Depends because a 2/3 size 5.25 Mp CCD is much denser and has a finer pixel size than a full frame 6 Mp CCD array. Kent Gittings
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Rob Brigham Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 7:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Bit of a correction... Surely you would be better off with a full frame CCD which had the same density as a smaller one (therefore higher pixel count cos its bigger), and cropping the final image. This would be far better than having non standard focal length multiplers as we have now. > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 06 December 2001 00:19 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Bit of a correction... > > > Mike Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Mark R. wrote: > > > >> I also think that the D30 will be obsoleted quickly; It > has neither the > >> wide angle advantage of a full-frame CCD nor the 1.6x focal length > >> magnification > >> of smaller CCDs. Either of these makes sense to me and the > D30 is neither > >> one nor the other; it's too much of a compromise to work, IMO. > > > >Mark, > >The D30 does have the 1.6x CMOS (not CCD). The EOS-1D is > what has the 1.3x > >CCD. > > Yeah, I realized that after hitting "send". My model numbers > were switched so > it's the D30 that I think *will* be successful. > > My first digital SLR will definitely be one with a full-frame > CCD because I'm a > wide angle guy, but after that I might be interested in a > second one that gave > me 1.5x-1.6x magnification. The 1.3x magnification is enought > to annoy me about > the effect on wide angles and not enought benefit with > telephotos. I think the > guys you talked about who don't want to upgrade to the EOS-1D > are right on the > money as far as telephoto work is concerned. > > I like the idea of two different size CCD standards and this > points out another > advantage of digital in the context of interchangable-lens > SLRs: You can change > the magnification of your lenses (without loss of quality or > light transmission) > just be switching them to a camera with a different size CCD. > > -- > Mark Roberts > www.robertstech.com > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com ********************************************************************** - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
