So, in order to achieve the same DOF control yet maintaining the same size with the FF film compact,
If that's what you think then you need to research this issue more thoroughly. You can start with the a review of technological issues that Leica had to overcome in creating the M8.
I think sensor size is roughly proportional to the area of the sensor. The price per wafer will be roughly equal, and they can get many more small sensors from one wafer.
Which makes the lens (and therefore the camera) much larger.
Yes, but that is really, really difficult as f2 is already pushing the envelope for a zoom.
No its not. Larger sensor = higher cost per unit of area, because of processing difficulties and higher defect rates. Full-frame sensors cost around 10 times as much as APS-c sensors.
A few years ago almost all manufacturers ceased "advanced" compacts for fear of hurting entry level dSLR and dSLR accessory sales.
Okay, read up on that.
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You'd probably end up a lot happier with that approach. As bad as the 50/1.8 is for focusing, it'll still crush any CD focusing system.
There many digital compacts offered by manufacturers,
Well, that's the normal progression with sensors whether we like it or not. Our opinions don't carry as much weight as we would like them to. I think even Canon saw the writing on the wall with the 5D2 21MP sensor and offered two sRAW sizes for the times when full RAW would just be too much.
Here again, our opinions mean more to us than to others. Is it too hard to make? Maybe. It will certainly be expensive. The real question is: Is there a market for this? How many posts have you seen where someone wanted a FF P&S?
I'm not familiar with the Red One but you suggested they talked to "prominent film makers and cinematographers" when designing the product. I don't fit into that category (prominent), do you?
I often wonder how much time the camera makers spend in the photography forums listening to our opinions. I see Chuck Westfall chiming in from time to time about products so it would seem they do spend some time interfacing with the masses. Canon did release a firmware update for the 5D2 to allow manual exposure in movie mode, adding features via firmware is something they rarely do. They (Canon) get kicked in the head by the Nikon users for this a lot. Nikon doesn't seem to have a problem with adding new features to existing products and I like that but not enough to switch over, at least not yet.
I think the 5D is an awesome camera from what I've seen. There's just something about the images coming off that sensor that really appeal to me. I also admire the 1D3 images too. And both are relatively low density sensors by todays standards.
Look at the compromise you have to make as the sensor grows ... either very limited zoom range or no zoom at all ... for a general purpose pocket cam, that introduces severe limitations, doesn't it?
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And for me the same goes with Nikon ... I have CLS flashes ... it's time for the big boys to jump in the ring ...
; and (b) to strike a fatal blow to the smaller players with a seriously strong entry ...It might "stand to reason" but it's wrong. Bigger sensor = less
critical of glass quality.
There's a $30 lens in here, a few ~$100 lenses, a $1000 lens, and a
$1700 lens as well. Do you see that level of difference?
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Think about this: imagine taking the "joke" sensor in the G10 and growing it to FF dimensions. I haven't done the math but can you imagine the resolution of such a sensor? I know nothing about sensor design or manufacturing so maybe it's just not possible. Even if they grew it to the APS-C sensor size it would be awesome. The downside for most would be the huge file sizes.
Medium format is a hard sell, you need deep pockets to go down that road. I'm guessing it would mean replacing all your glass and that is a major sticking point for me.
Yes, let's go out and shoot something!
Which probably makes you less than 1/10 of 1% of the market ... which is why you need to frame such strong assertions with caveats. Else, others will argue with you until they are blue in the face ... as I am doing
Again ... a rare shooting style ...
Yes and yes.
Almost. There are some secondary advantages to going with a larger sensor. They include the one we've talked about already - the longer lens can have a little larger aperture and thus it doesn't have to go all the way to f14 but rather to something more like f5.6-f11. That's an advantage. Also, the larger sensor has more dynamic range. Finally, if you can use longer exposure times, the larger sensor has an IQ advantage that the smaller sensor cannot attain because it can't go below its base ISO. Maybe that last one requires and illustration:
