RiceHigh's Pentax Blog: Sensor Sizes Re-visited, including the Latest Rumoured Nikon and Fuji Mirrorlesses

Monday, August 08, 2011

Sensor Sizes Re-visited, including the Latest Rumoured Nikon and Fuji Mirrorlesses

The rumoured upcoming Fuji X10 is said to have/use a 2/3" sensor..

The latest illustration below found on the net has included all the current/existing ILDC system sensors for size comparison purpose, from the smallest 1/2.3" Pentax Q's up to the 135 FF:-

(Source: http://forum.xitek.com/showthread.php?threadid=900517)

So, we have seen once again how small the Q sensor actually is! ..Even when it is compared to the 4/3, Just! (And not even mention the APS-C!) >:-[

Afterall, if the Nikon and Fuji rumours are true, both will just blow the Pentax so easily out of water for the IQ, just because their sensors are still much larger! :-o

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Ying · 709 weeks ago

I maintain it's a price point thing.

If the Q sells for $200 many people would be interested, at 500 it would be suicidal, at $800, the officail price, they might as well be living on Martians in their lunatic thinking.

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Alex · 709 weeks ago

$200? The Canon Powershot SX230 is $300, and that's the street price. Pentax would be mad to sell a well-made, fully featured interchangeable lens compact for $200.
$500 I believe is the right price. It's a high-end compact, so it should pe priced like one.

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Pentax Reality Check · 709 weeks ago

So it's a compact' I thought it was an ILC... But seriously, the problem with small sensor cameras is inferior picture quality (at least yet, and because of plain physical considerations this is not likely to change much). Secondly, compared with upmarket larger-sized sensor ILCs the Q is not that small at all, so it really will be a niche product after all, regardless of the price. If Pentax is lucky, the Q could become their "iPhone" which some people will buy for the sake of being different, but I doubt existing Pentax users will consider it. I for one will continue to carry around my k-5 for serious work, and for "casual" I have a small-sensor cam already... in my mobile phone.