I geuss i am confused. Why are they saying this is Canons large sensor? It is not. This is the middle size. The big one they use on the D1 is 36mm x 24mm. And if they are truly going to use this sensor in a EOS D body, wouldnt it be the big sensor and wouldnt they try to use the largest pixel size possible in order to eliminate much of the noise problem you have with higher iso settings sue to small pixels??
Again, a newb question, but just curious. Bigger is always better when it comes to gathering light and especially when you are trying to come anywhere near the qaulity you would get with an analog representation of the image rather then a digital one.
It does seem like an odd sensor. The 28mm size is used for high frame rate shooting which 50MP would not be suited for. Since Canon hasn't developed sensors with pixels that small, it seems to me they'd use a smaller sensor size for testing. If they wanted 50MP in a 1D body, they'd do 36mm like you say. I really don't get it either. Perhaps Canon is concerned about lens performance at that pixel count.
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craig @ Jun 5th 2007 11:45PM
Huh? What does sensor size have to do with noise? 3.3um pixels are the same regardless of how many you make.
AUDIOGURU @ Jun 12th 2007 2:15PM
I geuss i am confused. Why are they saying this is Canons large sensor? It is not. This is the middle size. The big one they use on the D1 is 36mm x 24mm. And if they are truly going to use this sensor in a EOS D body, wouldnt it be the big sensor and wouldnt they try to use the largest pixel size possible in order to eliminate much of the noise problem you have with higher iso settings sue to small pixels??
Again, a newb question, but just curious. Bigger is always better when it comes to gathering light and especially when you are trying to come anywhere near the qaulity you would get with an analog representation of the image rather then a digital one.
craig @ Jun 7th 2007 2:02PM
It does seem like an odd sensor. The 28mm size is used for high frame rate shooting which 50MP would not be suited for. Since Canon hasn't developed sensors with pixels that small, it seems to me they'd use a smaller sensor size for testing. If they wanted 50MP in a 1D body, they'd do 36mm like you say. I really don't get it either. Perhaps Canon is concerned about lens performance at that pixel count.