Sony's EVIL GUI revealed (a bit) in CP+

Your square sensor could happen on very small format cameras (P&S) there making a square sensor with an edge length equal to the image circle would be wasteful, but not overly expensive since the sensor would be very small.

There will always be some people who like square images, but the vast population does not. So it's not a very marketable thing.

There are things that can be done/added to cameras which only appeal to small amounts of users, but since they are minor things and in-expensive to add, they are fine to add (say the date stamp on the image). But something like sensor format is a fundamental system aspect, and very expensive. So the format is driven by the masses.

This same issue is a hold back to 16:9 sensors too, since it's different. But the nature of things around (tvs, computers, video modes, etc) make it a path that very well will happen to some extent. Still, if 20 years from now we are still working with 3:2 sensors, no one would be shocked. I do think we will start to see the move away from 4:3 sensors in P&S in the coming years. Actually a bit surprised it hasn't all ready started.

Also, just because a format is common, doesn't make it boring. We use formats for the ascetics/visual comfort. The reason for wider is because it's more natural and easier on the eyes.   But still, we all have some images cropped to square just because it works from time to time. Making something different for the sake of being different rarely works.   Creating the worlds first 5 wheel car with 3 wheel drive and a 7.5 cylinder engine could get you many firsts, and be very different, doesn't mean anyone will want it just because it's different.

With luck, sensor manufacturing will change, and open up new options and solve all this. But for now, it's not that way. And of course there is always the issue of existing lenses.   Most have baffles, so they only cover a rectangle. So you have an existing constraint in place.

it will not be long , when this camera meets the press

greetings
gustav

Gustav, it's always a delight to hear information like this from you.

Thank you.

ijsvogel wrote: it will not be long , when this camera meets the press greetings gustav

ijsvogel wrote: it will not be long , when this camera meets the press greetings gustav

thats great news. i just got rid of my epl1, so this is perfect timing.

That's just one week away! Should be interesting to see some details.

Thanks again Gustav.

ijsvogel wrote: 18 april is the press-release of this camera , the camera shall be different , than we see at the PMA and maybe we get some more information , about some other thinks but that i dont now for sure greetings gustav

RubberDials wrote: edgaillard wrote: RubberDials wrote: Also a 35mm f1.2 is impossible. Voigtlander makes a 35mm f/1.2. I've heard that Samyang does as well. Indeed they do, ed. I didn't mean it couldn't be made, rather that it was a step too far in terms of size, weight, cost and usefulness, but it seems it isn't...

Zeiss f0.7 is the fastest I can find.
http://www.visual-memory.co.uk/sk/ac/len/page1.htm

Edited by FineArt - 12 April 2010 at 01:02

ijsvogel wrote: 18 april is the press-release of this camera ,

The 18th is a Sunday. Are you sure about this?