Olympus' brochures claim that the film-camera-based lenses would not provide good results with the CCD sensor because the light rays, especially at the edges, do not properly strike the sensor at an right angle. Does anyone know if images taken with Canon's full frame DSLR have any issues at the edges? If yes, if Pentax does come out with a full frame DSLR, wouldn't we need to buy new designed lenses to get the best results? If Olympus' claims are true, we should not count on using the existing lenses on a full frame DSLR if we want to match the results of the film cameras. The smaller CCD sensor in the *ist D is a compromise but it allows us to continue to use our existing lenses with good results.
--- Heiko Hamann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Mark, > > on 08 Aug 03 you wrote in pentax.list: > > >>Why, if you still can use most of you old lenses > on the DSLR? Buying > >>Canon you'd have to buy a whole new set. > > >This is true, so it's not a decision to be taken > lightly. But the > >existence of a clear upgrade path with the > full-frame 1Ds makes it very > >tempting. > > Yes, but what about the time plan for such an > upgrade? Let's say that > you won't buy a full-frame within the next two > years. But within two > years the DSLR market will change a lot and maybe > there will be a Pentax > full-frame available, then. > > It's the same with PCs: if you buy a certain PC with > the intention to > improve it in the future (maybe with a faster CPU), > then you will find > that these possible improvements will be outdated, > soon. The 1Ds of > today is no argument to change to Canon if you don't > want to buy it > today but in two years. > > Cheers, Heiko > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
