Digital image sensors size

[kentcr]

Are there any Digital SLRs out there that have an image sensor that appoaches the size of a 35 mm piece of film?

[D70FAN]

Are there any Digital SLRs out there that have an image sensor that appoaches the size of a 35 mm piece of film?

Canon 1Ds, 1Ds MarkII, and Kodak DCS Pro 14/n and Pro SLR/n and c. All cost between $5000 and $8000 and range from 11 to 16 Megapixels. There are also 40mm x 60mm digital-backs that range from 16MP to 39MP and run from about $22,000 and up (guessing $40,000 for 39MP).

[kentcr]

Wow! 39 mp. Is that finer than the grains of silver on film?

[Clyde]

Are there any Digital SLRs out there that have an image sensor that appoaches the size of a 35 mm piece of film?

Well, not quite an answer to your question (Rex has teased us with visions of a full frame camera for under $4k...)

Check this (http://www.gigapxl.org/) out!

Clyde

[D70FAN]

Wow! 39 mp. Is that finer than the grains of silver on film?

Yes. I believe it is.

As for full frame dSLR's for under $4000...

It's already here... 13.2MP... Canon or Nikon mount?

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?ci=1&sb=ps&pn=1&sq=desc&InitialSearch=yes&O=SearchBar&A=search&Q=*&bhs=t&shs=Kodak+DCS+pro

[Warin]

Well, not quite an answer to your question (Rex has teased us with visions of a full frame camera for under $4k...)

Check this (http://www.gigapxl.org/) out!

Clyde

You realize that is a film camera, right? Resolution does not always equal a digital imager ;)

[cwphoto]

Canon 1Ds, 1Ds MarkII, and Kodak DCS Pro 14/n and Pro SLR/n and c. All cost between $5000 and $8000 and range from 11 to 16 Megapixels. There are also 40mm x 60mm digital-backs that range from 16MP to 39MP and run from about $22,000 and up (guessing $40,000 for 39MP).

Only the EOS-1Ds Mark II remains of the Small Format brigade. The EOS-1Ds was obviously superceded and Kodak discontinued their FF offerings.

There is talk of a new Canon FF to be announced at the end of this month but nothing is concrete yet.

[D70FAN]

Only the EOS-1Ds Mark II remains of the Small Format brigade. The EOS-1Ds was obviously superceded and Kodak discontinued their FF offerings.

There is talk of a new Canon FF to be announced at the end of this month but nothing is concrete yet.

I think you meant full-frame on the 1Ds Mk II. While discontinued the Kodaks are still available. Look for a 4:3 offering from Kodak in the not too distant future.

From what I've seen the new FF from Canon is the 1Ds with a couple more MP and in a lower cost package.

[Clyde]

You realize that is a film camera, right? Resolution does not always equal a digital imager ;)

Well, it is a Frankenstein monster. It is not much more closely related to an old school Canon Rebel than to my Rebel XT. Call it a Digital Imaging System that uses film. Or think of it as what a Panasonic FZ20 dreams of being when it grows up.

Clyde

[Warin]

Well, it is a Frankenstein monster. It is not much more closely related to an old school Canon Rebel than to my Rebel XT. Call it a Digital Imaging System that uses film. Or think of it as what a Panasonic FZ20 dreams of being when it grows up.

Clyde

:rolleyes:

It uses photochemical processes to capture an image... which means that it is infinitely more related to your film Rebel than your digital Rebel. In fact, it more closely resembles a field camera more than an SLR in any case.

It is also bloody awesome... but I dont want to think about how expensive a print from this monster would be!

[cwphoto]

I think you meant full-frame on the 1Ds Mk II.

I was referring to full frame. Where did I say any different :confused:

[D70FAN]

I was referring to full frame. Where did I say any different :confused:

"Only the EOS-1Ds Mark II remains of the Small Format brigade."

I didn't see the words "full-frame" in there. Small Format usually refers to 35mm half-frame, APS, and 110 film as well as APS-C digital.

But I guess it could mean the film format below Medium Format, or 35mm. Guess I was confused as well.