Hi,
Do you have any images showing any CCD advantages on comparable sensors? I have seen a few by Erwin Puts, but not much else. Erwin Puts felt at that time that the M9 was behind the competition.
On the other hand, I just made two A2 prints, one from my Sony Alpha 99 and one from my P45+ and I can essentially not tell them apart. OK, I made it difficult, same subject, same time, same processing using the same tools. OK, sky is a bit different, Sony Alpha 99 a bit magenta the P45+ a bit blue. Some yellowish areas of grass more yellowish on P45+, some strains of grass a tiny bit sharper on the P45+ (?!, Maybe!). Some stones sharper on the Alpha 99? In a 17x24" print those differences are incredibly small!
In general, I may have a feeling that the P45+ has an advantage in sharpness, but when I print comparable images I see little difference.
Anyway, I feel that CMOS offers tremendous advantages, but for me the most important one is live view. I just don't see how anyone can ignore live view for precision work.
I had both CCD and CMOS cameras, Konica Minolta Dimage 7D, Sony Alpha 100 and P45+ on CCD and Sony Alpha 700, 900, 55, 77 and 99 on CMOS. So I actually know what I am talking about. That said, I may be wrong, of course.
Best regards
Erik
Leica DMR. Leica M8. Leica M9 are all superb at base ISO. Image quality clearly ahead of their competition at the time.
Now, where is this wonderful CMOS chip which can render color as well as the old CCDs?
And yes, I agree that CMOS is better on paper, and should work at least as well in practice. Strangely enough it doesn't, and it is time the geeks accepted what the photographers in this forum all seem to know.
Edmund