Toralf Lund wrote on 01.06.05 11:57: > Hmmm... I've been thinking that camera producers are bound to increase > the sensor size soon because the megapixel race won't stop, and sensor > elements much smaller than the ones used today are quite pointless (as > far as I understand - not due to the component size or anything, but > pretty "hard" optical limitations.) Or do you think they'll keep > squeezing more pixels into the current size, not caring about the fact > that the quality/dynamics of each pixel will deteriorate? Theoritecally yes. But in practice there is sensible limit of used megapixels. Megapixel race is mostly visible in compact digicams. Somehow manufacturers don't want to screw-up quality delivered by much bigger sensors in DSLRs even though they could make now 24 MPix APS-C sensor with photodiodes as small as in current 2/3" 8MPix sensors. 6 MPix is good enough to make 30x45 cm prints comparable to output from good slide film. So bigger sensors would be neccessary only in case you do a lot of cropping or bigger size prints. Even then - 12 MPix as used in Nikon D2X - would be more than enough for 99,99% of us and would compete output from at least 6x4.5 cm MF film. Even Michael Reichmann who uses 1Ds was impressed by quality of 20"x24" (50x60 cm) prints from D2X. Yes, it has more noise than 1Ds mk II but lower than original 1Ds. In direct comparison these two cameras perform very close - each has its strong and weak points. Here is small comparison of these both cameras: http://www.naturfotograf.com/D2X_rev06.html#top_page
-- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Regards Sylwek
