When we see a launch of a new model we are told the sensor has been improved, i don't doubt it has but wonder if the improvement will be of any benefit to most users.We look to be at the point where current sensors are so good that improvements are slight, are they so slight that a minor error with a slider in PP or exposure will lose that benefit.
Do we need a breakthrough in sensor technology to see some major improvements?
Often the advancements in sensor technology have been greatly exaggerated, in press and by independent reviewers. Every new camera model is always touted to have
2 stops better sensor than the predecessor, to the dismay of everybody actually trying the cameras out by themselves.
In all honesty the total improvement in noise and dynamic range is about 3-4 stops from Nikon D1 (1999) to Nikon D5 (2016), and most of it (~3 stops) happened before year 2008. The last decade has provided maybe 0.7 stops improvement all in all. This track record suggests to me that a breakthrough is required. Current tech has ran out of juice.
Then again a digital camera has 2 sides, the digital side and the camera side, and for me the camera has always been more important.