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[OM] Re: E-3 specs - specifically weight.

Subject: [OM] Re: E-3 specs - specifically weight.
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 22:15:36 -0400
Actually, the surface area of a 35mm size frame is 4 times as large as a 
4/3 sensor.  The pixel density of the Oly 10MP sensor is already the 
equivalent of a 40MP full frame sensor.  It's them big fat pixels that 
manage to catch buckets of photons.

Chuck Norcutt

Garth Wood wrote:
> Sandy Harris wrote:
>> On 10/22/07, Wayne Harridge <wayneharridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Then what is the advantage of a small sensor ?
>> One is manufacturing cost. Large chips are far harder and more
>> expensive to make.
> 
> Actually, another really good point.  The same buddy I had a convo with 
> last night informs me that Canon's desperately trying to come out with 
> more "consumer-grade" FF camera bodies, 'cause they've invested billions 
> of dollars into FF chip fabbing and are having a hard time justifying 
> ROI based on sales of 5D and 1D*** bodies alone.
> 
> On a related note, Canon announced last June that they had created (in 
> the lab, I assumed) a 50-megapixel FF chip that would someday be 
> incorporated into their DSLRs.  I thought at the time, "If Canon can 
> create a 50 MPix chip on a surface area twice the size of the 4/3rds 
> sensor, there's nothing stopping the creation of a 25 MPix 4/3rds sensor 
> for an Oly (or other) camera body with all the desirable characteristics 
> people keep claiming for Canon's chips."  Part of the problem Oly has in 
> comparison to Canon is that Canon (for good or ill) fabs its own imaging 
> chips, whereas Oly is dependent on third-party chips for the goods.  If 
> anyone is seriously suggesting that Oly should fab their own chips, my 
> response to Oly's strategic marketing folks, based on my business and 
> financial training, would be "Exit the DSLR market immediately!"
> 
> 
> Garth
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