This one time, at band camp, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyway, the 18 megapixel sensor is out. Smart money would be on the > Kodak 22 megapixel (4080 x 5440) sensor, though that obviously isn't > confirmed at this point.
Kodak 22 megapixel is what Hasselblad have been using and doing very well with. Now they have upped the ante a little with the release of the H2 system and a 39 megapixel Kodak sensor. These chips are not cheap as we all know, neither are "pro level" camera bodies. Other MF systems are sticking with replaceable backs and you need only buy the new back to be up with the latest/greatest in the megapixel race, thereby using the same body for years to come. The down side of this is that new advancements in the body pass you by. I think whatever (slightly less than) Medium Format solution Pentax arives at the deciding factor, not surprisingly, be price. Will you be able to simply fob off your 22 Megapixel 645D in favour a new <insert MP here> body? At a resent Hasselblad launch I was shown the ease at which folks were discarding their old 10Mp backs in favour of the newer 22MP and 39Mp treats. Sitting on the fence. Kevin -- "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote."
