What does the Nikon CX mount has to do with the Imperial Palace?

Our fellow country woman
The Imperial Palace in Beijing.  A typical crowed Sunday afternoon, or any day in the week for that matter.  The palace attracted people from all over the country, like Jerusalem or Mecca attracting their faithfuls.  Here in typical rural attire, this beautiful (isn't she?) lady was likely lost amongst the majority city dwellers, and was taking a much needed rest, peasant style.
This was taken with one of the "first-generation" digital camera, 4 megapixel, fingernail (but more likely the thumb, or at least the index) sized sensor.  I bet (I'm lazy, I don't want to look it up) it has a pixel pitch of a 12M APS-C sensor, and putting it squarely in a very comfortable "not-that-cramped" range of sensors. It was a drizzly day, and she was in the shade. Yet, overall there is a very good rendition of the shadow details. 

(Sensor) Size doesn't matter, if you know what you're doing.  Size does matter, if you know how to make good use of the available property.  Just know your sensor inside your camera, know that it is small or it is big, and make full use of it.  The only believe I still hold is the APS-C DSLR is a transition -- a transition between full-frame DSLR and "small" sensor non-DSLR.  The DSLR is designed around the full-frame lens mount, so let's fit a full-frame sensor in it.  For smaller-than-full-frame sensors, design a new lens mount for them, just like the E-mount for NEX, 4/3 for M4/3 or CX for CX.

The 4/3 system is exactly what should have happened for APS-C -- design a new lens mount for the sensor size.  The reason why 4/3 flopped are 1. timing, 2. why are the cameras and lens still so freaking big?  If the image circle is 1/2 of full-frame, shouldn't the flange distance, the mirror, and everything else be 1/2 their size, and so is the camera, and the lens? The Sony A55 is the proper size for a APS-C DSLR, except it still has the full-frame flange distance, making it look particularly odd in shape. Note the frontal area of the A55 is more or less the same as the GH2, meaning the GH2 is too big for a smaller sensor. And that's why I choose the A55 over the GH2 (I know, I haven't considered the size of the lenses, but I never said I never make mistake).  I therefore restrict myself to fitting prime lenses on the A55, to make it properly balanced (I know, the big primes are for full-frames....) Sigh.... We live in a world of confusion.  We enjoyed a long period of harmony since the days the Spotmatic F, until the Pronea.... never mind......

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