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If There Really is a Sony 60MP Full Frame Sensor with 16 Bit Depth Color, It’s Going to Change So Much

Chris Gampat
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12/02/2018
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Last Updated on 12/05/2018 by Mark Beckenbach

A full frame sensor from Sony at 60MP and 16 color bit depth would be incredible for the industry.

With the web, monitors, Apple, and Google all looking to catch up to the photography world in some way or another (and doing a good job) it’s nice to know there’s a slight possibility that a Sony 60MP 16-Bit sensor could exist. As it is, things like monitor calibration are almost totally consistent across newer monitors and platforms. In addition to that, lots of monitors claim to be able to deliver most of the Adobe RGB and SRGB color spectrums. But if a Sony 60MP 16-Bit sensor is as real as Sony Alpha Rumors is reporting on, then that would mean the entire tech industry would need to find a way to catch up to support that type of color possibility.

This is the Sony and the photo industry that I’ve been begging to see for years. I think we got a glimpse of it at Photokina this year when the L Mount coalition formed to try to do bigger and better things. But then Fujifilm came out and gave us the world’s first image stabilized, 100MP Medium format sensor. If that sensor is an X Trans sensor, then things could be even bigger and better. A 16 bit color depth sensor would allow for sooooooo many different possibilities when it comes to editing (possibilities that you’ll probably need to give your eyes a break from when editing your photos).

So how could this be applied to real life?

  • It would mean that you can make specific things in your landscape photos pop more through editing the HSL levels
  • With good shooting techniques, you could probably help make someone’s skin stand out much more from warm clothing by not only using effective white balancing techniques but also editing in the HSL levels
  • When converting the images to black and white, even more subtle tonalities will be available
  • Digital has always had odd features in comparison to film; greens and reds in particular. But this could mean digital would have the potential to supercede film in this way.

This is one report that I genuinely hope is real.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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    05/02/2019 12:13 am
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    16 bit, meh. 24 bit is where it’s at.

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    05/02/2019 12:13 am
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    You need to rent some 16bit MF gear to see how little this will mean.
    16bit is way overrated as almost no one works in true 16bit.
    Moreover, the few who do work in 16bit MF files are fully invested in promoting its putative virtues without really making direct comparisons to other high MP sensors.

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    It’s not IF; it’s more WHEN!

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    05/02/2019 12:13 am
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    The question you have to ask is whether the LSB in such a sensor would, or could, be at or above thermal noise. If it can’t then it is difficult to make use of the additional 2 bits.

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