SD1 Merrill to sd Quattro - What have we lost?

TN Args wrote:

dsteiner wrote:

We also have been so many times over the Merrill vs Quattro discussion that there is no need to start this again.

Totally agree, but there seems to be an entrenched fan base that won't stop lobbying. So I don't like our chances.

Realistically most people would not have expected Sigma to go back to the Merrill sensor for the new camera.

Agree, not happening, the image IQ is inferior.

Aren't we all getting tired of unsupported statements like this?

Is there nobody here who owns both Merrill and Quattro and is willing to read and understand the following and then give us some numbers as absolute proof?

http://www.bobatkins.com/photography/technical/mtf/mtf4.html

http://www.bobatkins.com/photography/technical/mtf/mtf5.html

http://www.imatest.com/docs/sqf/

As far as I am concerned, statements for or against Merrill, or Quattro, - made without credible references or results of self-testing - carry very little weight and are a waste of space.