Pete Delaney
Well-known Member
I've been pouring over reviews of cameras lately to see where the 'best' sensors are being used. I have been impressed for a long time with what Pentax did with the K5. Frankly, I was blown away by that camera and I still look on it with a glint in my eye
However, being my own worst enemy I am determined to spite my own face and stick to at least more compact cameras. I will always have a compact on hand and I use the Oly XZ-1 at the moment. Very good in my opinion but its major Achilles heel for me is dynamic range/highlight clipping. I don't think the camera is particularly different from any other compact with this issue, I just believe it's part of the trouble of having such small sensors.
That brings me to micro 4/3 and other similar compacts with inter-changable lenses and their associated much larger sensors.
My fav at the moment has to be the Sony Nex5N... remember I am talking sensors here and not particularly the functions, bells/whistles of the camera body. I am also very intrigued to see what the Nex 7 will deliver and also the new Panasonic DMC-GX1.
It's a shame Olympus didn't update its sensors with the latest set of 4/3 offerings and I sense (pardon the pun) they have missed an opportunity. Mind you with all the allegations of corruption in the Olympus camp at the moment who knows what their future direction will be?
Do you think there is an APSC sensor out there (or smaller) that can beat Sony's latest offering? The Sony is 16mp and looks to be able to capture excellent files up to ISO 800 and perhaps even 1600. I measure this against my old Nikon D300s SLR. That had a 12mp sensor that I was comfortable using up to ISO 400 only. After that for me at least the files became too compromised.
Which camera do you think has the best sensor at the moment? Is there one to come out very soon that I haven't mentioned? I really would like opinions on sensors no larger than APSC size.
Thanks for any help/opinions
Pete.
(Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells....)
However, being my own worst enemy I am determined to spite my own face and stick to at least more compact cameras. I will always have a compact on hand and I use the Oly XZ-1 at the moment. Very good in my opinion but its major Achilles heel for me is dynamic range/highlight clipping. I don't think the camera is particularly different from any other compact with this issue, I just believe it's part of the trouble of having such small sensors.
That brings me to micro 4/3 and other similar compacts with inter-changable lenses and their associated much larger sensors.
My fav at the moment has to be the Sony Nex5N... remember I am talking sensors here and not particularly the functions, bells/whistles of the camera body. I am also very intrigued to see what the Nex 7 will deliver and also the new Panasonic DMC-GX1.
It's a shame Olympus didn't update its sensors with the latest set of 4/3 offerings and I sense (pardon the pun) they have missed an opportunity. Mind you with all the allegations of corruption in the Olympus camp at the moment who knows what their future direction will be?
Do you think there is an APSC sensor out there (or smaller) that can beat Sony's latest offering? The Sony is 16mp and looks to be able to capture excellent files up to ISO 800 and perhaps even 1600. I measure this against my old Nikon D300s SLR. That had a 12mp sensor that I was comfortable using up to ISO 400 only. After that for me at least the files became too compromised.
Which camera do you think has the best sensor at the moment? Is there one to come out very soon that I haven't mentioned? I really would like opinions on sensors no larger than APSC size.
Thanks for any help/opinions
Pete.