dSLR's sure R boring. Nothing new with enough performance increases @prices I want to even look @.
New Nikon 900/700s/x supposedly will come out next month, 24.5MP yawn, too big, heavy, expensive.
What would really be great is a FF Rebel body for <$1k...I'll be dead b4 that happens it seems. Look @the old 5D, still ridiculously expensive, it's the cheapest FF body U can get? Pathetic.
Take a 500D and drop a FF sensor, bigger pentaprism in there, what would that cost? should be able to produce a $1k FF body (500D body is down to $650), just would canaibailize all the other underachiever, profit margin units
R my I's in need of repair?
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos500d/page15.asp
Raw noise images on dp, 500D, look at the sculpture> the band of the crown? (on the head), as well as the 'hair' wave lines which would cover the ears.
dp says Nikon is better with more detail yet the hair waves are less distinct/softer to my I's, no?
Actually @iso3200 even the Oly e-620 looks better than the D5000
Then go look @ 7D comparisons of raw noise @high ISO:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos7d/page15.asp
The 50d is the worst of 4 compared, but if you open up a window side-by-side of the 2 links above, the 500D looks *better* than the 50d @same high iso, wtf? D300s is certainly better than the D5000 @ISo 3200, but all 4 are pretty decent, but move up to 6400 and the D300s gets soft around that hairwave, better than the 50D but the 7D looks better still? K7 isn't holding much detail, but neither is the 50D.
Just thinking a FF sensor, 12MP, $1k body Rebel would smack all above silly in IQ @6400+, would be the poorman's D900 (poorer build quality, lesser AF, much smaller/lighter weight...yay!, slower continuous fps...like a 5D
, could have 1080p HD vid too like a 5DmkII
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Meh, I'll be dead or near that b4 I see the light of day on such an easily produced *practical*dSLR. FF digital Oly OM-1, would of course be better still
, if Leica can do it, Y not Oly?
Maybe Nikon will produce a 4/3rds, or some large sensor compact, soon?
http://nikonrumors.com/2010/01/20/interview-with-tetsuro-goto.aspx
- On Micro 4/3 & Nikon: “If we follow this type of equipment, we change our frame (mount). The new frame will provide new opportunities or provide access to new technologies and to use targets smaller and lighter”.
- Large sensor compact camera: “We study this way. You’ll know soon enough.”
^PMA 2010 please, 5x min. zoom starting @24mm too. *must* fit into pocket/clutch (that's a skinny purse, 4U grrlie guys)