09-22-2010, 01:06 PM
[quote name='popo' timestamp='1285155734' post='3088']
Putting aside the considerations of physical sensor size, I'd have to say this sensor has the potential to exceed the detail of current FF bodies. Where the lens is up to the job of course... but I'd think 30MP bayer equivalence is a bit conservative. Given the smallest colour unit in a bayer cell is only 1/4 the area, it could be 60MP equivalence in best case.
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Well, I don't agree. Previous Foveon sensors had an (optimistic) advantage of about 30% to 40 % when deFoveonised, i.e., Foveon MP divided by 3. That would put it roughly in the 20MP ball park compared to Bayer sensors (46MP / 3 * 1.3), or up there approximately with the 18 MP Canon sensor.
We'll have to wait for the first test results, however, to see how it really performs.
Kind regards, Wim
Putting aside the considerations of physical sensor size, I'd have to say this sensor has the potential to exceed the detail of current FF bodies. Where the lens is up to the job of course... but I'd think 30MP bayer equivalence is a bit conservative. Given the smallest colour unit in a bayer cell is only 1/4 the area, it could be 60MP equivalence in best case.
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Well, I don't agree. Previous Foveon sensors had an (optimistic) advantage of about 30% to 40 % when deFoveonised, i.e., Foveon MP divided by 3. That would put it roughly in the 20MP ball park compared to Bayer sensors (46MP / 3 * 1.3), or up there approximately with the 18 MP Canon sensor.
We'll have to wait for the first test results, however, to see how it really performs.
Kind regards, Wim
Gear: Canon EOS R with 3 primes and 2 zooms, 4 EF-R adapters, Canon EOS 5 (analog), 9 Canon EF primes, a lone Canon EF zoom, 2 extenders, 2 converters, tubes; Olympus OM-D 1 Mk II & Pen F with 12 primes, 6 zooms, and 3 Metabones EF-MFT adapters ....