Originally posted by BigMackCam As others have said, no format is best at everything.
The key thing to retain from my initial post is about the final usage of images.
So where are images used?
1) posted on the web, viewed on electronic displays, max. res. 4K.
2) magazines & photobooks, that's A4 and A3 size prints
3) posters 80 x 120 cm (32 x 48 inches) and larger
Lenses now are a lot better than lenses used 30 years ago on 24x36 film cameras.
Micro 4/3 and apsc deliver IQ like 24 x 36 film quality.
Medium format digital crop deliver IQ like medium format film era quality
Now let's look at enlargement capabilities:
1) and 2) , micro 4/3 is good enough, apsc is plenty good enough
3) medium format deliver great high quality posters, better than full frame
We should never lose sight of where images end-up being used.
Given how images are used, FF quality is an overkill for 1) & 2) image application
And FF is not match to MF for large posters.
Ricoh should stop the Pentax K1 line, and invest in both apsc and 645z.
The direction is already set by Fuji, get the 100Mp sensor into a 645 camera, or fit the 100Mp MF sensor of sony into a new Pentax 645 mirroless body with a new lens mount, sell it for $4000 it'll sell like Ricoh factory can't make enough of it.