Main reasons:
1) Better compactness+weight.
2) I hate 4/3 format (any size), hence I'll often have to crop 18MP (4/3
format) into 16.6MP (for getting 3/2 format).
3) I already own a lot of K-mount lenses and no 645 glass.
4) True wide angles available with FF and not available when cropping 645.
5) Higher resolution lenses, compensating for slightly lower resolution
sensor (negligible after cropping 4/3 into 3/2 format).
This might raise a big discussion, but I believe that:
a) good 35mm lenses are better than MF lenses (anybody wanting the highest
possible resolution on digital mosaic capture is currently using APS or 35mm
glass, not MF)
b) the system resolution more or less depends on the product of single
resolutions, not just by the lowest one.
Hence, if you have a lens capable to transmit say 80% of the subject detail
and a sensor capable to capture 90% of the lens image, you get something
like 72% on file, while most people think that you'll get 80% in that case.
Explaining point b as I've done above is very rough, but I hope you'll get
what I mean.
Dario
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mishka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2005 5:52 AM
Subject: Re: Pentax DSLR future
why? i am askin, since i would have chosen differently.
best,
mishka
On 10/21/05, Dario Bonazza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Let's say it with an example. If I had to choose between say a 15
megapixel
K-mount FF and a 18 megapixel 645 crop body for the same price, I'd
choose
the 24x36 in a blink.
