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Look to the Fuji GFX 100S for the future of digital cameras. Large optics + a medium format surface area sensor at 100MP is not something phones can rival anyti

Look to the Fuji GFX 100S for the future of digital cameras. Large optics + a medium format surface area sensor at 100MP is not something phones can rival anytime soon (or perhaps even ever, given the physics at play and the form factor phones require). Right now you need to drop ~$6k to get started with digital medium format, but hopefully that’ll be sub $1k a few years down the line.

jeswin 4y ago
I'm not so sure about that. Phones are already touching 1" (almost), about 1/12 the size of the sensor in the Fuji. Those sensors are going to advance faster than the Fuji in almost every way, and it's possible that software will make up for the remaining. > Right now you need to drop ~$6k to get started with digital medium format, but hopefully that’ll be sub $1k a few years down the line. I think this is fairly unlikely. It's a niche market, and there'll be no money to be made in selling $1k medium format cameras. For those who are buying high-end cameras (professionals mostly), the sensor size is just one of the factors determining the purchase. They care about build, weather-sealing, buttons, ports, write-speeds, battery etc - a $1k camera would have to compromise on all of those.
- lm28469 4y ago
  A top of the line mirrorless from 5-10 years ago will destroy an iphone in 90% of situations. You can get a sony a7II for 400 euros, add a cheap manual focus lens and you're set.
- max51 4y ago
  > Phones are already touching 1" (almost) They are barely 1/2" in actual size. The iphone 14 pro sensor for example is 9.8x7.3mm. When they call them "1/2 inch" or "3/4 inch", they refer to the diameter of a glass tube (ultra old measurement from the CRT days), not the physical size of the sensor. They only continue to name it like that to make people think their sensor is somewhat close to the Full-frame or APS-C that you get in a professional camera.

jeswin 4y ago

I'm not so sure about that. Phones are already touching 1" (almost), about 1/12 the size of the sensor in the Fuji. Those sensors are going to advance faster than the Fuji in almost every way, and it's possible that software will make up for the remaining. > Right now you need to drop ~$6k to get started with digital medium format, but hopefully that’ll be sub $1k a few years down the line. I think this is fairly unlikely. It's a niche market, and there'll be no money to be made in selling $1k medium format cameras. For those who are buying high-end cameras (professionals mostly), the sensor size is just one of the factors determining the purchase. They care about build, weather-sealing, buttons, ports, write-speeds, battery etc - a $1k camera would have to compromise on all of those.

lm28469 4y ago
A top of the line mirrorless from 5-10 years ago will destroy an iphone in 90% of situations. You can get a sony a7II for 400 euros, add a cheap manual focus lens and you're set.
max51 4y ago
> Phones are already touching 1" (almost) They are barely 1/2" in actual size. The iphone 14 pro sensor for example is 9.8x7.3mm. When they call them "1/2 inch" or "3/4 inch", they refer to the diameter of a glass tube (ultra old measurement from the CRT days), not the physical size of the sensor. They only continue to name it like that to make people think their sensor is somewhat close to the Full-frame or APS-C that you get in a professional camera.