I disagree with this assessment. The reason is that lenses can only put out so many lines per mm and once the sensors become dense enough the only way to increase captured resolution is to increase the sixe of the sensor and use longer lenses with bigger image circles at same lines/mm lens resolution. If the sensors were to get smaller AND denser at the same time the lenses would have to get exponentially better in order to utilize the much greater density and they are not going to. jco
-----Original Message----- From: Jens Bladt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 1:47 AM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: re: 36mm x 36mm sensor? Wrong answer. Sensores don't get bigger and bigger, I believe. They get smaller and smaller, better, faster, cheaper - and have more MP's - just like everything else electronic. Today 15,7 X 23,5mm (APS size) seems to be a rather large sensor. The 8 MP SONY sensor is only 8.8 x 6.6 mm - a 2/3" sensor. The Olympus E-1 is a 4/3" sensor system (5.7 MP) - using a 15-18mm sensor. There's many good things to be said about small sensors. Less glass (weight and cost) is one of them. I guess the next generations of cameras will have smaller sensors making larger image files. Small sensors are the future, not ff. FF was an issue as long as many consumers/photographers had very large amounts of money invested in expensive glass for 35mm film. This segment is getting smaller every day. No sane company will invest a lot in making new camera systems for a 35mm sensor. Certainly not Pentax. Jens Bladt Arkitekt MAA http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Pat White [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 24. august 2005 07:09 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: Re: 36mm x 36mm sensor? What, doesn't everybody want 8x12 or 13.5x20 enlargements? I used to pay extra for them (got some on the wall, looking good), but now I just shoot with extra room for cropping. Much simpler for frames and mats. Pat White
