On 2/27/06 12:39 PM, "William Robb", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The people on the Canon forums are bitching that the 30D is a total failure > because they didn't increase it to 10MP. Yes, I am keenly aware of it. And yes, it is a relief to know there are other people who are never satisfied :-). I have a bit of theory on what Canon is doing on their APS-C (1.6) CMOS. I think they may have been convinced that going 10mp on 1.6 sensor might actually begin to deteriorate the image quality because of denser pixel pitch. So, to go any higher safely, they found they have to at least go 1.3 or FF, thus 5D came out. Unfortunately, "some" of their current lens line, even including L lenses, are not quite compatible for the digital and the proof is everywhere. Also, FF sensor at 12mp level seems to have some severe latitude problem and prone to things like camera blur etc. That's why I thought Canon did not take any risk of going higher mp just for the sake of it. I could be wrong but it seems to me that 30D sensor is a matured technology. Now, Pentax is going 10mp for the same size sensor but it is not CMOS (I suppose), so no apple to apple comparison be made but I certainly hope that they come up with something better than D200 image. They are also saying that they are in the middle of essentially revamping their whole lens line. If new Pentax DSLR has the high resolution of 10mp without sacrificing the high ISO performance, we are finally the last one to laugh ;-). Ken
