If Nikon did this, would you buy it?
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From: Rich on 16 Jun 2010 20:59 Brought out a small camera with a slightly smaller than 4/3rds sensor, with 8 megapixels instead of 12-15, would you buy one? I've asked a few people about this, and they said they'd like it if the pixel count were reduced to alleviate noise. But I presume Nikon like the rest of them are hostage to the same pixels-are-everything mentality that infects the general population.
From: krishnananda on 16 Jun 2010 23:46 In article <J_udncfO8MPJ7oTRnZ2dnUVZ_vudnZ2d(a)giganews.com>, Rich <none(a)nowhere.com> wrote: > Brought out a small camera with a slightly smaller than 4/3rds sensor, with > 8 megapixels instead of 12-15, would you buy one? I've asked a few people > about this, and they said they'd like it if the pixel count were reduced to > alleviate noise. But I presume Nikon like the rest of them are hostage to > the same pixels-are-everything mentality that infects the general > population. That depends. Does it fit in my hands? How does the LCD do in bright sunlight? What is the low-light noise like? Is it a significant improvement over what I already have? What is the price? Lens: how wide does it go? What is the distortion like? How bad is the f-stop shift at max telephoto? What is the lowest-speed SD-HC (or whatever) card it can write to with acceptable speed? (If it needs a Class 10 card it better be shooting RAW) Does it have decent image stabilization? I don't care about: Manufacturer Absolute pixel count Absolute sensor size Gimmicks like color modes, video, face recognition, direct print Optical viewfinder on a P/S
From: whisky-dave on 17 Jun 2010 08:28 "krishnananda" <krishna(a)divine-life.in.invalid> wrote in message news:krishna-336845.23463816062010(a)reserved-multicast-range-NOT-delegated.example.com... > In article <J_udncfO8MPJ7oTRnZ2dnUVZ_vudnZ2d(a)giganews.com>, > Rich <none(a)nowhere.com> wrote: > >> Brought out a small camera with a slightly smaller than 4/3rds sensor, >> with >> 8 megapixels instead of 12-15, would you buy one? I've asked a few >> people >> about this, and they said they'd like it if the pixel count were reduced >> to >> alleviate noise. But I presume Nikon like the rest of them are hostage >> to >> the same pixels-are-everything mentality that infects the general >> population. > > That depends. > > Does it fit in my hands? And then what about the camera ? I need one that I can use with one hand in the dark. > How does the LCD do in bright sunlight? > What is the low-light noise like? > Is it a significant improvement over what I already have? > What is the price? Yep, I' check that first before anything else. > Lens: how wide does it go? What is the distortion like? How bad is the > f-stop shift at max telephoto? > What is the lowest-speed SD-HC (or whatever) card it can write to with > acceptable speed? (If it needs a Class 10 card it better be shooting RAW) > Does it have decent image stabilization? What about indecent images, they need stabilising too :) > I don't care about: > > Manufacturer. I do a little as that can point to things like support and 'trust'.
From: Neil Harrington on 17 Jun 2010 15:23 "Rich" <none(a)nowhere.com> wrote in message news:J_udncfO8MPJ7oTRnZ2dnUVZ_vudnZ2d(a)giganews.com... > Brought out a small camera with a slightly smaller than 4/3rds sensor, > with > 8 megapixels instead of 12-15, would you buy one? I've asked a few people > about this, and they said they'd like it if the pixel count were reduced > to > alleviate noise. But I presume Nikon like the rest of them are hostage to > the same pixels-are-everything mentality that infects the general > population. I'd be interested in anything Nikon did in that direction. Can't say if I'd buy one without having more details. Interchangeable lenses? Adapter for existing DX lenses? EVF, I assume, but what resolution?
From: Rich on 17 Jun 2010 20:47
"Neil Harrington" <nobody(a)homehere.net> wrote in news:P_SdnUtLu9q864fRnZ2dnUVZ_h6dnZ2d(a)giganews.com: > > "Rich" <none(a)nowhere.com> wrote in message > news:J_udncfO8MPJ7oTRnZ2dnUVZ_vudnZ2d(a)giganews.com... >> Brought out a small camera with a slightly smaller than 4/3rds >> sensor, with >> 8 megapixels instead of 12-15, would you buy one? I've asked a few >> people about this, and they said they'd like it if the pixel count >> were reduced to >> alleviate noise. But I presume Nikon like the rest of them are >> hostage to the same pixels-are-everything mentality that infects the >> general population. > > I'd be interested in anything Nikon did in that direction. Can't say > if I'd buy one without having more details. Interchangeable lenses? > Adapter for existing DX lenses? EVF, I assume, but what resolution? > > > 8 megapixels. The idea being not to end up with 4um pixels. |