Originally posted by JPT So how about the following specification?
- 28mp (on the assumption that I'm right about the above)
yes to everything else.
yes to better AF.
yes to 4k video
yes to On sensor PDAF
yes to a more widespread and much more dense array of
AF sensors...
again
NO to an additional wheel, with functions accessible equally quick in other ways already, from me.
and an ABSOLUTE NOOO! WHY ON GODSearth! to a 28mp sensor.
That is because I am sure we pretty much have hit the ceiling, when it comes to a pixel density/sensel size that still makes sense on APS-C...
especially with the optical resolution the very compact designed DA lenses deliver....
even if you look at the pictures of a Canon 5Ds or 5Dsr those FF bodies have a resolution of app. 50 mp....
and even the best "Canon L lenses" with glass elements and a flange diameter much bigger than Pentax's, show that those great optical instruments fail the immensive sensor resolution of the Canon 5Ds if you zoom in to 100%...
So take a look at a 28mp APS-C sensor... OK, I estimate that a 28mp APS-C sensor has even smaller sensor pixels(sensels) than a 50mp ff sensor(so a higher pixel density)...
what may cause:
an "ironed" look in some cases, no good high ISO capabilities
and will defenitely show that the compact DA glass can not handle such a resolution if you zoom to 100%, etc. etc.
yes our
DA glass is good. but for sure
its not better than canon L glass.
Sry for having to say that.
So pls believe me there is absolutely no sense, in having such a resolution on an APS-C cameras sensor, when the mounted glass can not "feed" it right.
I guess that would be like having 60MP on a full frame camera.. so its just not the ideal resolution.
IMHO even 24mp are absolutely perfect ...
and a very fast 20-24MP Sensor with a higher dynamic range including "On-Sensor AF points" to the very edges of the sensor would be the best for the next APS-C flagship.
Yes, its right... If all customers push hard enough, there may be a 28mp sensor on the next APS-C, but what would that do to the rest of the camera? --> right:
it would throw back all the other features.
Just like the 36MP sensor killed more modern specs on the K-1.
One would have expected far better AF, vid p.rates, 4K vid, enormous buffer, and high burst rate like 10fps at least on a FF PENTAX that hits the market in 2016.
And I am pretty sure, we could have had that on the K-1, if not so much users would have cried for more Megapixels like babies for milk.
Sry, if that sounds a bit rude, but its the truth. ... As if you couldnt effort some used 12-16mp crop body if you have enough bucks for a 2000dollar FF. WTF?
10-12mp would have been fair enough for APS-C mode on a FF body.
just think again, if you really need more than 24MP, go and buy a used K-1 for 1.400-1.500 dollars.(at least that was the price you imagined for the upcoming APS-C flagship) there is loads of old FF glass for a penny and a dime if you dont care about actual IQ and are only into MP.
Have a heart and leave the MP to the kids ...
And in case you fancy, that one sunny and bright day a fairy might kiss you and people want you to shoot for billboards, there is no way around mid-format and you can buy used 645D bodies for app. 2000dollars already nowadays.