gwilliams6

You know nothing about Sony, LOL.

Unlike your outdated other business models, if you had ACTUALLY studied Sony's history , you would know that when they spend millions and years in development and announce it to the public, they do bring their products to market.

And that is why they are the worldwide imaging leader and innovator, and have corporate revenues in 2023 of over $840 billion USD.

Do better research, please.

Cheers

selmslie Loc: Fernandina Beach, FL, USA

Not all projects lead to a successful product. How much money did Sigma invest in Foveon sensor cameras?

How much money has been invested in electric vehicles by small and large, new and old companies? How is that working out?

I don't need to research Sony in particular. I know business in general and I can think for myself.

The goal of business is profit. Otherwise nobody would invest in it. There is risk in every venture. Some succeed but many others fail spectacularly.

gwilliams6

Folks, Its real, here are the specs, already officially registered and ready to be in medium format cameras now:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YWjYM2lZsQ

Cheers and best to you.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

I still have my Sigma dslr with the Foveon. Despite its limitations for some applications, it is a great camera. I don't use it often but when I thinned the herd last I kept an SD10 body and 3 lenses.

selmslie Loc: Fernandina Beach, FL, USA

The fiction that a Foveon sensor had 3x as much resolution as their final RGB image never made sense. Eventually Sigma withdrew that claim and admitted that skipping the demosaicing process got them a little less than double the resolution.

I only brought up the Sigma Foveon to illustrate that what may seem initially like a good idea can turn out to be a bust in the marketplace. Foveon tried to compete in a market with technology that could not be scaled up.

Failing to meet market expectations is recipe for disaster.

selmslie Loc: Fernandina Beach, FL, USA

As I predicted, "I am sure we will see a camera using this sensor within the next 12 months. Likely from Hasselblad and Phase One...but my dream is to see a fixed lens Sony camera using this sensor!"

At least Hasselblad and Phase One have a range of lenses available.

Consider the implications of a fixed Sony prime lens body that has to be cropped. A 2x crop will drop to 62MP. If you want a different focal length, you will need more than one body. Would you (or anyone here) pay more than $20-30,000 each for that setup?

At least you can change lenses on your 24MP A9 III. At 24MP you won't be quibbling over the quality of the lens.

petrochemist Loc: UK

Actually I've tried lenses that show their flaws quite clearly at 6MP. Some of them are still fun to use :)