New 5Ds and 5Ds R

[photoguy99]

Nikon and Canon appear to be trying to re-ignite pixel wars, which is silly, but given what I see on this forum regarding the D800/D810, I suspect it'll work just fine.

 

[ronlane]

Okay, I don't really understand Medium Format but wouldn't 50mp be approaching that territory?

 

[photoguy99]

Yes, there are some 50mp medium format sensors out there. They're substantially larger than this alleged Canon sensor.

 

[Scatterbrained]

Okay, I don't really understand Medium Format but wouldn't 50mp be approaching that territory?

Well, medium format digital sensors used to be around 20ish mp "back in the day", then the 5DII came out. . . . . . . . . now we have medium format sensors like the IQ180/280 with 80mp. Meanwhile the latest generation of Sony sensor equipped MF cameras are using a 50mp CMOS sensor, which would put the Canon squarely in that range (resolution wise).

 

[Lucryster]

50Mp???? Good grief; the files from my D800 at 36Mp are usually WAY more than I need and a LOT to handle computer-wise, You're going to chew up hard drive space like there's no tomorrow.

It's all about how you shoot. A still life studio shoot for me might only consist of about a dozen images being kept, and only one being processed in the end. In the same amount of time an event shooter might take a few hundred photographs.

On my last vacation I averaged less than 150 images a day. Bear in mind too that Canon has options for sRaw and mRaw. You don't have to take the full file size in raw with Canon.

Nikon has sRaw too.

 

[pixmedic]

medium format isnt really about the MP, its about the sensor size.
for example....
APS-C approx 22x15mm
35mm FF approx 36x24mm
medium format back mamiya leaf credo 80 approx 54x40mm
medium format mamiya 645+ approx 62x47mm

MP's are just gravy.

 

[pixmedic]

really though...
im not all that interested in seeing another "MP war"....
i think we have plenty of MP's as it is.
i would rather see that R&D go into:
better ISO performance.
better FPS for the high MP cameras we already have.
better weather sealing.
mindlink connections for controlling the camera with your brain.

you know..useful stuff.

 

[Scatterbrained]

really though...
im not all that interested in seeing another "MP war"....
i think we have plenty of MP's as it is.
i would rather see that R&D go into:
better ISO performance.
better FPS for the high MP cameras we already have.
better weather sealing.
mindlink connections for controlling the camera with your brain.

you know..useful stuff.

I want better low iso performance.
I don't currently have enough megapickles, and I can't afford to throw down for a medium format camera to get the level of resolution I want.
9 times out of ten 1 fps is enough for me, that's about how fast my lights cycle.
Canon had an eye control AF. It worked well enough on the three AF points the camera had.
As far as full on mind controlled camera, I think that would get me in trouble. The last thing I need is to get caught checking out hot girls because my camera read my mind and took their pictures, while my wife was standing there.

 

[photoguy99]

Just get a 300mm lens and Brenizer everything!

 

[goodguy]

really though...
im not all that interested in seeing another "MP war"....
i think we have plenty of MP's as it is.
i would rather see that R&D go into:
better ISO performance.
better FPS for the high MP cameras we already have.
better weather sealing.
mindlink connections for controlling the camera with your brain.

you know..useful stuff.

Exactly, give me better ISO performance, more, more, more, you can never have too good low light performance.
It doesn't create huge files, just cleaner shots with more detail and better DR

 

[snerd]

I'd be interested in the model with the low-pass filter removed. I hear that if you can watch out for moire in your images, you can get some really sharp photos with it gone!

 

[Braineack]

I can get moire with an AA filter.

 

[photoguy99]

Well, you shouldn't

 

[runnah]

really though...
im not all that interested in seeing another "MP war"....
i think we have plenty of MP's as it is.
i would rather see that R&D go into:
better ISO performance.
better FPS for the high MP cameras we already have.
better weather sealing.
mindlink connections for controlling the camera with your brain.

you know..useful stuff.

Exactly, give me better ISO performance, more, more, more, you can never have too good low light performance.
It doesn't create huge files, just cleaner shots with more detail and better DR

There comes a point where you have to just add light. I'd rather have a 100-6400 ISO range and have it be perfect throughout.

 

[snerd]

Oop's! I said low-pass filter. Holdover from my ham radio days lol! I meant the AA filter, of course. And doesn't Nikon have a model with it removed?