At its best, this chip can resolve close enough to 10D levels to be
good enough for me. If it can reduce ISO noise over the current
cam without agressive or obstrusive NR, and perhaps include ISO50,
then along with the IS this could well be a nice cam. DR may always
be an issue on small cams though!
Thats asking a lot . I'd rather it be sports capable. I could deal
with some noise and existing DR but AF and 0 shutter lag is a must
for field sports. But in reality that too is asking for too much
because you also need good 800 and 1600 ISO's for fast shutter
speeds not to mention focus tracking. I feel forced into the 10D
dslr simply for it's sports capabilities.
I guess at this point in time it's simply too much to ask for a
sports capable prosumer one lens psuedo dslr camera regardless of
brand .
However as I said earlier f Minolta, Sony, or Fuji ever pulled it
off they would garner a huge chunk of dslr sales from the Canon and
Nikon.
The big question is what can the 6MP array in the S7000 achieve? I
am almost certain it will have more potential resolution but will
there be a cost associated with that that will negate some of the
benefits? I simply dont know. S5000 so far seems unpromising and
the receptor size in the 7000 will be even smaller.
And waiting to find out is all part of the excitement.Even though I
have a 10d and like it immensely , I still get interested/excited
in these high end one lens digicams. For a fraction of what a dslr
costs (with related glass) these hiugh end digicams do deliver a
big bang for the buck.
Considering Canon has just announced the G/5 and Nikon their new
entry (both uninspiring to me) I'm looking to either Minolta or
Fuji and possibly even Sony to come up with something really good
this time around, something closer to a dslr.
Agreed, underwhelming set of cameras - no real advance on the
existing generation IMHO, and in some cases distinctly regressive.
However I would not be surprised to see a Sony 818 with the new 8MP
array at some point, and maybe a Minolta A2.
There's no question that dslr's do just about everything best but
it's a heck of a sacrifice with regards to the weight/size and
money you need to spend. We definitely could use a one lens camera
that can do most everything right without the need to switch to a
dslr. Whoever does it first will have me thinking to sell my 10D and
everything else with it.
Yep - how much weight, cost and inconvenience is worth clean ISO
400+ and a stop more DR? To some people a lot, to me not so much,
and the fast lens and IS are worth at least one to two ISO
increments. I never print larger than A3 and take landscapes and
portraits, mostly in good light. The A1 would probably cope fine
and would go everywhere with me like the D7i.
Thats my style also with the exception to baseball. I shoot ball
all sumer long and it seems like i'm stuck with the dslr for that
aspect of it.
Just wish there was a midway point - like a cut price Oly E1 with
fixed lens and 4/3 sensor.
The costs of lenses and bulk will be closer to a full sized dslr
from what I see.
But we can keep hoping can't we?
John
