Interesting writeup! I think most people think this CCD vs CMOS debate is total bollocks but I have to agree, the raw output from CCD based DSLRs cannot be mimicked to 100% by colour profiling, fixing the white balance and hours of of raw editing. The CMOS DSLRs and ILCs I owned so far [Sony, Aptina and Canon sensors] don't output raw dumps as pleasant as my ageing A300 and A390. As mentioned before one big difference is also how those sensors' raw files respond to editing.