!
Fred Miranda wrote:
...there are many Pentax and Hassy shooters reporting a noticeable IQ difference between this 50MP MF sensor and 35mm full frame. Instead of talking about the math behind sensor size differences, it would be more useful to test these sensors side by side in real world conditions and then reports our findings. I\'m interested in doing just that...
So am I, because I\'m still very skeptical.
The math is relevant, because it doesn\'t seem to add up. I do expect the GFX to perform better in at least some ways than sensors with smaller photosites. But various cameras like the D750, A7 II, D5, and even 5D IV by a smidge, have *larger* photosites.
I believe people are seeing that different focal lengths don\'t render the same even if they have the same effective FoV, I believe people are seeing that there is a difference between a 12-bit and a 16-bit ADC, I believe people are seeing there is a reason some lenses cost $1500 and some cost $8000. I believe a 50mp sensor gives you more oversampling than a 24mp sensor unless you\'re printing *really* big.
I don\'t think Sony used superior technology in a test-market 44x33x50 (how\'s *that* nickname? :P ) than it used in its bread-and-butter sensors that even appear in its own cameras.
Re: Official: Fujifilm GFX 50S Medium Format Announced!
Fred Miranda wrote:
...there are many Pentax and Hassy shooters reporting a noticeable difference between this 50MP MF sensor and 35mm full frame. Instead of talking about the math behind size differences, it would be more useful to test these sensors side by side in real world conditions and then reports our findings. I\'m interested in doing just that...
So am I, because I\'m still very skeptical.
The math is relevant, because it doesn\'t seem to add up. I do expect the GFX to perform better in at least some ways than sensors with smaller photosites. But various cameras like the D750, A7 II, D5, and even 5D IV by a smidge, have *larger* photosites.
I believe people are seeing that different focal lengths don\'t render the same even if they have the same effective FoV, I believe people are seeing that there is a difference between a 12-bit and a 16-bit ADC, I believe people are seeing there is a reason some lenses cost $1500 and some cost $8000. I believe a 50mp sensor gives you more oversampling than a 24mp sensor unless you\'re printing *really* big.
I don\'t think Sony used superior technology in a test-market 44x33x50 (how\'s *that* nickname? :P ) than it used in its bread-and-butter sensors that even appear in its own cameras.
Sep 27, 2016 at 12:22 PM
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