Gvie up on SD1? Pentax K-1/ar7ii? Need advice.

Valonkuvaaja wrote:

I have never had an SD1 myself but used to have DP1M as my main camera for a few years (and it has the same Merrill sensor as SD1). I sold it, then got a Pentax K-1 (which I still have). For some time during last summer, I also had DP1 and SD10, which I used for some fun photography but then sold after the summer. (I don't see a point in storing camera gear which I do not have time to use).

I think I owe very much for DP1M as it really taught me a lot about light and prhotography, i.e. how to survive with a very limited DR. Pentax gear is a good option among the Bayer matrix crowd but even with Pixel Shift, does not even get close to the Merril sensor IQ in good light. In low light or high contrast situations, the situation is obviously reversed.

My plan is to get the FF Foveon once it comes out and keep the K-1 as my stormy weather camera. Now, Sigma, please get it out.

I have a K5 but have never used a high resolution Bayer camera like the K1.

I do have a DP2M, however.  And I find the bolded sentence very difficult to believe, TBH.

I recently did a direct tripod mounted comparison shootout between my DP2M, 16MP m4/3 camera and 20MP 1" sensor FZ1000 bridge and could see absolutely no difference in image quality between them in the prints I made. None.

I'm not saying that there isn't a difference between cameras but that all cameras today are really good and differences are marginal and subtle and only really exposed under special conditions.  For "normal" photography you are unlikely to perceive any real differences. Any advantage that a Merrill sensor or a high resolution full frame Bayer has over lesser cameras is only going to be visible under unusual conditions (such as very large prints or when looking at 1:1 on screen). That is a very different reality from "not even close".

I have a strong dislike of exaggeration of this type so forgive me if I come across as overly harsh but I really wish that when people make blanket emotional statements like yours above, that they would caveat it by stating very clearly under what conditions they achieve their results. Otherwise, you rish misleading people who have no experience of their own and are relying on your statements.