Will samsung make full frame for NX series ?

Banh Mi wrote:

I think you are right, since 12-24mm NX Lens right, is same with 17-40mm f/4L from Canon.

And it's cheap for wide lens too.

The 85mm f/1.4 is good and low price around $700 - $750 right now.

NX1 is 15fps, noises very good.

So, I think the anwser will be no need too. But they need to make more lens. An 300mm+ lens for my birds hunting. Their 50-200mm not great. Neither they have to make something like 50-200mm f/2.8 not the 150mm, still too short range.

My first post in Samsung forum.

Samsung published a white paper on sensors in which APS-C was discussed.

Here is the conclusion:

"Based on the performance of the recent imaging systems, the existing image sensors whose resolution is more than 16MP have sufficient resolution to suit the minimum requirements of the DSC imaging system. This is one of the reasons why there has been no dramatic increase in the pixel resolution of the DSCs. Remarkable improvements in the lens design and the imaging system performance seems to be difficult in the near future and hence the pixel solution for practical use might continuously stagnate at 20MP more or less.

However, there are many high resolution lenses with nearly 200 line pairs and existing sensor resolution is not sufficient to cater to such high image quality yet. The need to trim and partially magnify the image must increase according to the advancements in digital photo applications and hence high resolution is advantageous. The technology of the image signal processing will continuously improve which makes it possible to distinguish proximate spots than Rayleigh’s condition. Therefore, higher resolution can provide more information to the imaging system and open the possibility of new DSCs.

With these points, it is imperative to continue the sensor research and development for higher pixel resolution."

There was no mention of sensors larger than APS-C.

Here is a link to the paper (you will have to emulate a business user and sign in or whatever they need, just to see that paper, and then you might have to rename it with a .pdf extension after you get it):

http://www.techonline.com/electrical-engineers/education-training/tech-papers/4435072/Analysis-of-the-Pixel-Resolution-in-Image-Sensors-for-Digital-Still-Cameras?_mc=NL_EDN_EDT_EDN_today_20150129&cid=NL_EDN_EDT_EDN_today_20150129&elq=802e08c5d1104267a845254ae0de2ed2&elqCampaignId=21403

The conclusion is, as I see it, that if lenses can be improved we can get a practical limit of 200 LpMM, meaning a 15mm x 22.5mm sensor would have 3000 x 4500 pixels.

This works out to 13.5 mpixels.  According to the paper, however, 15 Mpixels is up to current standards using lenses with 100 LpMM resolution (something about Rayleigh doublet spots).  So, based on this, the upper limit if better lenses can be developed is 60 Mpixels.

A 60 Mpixel APS-C sensor seems to be the ultimate target.

I shoot a Fuji X-E1 which has 16 Mpixels, and it seems to me to be very difficult to get images which use these megapixels to full advantage.  I agree with the lens analysis in the Samsung article and look forward to better lenses overall.  This is not going to be easy to achieve either.

It is interesting that this article is not widely distributed in the photographer community (at least I have not seen it anywhere), maybe because these sorts of analyses are usually proven wrong in a couple years, by the continuous and plodding improvements in technology.