More and more, I think that "full-frame" is becoming a meaningless term. There are so many other factors now when evaluating the output of a particular camera that sensor size and even resolution aren't the tantamount features anymore. The thought that a sensor needs to be the same size as a certain quantity of film will only have importance until the wide-angle gaps are covered. Admittedly, the offereings to date in that arena aren't perfect, but there are more and more of them, and I'm beginning to think we'll see an L-class EF-S lens within the next 18 months. I was as fervent as the next guy for a long time, but as I've looked at the technology that's arrived over the past few months just from Canon with the 20D and new 1D, I'm becoming more convinced that this notion of full-frame is becoming just a sentimentality. The truth is that sensors aren't getting any bigger in any line of cameras. In the SLR realm, there are now two bodies (Kodak and Canon) with full-frame sensors where once there were three (Contax). The sensor in the 20D is the same size as the 10D, the DRebel, the D60, even the D30. The new 1D has exactly the same size sensor as it's predecessor. Nikon, Minolta, Olympus and Pentax have not only not produced a full-frame camera, but they show no obvious interest in doing so. Those awaiting an evolution to larger sensors aren't basing their hope on reality, 'cause it ain't happening. In fact, if you look at the history of photography and cameras, the size of the sensor, be it film or electronic, has done nothing but shrink over time. Why would that change now?
Tom P. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Talbot > Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 3:44 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: IR/Astro EOS 20Da announced... > > > Nope, I will suffer and wait for a full-frame sensor....:)) > > Willem-Jan > > I'm with you on that. > > I'm not actually sure there is any real logic behind hanging > on except there is one big factor that keeps playing on my mind. > > "The customer is always right" > That seems to be forgotten by almost all the modern > mega-corps of today, Canon included. > > > The technology exists: the demand exists, the will does not. > > > Unless of course we use today's marketing maxim: > "The customer is always gullible" > > > Bob * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
