Quote Originally Posted by Jan Paalman


Hmm...it was also rumoured that the new camera would be capable of doing 10-12fps. With a 54MB+ data amount I would assume that this would be quite a big issue to tackle?

That is one of the things that got me thinking....12 fps in RAW (54+ MB-edit: if Foveon)is 648+ MB/sec of processing, whereas if the 12 fps is for <span style="text-decoration: line-through;"]jpgRAW if Bayer/current only (18+ MB)is 216+ MB/sec of processing speed. A big (3x ) difference in either the processing speed or buffersize.....if the sensor is Foveon-like, jpg would be even smaller than the RAW output from a Bayer/current sensor.


Rick...good point in that they may have the same burst rate but the camera will maintain that rate for 3x fewer <span style="text-decoration: line-through;"]RAW pictures than jpg RAW from a Foveon Sensor compared to RAW filesfrom a Bayer sensor. Even fewer compared to jpg.


Anyway, I hope that they are right in that a new flagship is released tomorrow. I may never own one, but it will be great to see what technologies/capabilities may filter down(conspiracy theoriesaside) to cameras I will buy.


Edit: It hit me that I was labeling jpg but thinking RAW files from the current Bayer sensors.