Originally posted by DeadJohn I'll continue to dream of a FF 50mp camera. That would allow a high resolution crop mode (so there's no need to carry a companion APS-C body to use with non-FF lenses we already have). Equally important, it could allow Ricoh to implement a 2x2 binning feature for 12.5mp FF low-light mode. Yes, binning can be done during post-processing with current cameras, but if it's built into the camera then liveview would work much better at night.
I don't expect to see the above features, but it could theoretically beat the Nikon D810 for resolution and the Sony A7s for low light, all in a single body.
I agree.
Some folks are assuming 50MP means 'more noise', but there's no real reason to think Sony would be putting out a sensor that's a step back in SNR. The 36MP D800 exmor was not more noisy than the 24MP FF sensor or the 12MP D700 sensor. In other words, you can get the same or better noise and more resolution at the same time.
I don't see a real-life drawback to 50MP, besides larger file sizes.
Also a prediction I made in 2012 is starting to come to pass: the 36MP is starting to be seen as the 'sane' choice in the face of even higher-mp sensors, even by some of the same people who said 36MP was "too much" and un-needed
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Originally posted by Wired a 36mp will give you an aprox 15mp crop (based on D800 spec list). This will give you similar to K5 overall resolution.
The question is, what is your reference for them using your existing lenses just as good as your K5?
Dynamic range?
Color depth?
overall resolution?
signal to noise ratio?
With the existing 36MP Exmor for example, all of the above would be the same or slightly better in 1.5x crop than a K5 native output. We'd assume the same would apply to 54MP FF vs. native K3 output.
Quote: At the end of the day, Pentax doesn't care about your DA lenses being usable long term on the FF.
I think what they do care about is removing doubts for people on the fence about upgrading to the new FF body.
A nice, high-res crop mode that keeps people's DA/aps-c lenses performing the same as on the K5 (36MP FF) or K3 (54MP FF) removes that doubt for a lot of people.
I know I wouldn't be happy about jumping to FF if a good portion of my glass was completely stranded in aps-c.
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Quote: 50mp would also be stupidly expensive for a Pentax camera.
How about (seriously) :
K-FF = 36MP, $2100 initial MSRP
*and*
K-FFx = 54MP, $3100 initial MSRP