It is not entirely the sensor's fault. The major reason why image quality sucks is not because of the sensor, but rather the lenses and post processing techniques used.
The highquality cameras out there use CMOS based sensors not CCD based sensors. See Nikon D2x, Canon 30D, Canon D1 Mark II N, Canon 5D, Canon 1Da Mark II, Canon 1D Mark II, Canon 1Ds, and some of these are over 2 years old
Don't get me wrong, CCD is a decent technology, but very antiquated, of which CMOS has caught up and surpassed many aspects in performance including pixel pitch, in the past few years.
Everything you said about CMOS being a pos applies.... If the year was 2005.
http://neasia.nikkeibp.com/neasia/001091
But like I said before, there is no reason to go to 5mpixel, if you're gonna get images like this. It's just a waste of effort and time. Heck the N95 uses MicroSD, which is limited to only 2gb, as per SD standards! That's how many images? (Your average 5mpixel compressed JPEG would be about 1.5MB) Meaning you'd get roughly 1400 photos, yeah that's alot but factor in the fact that this thing has a huge screen, so you put a few hundred megs of videos on there, 1200 photos, but wait it's a music device with dedicated music buttons, a gig of mp3s sounds reasonable right?, down to 100 pics.
I wonder how much video time u can record 30fps @ VGA resolution with 150 megs of space..
Only if she supported MicroSDHD, it would solve alot of things! .... Or does it support MicroSDHD?!?....
The highquality cameras out there use CMOS based sensors not CCD based sensors. See Nikon D2x, Canon 30D, Canon D1 Mark II N, Canon 5D, Canon 1Da Mark II, Canon 1D Mark II, Canon 1Ds, and some of these are over 2 years old
Don't get me wrong, CCD is a decent technology, but very antiquated, of which CMOS has caught up and surpassed many aspects in performance including pixel pitch, in the past few years.
Everything you said about CMOS being a pos applies.... If the year was 2005.
http://neasia.nikkeibp.com/neasia/001091
But like I said before, there is no reason to go to 5mpixel, if you're gonna get images like this. It's just a waste of effort and time. Heck the N95 uses MicroSD, which is limited to only 2gb, as per SD standards! That's how many images? (Your average 5mpixel compressed JPEG would be about 1.5MB) Meaning you'd get roughly 1400 photos, yeah that's alot but factor in the fact that this thing has a huge screen, so you put a few hundred megs of videos on there, 1200 photos, but wait it's a music device with dedicated music buttons, a gig of mp3s sounds reasonable right?, down to 100 pics.
I wonder how much video time u can record 30fps @ VGA resolution with 150 megs of space..
Only if she supported MicroSDHD, it would solve alot of things! .... Or does it support MicroSDHD?!?....