Re: Manual Focus Pentax Glass on istD

[Herb Chong]

you're still missing the point. there isn't any comparison of film with 
digital going on and it doesn't matter whether printed or viewed on a 
monitor. the dividing line between good and excellent lenses moves when 
switching to digital. a lens that is very good on a film body won't 
necessarily be very good when put on a digital body with a crop factor. the 
best is still the best and the worst is still the worst.

Herb...
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net>
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 7:13 PM
Subject: Re: Manual Focus Pentax Glass on istD


If you were comparing two negatives from different formats, I
would agree with you without question: the smaller format will
show more degradation. But comparing a film negative in
enlargement to a digital image printed to different densities
... No, it doesn't quite translate into the same thing. Digital
printing to a size is purely a matter of pixel density to paper,
not magnification.