It started at the top and the topic should be self evident.

I am looking at it now. It is amazing the amount of tech it takes to replace an AE-1 and a roll of film. HSOA

What is a micro four thirds camera. HOSA

What is an MFT camera? HSOA

I put new light seals in my AE-1 bought in 1979. It works as expected. For now I am shooting TriX400 and doing my own developing. Too cheap and easy not to.

The Battery in my Mamiya 645 is expected to last 100,000 shots.

What I meant was make a printable file that had no compression/expansion or any other form of distortion. There is no reason why this can't be done. JPG is distorting the image to reduce the size for data transfer. That's what it is intended to do.

You have your own language here and in time I will learn to speak it. I am a retired EE engineer and took a very active part in the Digital Display Revolution. I got the answer I was looking for. I am hearing, I think, that not a lot of processing has to be done by the camera and can be limited by the user. My little Powershot is used for making reference images not art so what ever is camera controlled is fine with me.
I have refurbished a canon AE-1 and purchased some Mamiya 645 gear ,Also refurbished, to actually use for Photography. I am really puzzled about the carry over of ISO from Film to Digital. I understand sensor noise levels and gain. It just looks like there is a better way to define the problem and the solution. Just a Low noise, mid noise, and high noise or low gain, mid gain,and high gain would be a better definition of the situation.
There is one thing that I could not understand. Why would digital need a better lens than Film? Does't Film still have the edge on resolution and greyshade response? What is the in production state of the art for ccd's? If that is still the sensor technology. One last question, How many pixels does a full frame 35mm sensor have?

If you took a current Model DSLR went manual on all possible settings and shot a Picture. Then downloaded and Printed it. What would it look like? My only Digital Camera is a Powershot A2000IS. I can't find a RAW anywhere in the manual to try for myself. I expect RAW is the unadulterated Image. How close would it be expected to be to a Film version of the same thing?