D3s/D3x sensor in Leica M9

[EchoingWhisper]

Is it possible?

 

[Garbz]

What is possible?

Is it the sensor?
Does it fit?
Can you put it in there?
Are they going to put it in there?

What's your question man?

 

[EchoingWhisper]

Since the sensor of the Leica is a CCD, is it possible to keep its size while using the CMOS D3x sensor.

 

[usayit]

With enough $$$ and resources anything is possible.

 

[Big Mike]

Part of the appeal of a Leica sensor (If I recall correctly), is the lack of an anti-aliasing filter. Most sensors/cameras have the filters in place to prevent aliasing and Moiré patterns from showing up in the images....but that does rob some of the possible sharpness from the image. Leica doesn't use the filter (or not as much, I forget) so the sharpness can be outstanding...but subject to aliasing.

So why buy/use a Leica body, only to replace the sensor with something else?

 

[usayit]

Well.. right of the bat, the sensor in the D3/D3x wouldn't work in an M9 body because it doesn't have the on-sensor offset micro lenses designed specifically for the M9/m8 application.

But.. i agree... with Big Mike. I think the current design has a load full of disadvantages and advantages. Advantages that seems to appeal to the Leica crowd and not so much to the DSLR crowd..... that's just one reason it is set apart from the rest.

 

[jake337]

With enough $$$ and resources anything is possible.

Photographer Spends Hundreds Of Thousands To Create 8×10 Digital Sensor | TechCrunch

 

[EchoingWhisper]

He must be rich. How did he get so rich?

 

[EchoingWhisper]

He spend $50000 per day, so it is unlikely he is paid so little.

 

[Garbz]

Since the sensor of the Leica is a CCD, is it possible to keep its size while using the CMOS D3x sensor.

There's no size difference between the technology that is of any reasonable concern.

Also following on from Big Mike's comment, the the AA filter and from Usayit's comment, the D3 actually does have a microlensing system but a different design and for a different purpose than the M9's.
There's no technical limitations to adapting the technology in the D3 sensor to put into the Leica, but there's no cameras on the market which are able to have a straight swap. The electronics in the bodies are specifically designed for the sensors, and the sensors are specifically aligned to the lens system (easiest problem to overcome).

 

[kojack]

I was going to ask why? Just use both in the way they were intended.

 

[analog.universe]

The M9 does need better ISO performance, and the D3s sensor still blows my mind in that respect. The M9 sensor was custom designed for that body however... no other full frame sensor accommodates such a short flange distance. The micro lenses ensure adequate peripheral illumination, even with an oblique incidence angle, so I think developing a similar lens system for the Nikon sensor would be one of the more significant challenges to a project like this.

 

[table1349]

Is it possible?

Yes, No, Maybe, How much money have you got?

 

[Stephen.C]

He spend $50000 per day, so it is unlikely he is paid so little.

50K a year i believe.
50K a day insinuates that he takes over 3 thousand Polaroids a day.