Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 2nd thought, if Leica can converge on some standard that has a reasonable future regarding 3rd party supply and intensive R&D, I wouldn't really give two hoot what sensor Leica decided to use. Just get in the game. But given't that Leica's own R&D and product cycle is measured in years rather than months, I hope they make a good call. Scott Scott McLoughlin wrote: > Not a bad point. But I don't know. Surveying the sensor landscape, > APS-C is an available and just as good (perhaps, better) candidate. > > Who is making the 4/3 sensors? How aggressive is the R&D and > stable the supply vs. the APS-C sensors? I imagine Nikon's voracious > demand will keep the supply of APS-C sensor supply and R&D > flowing. > > Canon's recent announcement is promising for a "FF" sensor, but > I don't know that reliable supply will extend beyond Canon's bodies. > Good for high ISO performance. Is Kodak's R&D (including driving > up yield and down per-chip price) anywhere near Canon's? Don't > really know. Kodak is a huge company and might be up to the task > if they see a future market worthy of pursuit. > > The workstation/pc "chip wars" were so insanely well documented > and at times I followed them closely (RISC/CISC, super scalar, > AMD vs. Intel architecture, and so on). The "sensor wars" are > relatively opaque to me. I'd love to find a web site that provided > reliable, up to date information. Are there even standard benchmarks > for sensors? > > Scott > > firkin wrote: > >> Isn't Leica going with 4/3 like deciding to use 35mm film back in the >> 1930's: as the chip/software improves, the need for the big chip may >> not be there for Leica type photography? >> feli writes: >> >>> >>> On Sep 3, 2005, at 12:01 PM, Stephen Gandy wrote: >>> >>>> Well thought out! >>>> yes, let the chips fall where they will. >>>> on your 4/3 question, there is a rumor Leica will have a digital 4/3 >>>> camera, a version of the yet to be announced Panasonic 4/3. Time will >>>> tell. >>> >>> >>> >>> Well, I hope Leica doesn't go 4/3. I think it's a dead end, given >>> how tiny the chip is. >>> If Leica wants to make some glass for Panasonic to rake in some >>> cash that's another >>> story. >>> I think Minolta is being very clever. They are using the same chip >>> as is in the D100. >>> But their built in Anti-shake technology buys them a good two stops >>> of speed. So they >>> can shoot at 400asa, when everyone else without stabilization is at >>> 1600asa. >>> >>> Feli >>> >>> ________________________________________________________ >>> feli2@earthlink.net 2 + 2 = 4 >>> www.elanphotos.com >>> >>> NO ARCHIVE >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> >> >> Alastair Firkin >> www.afirkin.com >> www.familyofman2.com >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information