"Bill D. Casselberry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Joseph Tainter > >> > I use mine a lot and am always impressed by the image quality. On the >> > *ist D it makes a wonderful "normal" lens. > > does it stike anyone else as strange that a >$1000 lens is > necessary w/ an ~$1500 camera to replicate what can be > shot w/ a quality 50mm lens and most any used pre-digital > Pentax body and good film??
Nope, not at all. You need higher resolution lenses because the smaller sensor size requires greater magnification than full-frame to achieve the same print size. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

