----- Original Message ----- From: Herb Chong Subject: Re: Re[4]: A new DSLR standard emerging? (WAS: Re: Nikon DX lenses: Is this what Pentax is up to?)
> > what does granularity and definition have to do with quality? if sharpness > is your only measure of quality, why stop at medium format? why not, as i > said earlier, shoot 20x24 inch glass plates and make only contact prints? > all the technical recommendations in the world will not make an image > without artistic content into a quality image. I've been down this road with Mafud. He habitually took one scrap of information and decided that a persons entire motivation was that one scrap of information. I won't go down that road with you. > > i object to your blanket statement that all pro photographers shoot junk > because they all shoot 35mm nowadays and implied that in the good old days > when everyone shot 4x5 and 8x10, all you got was stellar performances. > sorry, but there is plenty of evidence to the contrary. ever see an exhibit > of George Bernard Shaw photos? I agree that the talent has to be there in the first place. I know from experience that if I can use a bigger negative, all else being equal, I will get a better picture. William Robb
