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    Large format digital sensors?

    Maybe in the not too distant future!

    http://www.canon.com/news/2010/aug31e.html

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    Re: Large format digital sensors?

    But they don't actually state the number of pixels, and are only talking about video, which doesn't require the same resolution as still photography.
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    Re: Large format digital sensors?

    Maybe in the not too distant future!

    To me the problem is not time (waiting for it to reach the market) it's ... money

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    Re: Large format digital sensors?

    This chart (stumbled onto on the entry for "Moore's law" on wikipedia) charts pixels-per-dollar over time.

    It stops in 2005, and is based solely on the price of Kodak cameras in Australia, so take with a grain of salt ... still I think the linearity is interesting. If that continues, dirtbags like me may one day have a nice digital camera.



    The caveat, explained to me recently in another thread, is that it's much more expensive to scale the size of the sensor than the pixel density. And I suspect we've already started to hit diminishing returns with the helpfulness of pixel density. For one thing, lens technology is not improving with any great speed. And we're be up against diffraction and other limitations imposed by physics.

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    Re: Large format digital sensors?

    Can you imagine cleaning the dust off those in a view camera?

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    another problem is my old Masterview may not have enough precision to do this sensor justice! Using a Better Light scan back and, man, does it have problems with low light... resolution is not an issue. give me fat fast pixels!!!!

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    Re: Large format digital sensors?

    Quote Originally Posted by Joanna Carter View Post
    But they don't actually state the number of pixels, and are only talking about video, which doesn't require the same resolution as still photography.
    That is really not true anymore, as FF chips are now doing double duty to capture HD video and also look at the impact of the RED double duty cameras.
    Last edited by Kirk Gittings; 31-Aug-2010 at 09:54.
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    Re: Large format digital sensors?

    Canon just announced their latest development - a 202x205mm sensor with incredible sensitivity to light - I am sure this is years off before it becomes commercially available, but it is a step in the right direction:

    http://gizmodo.com/5626133/with-expa...st-cmos-sensor
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    Re: Large format digital sensors?

    Quote Originally Posted by SamReeves View Post
    Can you imagine cleaning the dust off those in a view camera?
    I've wondered about that. someone would need to develop a simple and effective way to keep the thing clean without risk of trashing it..

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    Re: Large format digital sensors?

    Quote Originally Posted by paulr View Post
    I've wondered about that. someone would need to develop a simple and effective way to keep the thing clean without risk of trashing it..
    I'm not saying it wouldn't be an issue but the larger the sensor the less impact small dust particles would be-like getting dust on your film in a camera-35 vs. 4x5.
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