Kevin Purcell

10Mpx?

A 28/35 crop is 12.8Mp from a 16Mpx sensor.

Just the same as cropping to 3936×2608 in post ... no better or worst.

It's an oversampled 2.5K pixel line (i.e. about 5Mpx) sensor.

Each output RGB pixel is a Bayer 2x2 cell (RGGB) so it's 2x oversamples vertically and horizontally.

This is all in the tech specs ...

Dxomark also said the Nikon 1 RAW was smoothed above ISO 400 but they were wrong on that. We now know know that Aptina (the sensor maker for the Nikon 1) has a mode switch that changes the sensor...

It's the same Sony sensor as the P7700 ...

Sany's articles at Chromasoft are very interesting (he writes CornerFix for Mac and RAW processor for iPad so he knows what he's talking about).Curiously Adobe don't do the same thing as SilkyPix...

I see even dpreview think this way now :-)http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/10/16/Sandor-Barna-explains-how-1-inch-sensors-will-save-the-compact-camera[quote]Aptina's customer relationships are...

Regarding the "vidicon inch notation" confusing people you can fix this by always using "type" before the size and spell out "inch".

Call it a "type 1 inch" sensor or "type 1/1.7 inch" sensor or...

Nice to see my comments on Nikon 1 not cooking it's raws (but having the Apitina sensor do a low ISO/high ISO mode switch) have now finally made it up to general...

Nikon is doing two different things. This wasn't clear when the first reviews came out and even smart folks like DxOmark don't seem to have revised their view.1. The Aptina sensor has two "ISO"...

Aptina has just announced the AR1011HS a type 1-inch 10MP Sensor for Bridge and Mirrorless Cameras at Photokina shipping in Q1...

An official set from Samsung (the same ones as on the Samsung Facebook page) http://www.flickr.com/photos/samsungcamera/sets/72157631154169746/with/7821292366/ Low ISO unfortunately so we don't see...

I pointed out previously that the Samsung EX2 appeared to be using the Sony IMX144CQJ Exmor R CMOS 12.4MP BSI type 1/1.7...

Like a lot of other people I've bought into the new GRD5 this year talk.But one thing I'd forgotten is Ricoh seem to be on a two year update cycle with the GRD.GRD in 2005 GRD II in 2007 GRD III...

Sony is making one ... 12.4MP too to match the EX2 ... IMX144CQJ http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1001&thread=42261503 From the spec at least 1 stop in ISO.Plus it helps use...

point 1 and point 3 conflict.Bumping up the focal length means you need a larger physical aperture for the same f/number.You are proposing changing the focal length by a factor 50/28 (so that's...

A little speculation ...Sony have announced (in Japanese ... English should come at the end of August) the IMX144CQJ which looks like a replacement for the three year old ICX685CQZ used in the...