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Poll. Poweshots At CES in Jan. What Do You Want?

Started Dec 27, 2017 | Polls thread
rpm40
rpm40 Senior Member • Posts: 2,411
Re: Poll. Poweshots At CES in Jan. What Do You Want?
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DonA2 wrote:

KeepCalm wrote:

DonA2 wrote:

Just give me an SX60 with a 50x zoom, Digic 7, and squeeze in a 1" sensor. Thanks.

It will be interesting how they squeeze in the optics. It will be a G3X with double the focal length at full stretch. The aperture if it is say a rather slow f6.3 would still be a hefty 7 cms at the 440mm required. The RX10 IV is 5.5 cms if you want to see how big a lens gets at these apertures and that is f4 at 220mm focal length.

A revival of the 1/1.7" sensor could produce an interesting camera though.

I really don't do lens design but I know what I want and I know Canon can do it. If the sensor must be 1/1.7" I will accept that. Small sensors are getting better with the cell phone market driving progress so even the best 1/2.5 sensor will do if really pressed. Just give me what I want and at a super good price. Not asking for much.

The manufacturers are so focused on cutting costs that I can't imagine any new "non-standard" sensors anytime soon. Its all about sharing parts not just across models, but across brands. They will likely be sticking to 1/2.3, 1", and aps-c for the foreseeable future. That's why Canon sacked the 1.5" sensor. Even m4/3 with its multiple brands struggles to keep up,  which is why you see very long sensor lifespans in their system- Olympus has been using practically the same 16mp sensor since 2012, because they need to suck every last bit they can out of each cycle to cover the development costs.

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