[Leica] This is why there's no 30MP M10...

[red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone)]

Richard, I am not sure I understand your  point....

oAt >18MP, photographers would rather spend upwards of another $20K to
produce images from Digi-MF cameras rather than save money and use this type
of Canon?

Frank Filippone
Red735i at earthlink.net


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[mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Richard Man
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 6:11 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] This is why there's no 30MP M10...

That's nice and great and Intel/MSFT would love to sell you more and better,
but in the real world, more photographers are using laptop which are less
powerful but more portable. The customers are not asking for 40MP files, and
if they are, they can get them from the MF databack shooters.

On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Frank Filippone
<red735i at earthlink.net>wrote:

> I once calculated that to be equal to film resolution with a given 
> "molecular" particle size of the basic chemical based emulsion, was 
> about 25MP/square inch.... .
>
> Please. No wars over how I calculate this or my assumptions.... it is 
> old history... and I have long forgotten.
>
> But to the point.... Storage has now hit $35 per TB.  It is not a 
> reason to hold back on sensor resolution.
>
> Processors now are 8 core and run at 3GHz.  A 8GB Ram, 1.5GB Hdd,  8 
> Core Intel processor based computer from Dell is... $600. ( I bought 2 
> of these recently).  To extend to 16GB would cost another $60.
>
> Computer limitations are not a reason to limit sensor resolution.....
>
> Frank Filippone
> Red735i at earthlink.net
>
>
> Canon 1Dx weighs in at 18 Megapixel, the same as the M9. I think 
> people are realizing that more MP -> need for faster processing and 
> more storage. So
> 18
> may just be the sweet spot for full frame 35mm.
>
>
>
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