Hi True enough, I suppose. But I still own 5 nice analog 35mm Pentax bodies - and I might still get me a MZ-S. I can use these as long as I can buy film (probably for annother 10-20 ears - like they still make Super-8 moovie film and 35mm moovie film, not to forget!).
I don't know about APS and "Full Frame CCDs (24x36mm). I guess they are very difficult to make without flaws - those who tried (Kyocera/Contax for one) haven't had a lot of success to write home about. As I see it - analog is good for some jobs - like large prints or slides you want to show on a screen - digital for just about everything else, especielly if you run it through a computer anyway. But, as I pointed out on earlier occations - the scanner's the limit - even for analog, because very few labs makes photographic prints anymore - the scan you negs and print it on photografic paper. Regards Jens -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: J. C. O'Connell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 25. januar 2004 18:15 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: RE: SMC 1.4/50mm FA Too bad you will only be capturing less than half of the image/resolution of the lens with the istD's aps sensor. This brings up the question, wouldnt a full frame 6Mp camera yield better results than a 6Mp APS camera assuming top quality lenses for two reasons: 1. More image details to record. 2. Lower pixel desity means larger pixels, hence less noise especially at high ISO's. JCO ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- J.C. O'Connell mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jcoconnell.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Jens Bladt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 8:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: SMC 1.4/50mm FA Hi Just got me a used autofocus 1.4/50mm. It will be a great portrait lens (75mm) on my *ist D, when I get one... According to Photodo it's one of the sharpest Pentax lenses ever made - or tested by Photodo (Grade 4.6) - only matched by the SMC F 1.4/50mm and SMC A 1.4/85mm (as well as maybee some macro's, which doesn't really count). Regards Jens
