Gotcha, kinda like being saddled with a 1.5x rear converter all the time. Yuck. Would this also leave DOF the same for a give F stop even though the effective focal length increases by 1.5x? That would mean having to run wide open more often to control DOF, decreasing sharpness further on most lenses. I know that DOF is deeper for a given magnification on my C5050, due to the shorter FL of course. Has this been a problem for you, or am I thinking about it wrong and DOF does get shallower?
Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Herb Chong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2004 8:52 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Replacement for the FA 50 and 100 Macros? (Re: Pentax is > Dying) > > > that's one factor. the other is the automatic 1.5 magnification of the > center portion of the lens circle. > > Herb.... > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Don Sanderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2004 9:21 AM > Subject: RE: Replacement for the FA 50 and 100 Macros? (Re: > Pentax is Dying) > > > > Do you attribute this to rather unforgiving square pixels in digital as > > versus the softer random edges in film grain? > > Most of my lenses are in the adequate/good/very good category, > I'd hate to > > think I'd get less from them than I do now by going digital. > >
