topic Re: What Canon is doing in sensor development ? in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

What Canon is doing in sensor development ?

kewlcanon — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:13:45 GMT

Sony has been kicking Canon's behind in terms of DR.

Re: What Canon is doing in sensor development ?

Scatterbrained — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 20:04:53 GMT

Looking at the DXO scores and tests for the last few generations of APS-C cameras, I'd say not much. Hopefully the rumored "Big Megapickles" camera will change that. I ended up not getting a 5DIII because there was no real difference between it and the mark II in terms of DR. Hopefully that will change, otherwise, Nikon here I come..........

Re: What Canon is doing in sensor development ?

kewlcanon — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 22:07:04 GMT

Thank you for an honest response. I'm also holding out buying Canon gear for now. I hope Canon would do something spectacular in the near future sensor-wise. Get rid of the shadow banding as a start.

Re: What Canon is doing in sensor development ?

jfo — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 00:51:02 GMT

Agreed that there's always room for technology/products to improve, but rather than staying away completely, this might be relevant? http://www.sansmirror.com/newsviews/live-in-the-present.html

Re: What Canon is doing in sensor development ?

Scatterbrained — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 05:04:36 GMT

I don't think anyone is saying to stay away completely. We've already got our cameras. What we're saying is that Canon hasn't done anything sensor wise to convince us to move into a new body. Meanwhile the Sony Exmor platform is already out there, and has lots of clean, usable dynamic range. It's certainly not a matter of waiting, it's a matter of jumping ship or not, so to speak. 😉