DX sensor in a P&S.

[cbrown77]

Why has this not happened? Both film P&S and SLRs take the same format so why couldn't this be applied to a P&S to get great high ISO results?

Any ideas? I seems to me that the drive to get these cameras down in size is one thing. Mybe it's just me but if I could get wide to tele zoom in a p&s with a DX sensor my SLR would be gathering dust for all but the widest and furthest subjects.

CB

[castledude]

It did happen, The Sony R1..
It got great reviews and had a really good lens, but nobody bought one.
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/sonydscr1/

If you are really interested you might still find some old stock.

But you are probably just better off getting a small DSLR and a decent lens or checking out some of the newer low light cameras that have built in noise reduction algorithms.

[ewhalen]

Why has this not happened? Both film P&S and SLRs take the same format so why couldn't this be applied to a P&S to get great high ISO results?

Any ideas? I seems to me that the drive to get these cameras down in size is one thing. Mybe it's just me but if I could get wide to tele zoom in a p&s with a DX sensor my SLR would be gathering dust for all but the widest and furthest subjects.

CB

P&S film cameras sucked though.

[cbrown77]

Thanks for the feedback. The dream would be to have something as packable as a P&S with a DX sensor. Even something as large as a film p&s would be more convenient then a DSLR.

The R1 is the size of a DSRL so that's out.

Thanks agian,

CB

[e2thaa]

what about the fuji f20 and f30?
they have great low-light performance due to fuji's super ccd chip and not piling on the megapixels.