On 9 Mar 2004 at 17:59, J. C. O'Connell wrote: > wrong, > > I posted data on this about a month ago. Even with a 6Mp sensor > a FF sensor will ALWAYS yeild higher total resolution image than > a APS sensor as long as the lens resolution is not infinite and > it never is. The WILL be an ABSOLUTE difference. But as the Mp > of the sensor goes down and the resolution of the lenses go up, the > difference in total resolution of FF vs. APS will be smaller.
OK, so what would be the percentage improvement when using say an A50/1.5 at f5.6? > But as we can all see, the Mp of the sensors are going up and the > lenses resolution are essentially fixed (not improving), thus the > case for FF being better than APS is becoming more true every day. > The other thing is that unless you are using the very finest lenses, > which often cost more than a DSLR body, there is even more to be gained > by going FF. I guess what I am saying is that I think it would be more > cost effective to buy an more expensive FF body than to go with APS sensor > and have to buy every lens super state of the art. I would much rather have a FF sensor of 14MP than one with 6MP density. The only practical advantage to using a FF 6MP sensor would be that the lenses AOV would be compatible with film bodies. Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
