rosuna Posted January 21, 2014 Share #1 Posted January 21, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) It has been announced: Hasselblad H5D-50c - DSLR Magazine I believe the key of the higher perception of quality in MF systems is in the wider tonal variants, perceivable in the shadows thanks to larger pixels and 16 bits AD conversors. CMOS sensors will bring live view and cleaner high ISO images, but it will have a cost in terms of maximum IQ. This is important for a studio camera (less so for small format reportage cameras). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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rsmphoto Posted January 21, 2014 Share #2 Posted January 21, 2014 I would hope to see something similar (60mp?) for the next S iteration. Maybe Photokina? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjh Posted January 21, 2014 Share #3 Posted January 21, 2014 No surprises here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephan_w Posted January 22, 2014 Share #4 Posted January 22, 2014 will we see EVIL-MF soon? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosuna Posted January 22, 2014 Author Share #5 Posted January 22, 2014 Phase One... me too... PhaseOne IQ250 coming soon with a.... new 50MP CMOS sensor | Photo Rumors Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjh Posted January 22, 2014 Share #6 Posted January 22, 2014 will we see EVIL-MF soon? Of course, and ideally with a large detachable or external display. It is the logical next step from tethering. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephan_w Posted January 22, 2014 Share #7 Posted January 22, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) Of course, and ideally with a large detachable or external display. It is the logical next step from tethering. hm, still some development needed to get the quality of the S-viewfinder :-) What I would love to see is a square sensor with the option of many formats (square, 4/5, 16/9 etc). I don't understand why nobody made this yet, as cost would be the same and computing power is no issue anymore. And with EVIL viewfinder the is no limitation to a specific format anymore as it is with a mirror based concept Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterv Posted January 22, 2014 Share #8 Posted January 22, 2014 Stephan, I understand what you're saying about wanting a square senor and it being versatile. But I find 2:3 the best compromise, especially looking at the fact that in the near future (if not already today) 95% of all the images will be watched on a 16:9 screen. With the square format you are always going to lose resolution on the long edge, with any given image circle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephan_w Posted January 22, 2014 Share #9 Posted January 22, 2014 well, I didn't mean "real" square, maybe I should have stated "round" instead with the option to crop accordingly to the desired format later. This would also increase the pixels on a 16/9 format. An, shooting mostly portraits, I would really like to see a 4/5 or 6/7 option, all would be possible then Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjh Posted January 22, 2014 Share #10 Posted January 22, 2014 If you fit a square sensor in the image circle, it would cover a larger area than either a 4:3, 3:2, or 16:9 sensor, but when you crop an image taken with such a sensor to 4:3, 3:2, or 16:9 you end up with a smaller area and fewer pixels than with a native 4:3, 3:2, or 16:9 sensor. If, on the other hand, you choose a sensor so it covers all of the image circle you could maximize the area for all aspect ratios, but the sensor would need to be much larger and thus more expensive than current sensors, and many of its pixels would never be used. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mr. B Posted January 23, 2014 Share #11 Posted January 23, 2014 If you have an extra ($30,000) just a guess, at your disposal go for it. Mr. B Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted January 24, 2014 Share #12 Posted January 24, 2014 Do we think therefore, that the introduction by Phase and Hasselblad cameras with CMOS sensors with much wider ISO range and increased dynamic range of 14EV, will force Leica to accelerate their replacement for the S. Of course, an update may already be planned for Photokina this year. A CMOS sensor would need a wholly different processing system but experience with the M240 and in house work on this may be a great help in this area. I do wonder if work on an S replacement, is what is holding up the desperately needed (thermal problems, AWB and SF-58D communications) FW update for the M240. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfarkas Posted January 31, 2014 Share #13 Posted January 31, 2014 Do we think therefore, that the introduction by Phase and Hasselblad cameras with CMOS sensors with much wider ISO range and increased dynamic range of 14EV, will force Leica to accelerate their replacement for the S. Of course, an update may already be planned for Photokina this year. A CMOS sensor would need a wholly different processing system but experience with the M240 and in house work on this may be a great help in this area. I do wonder if work on an S replacement, is what is holding up the desperately needed (thermal problems, AWB and SF-58D communications) FW update for the M240. Wilson The M240 uses the same MAESTRO chip from the S system and already has support (and firmware) for CMOS, live view and HD video. No reason this couldn't be used in a future CMOS S camera..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephan_w Posted February 6, 2014 Share #14 Posted February 6, 2014 from my comparisons between the M and the M9, I'm not that much impressed that I would spend another 20 grand for an upgrade from a S2 to a S3 . or it should have the double of pixels. And even then . . . . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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