On 28/09/06, John Celio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Like Paul said, if you're not going to stick with Pentax because of your > "requirements", why not just go away now?
If I didn't know what a nice guy you were I'd think you were a [EMAIL PROTECTED] after reading that. I've been supporting Pentax directly and indirectly for over 20 years and have a good deal of their top end product, so it's not a decision I take lightly. > As I've said before, the "FF" idea is foolish, and there is really no reason > (in my humble opinion) to go jumping ship to Canon just because they have > "FF" sensors in their cameras. I've yet to see a wide-angle shot taken with > a "FF" sensor that doesn't have soft or dark edges and corners. I mean, > hell, even Leica, the king of high-priced, high-spec'd cameras, isn't using > a "FF" sensor in their dSLR and digital M and R cameras. Doesn't that tell > you something? If nothing else, I think they're trying to say this: > > 35mm digital sensors do not produce the kind of edge-to-edge quality > customers demand! > > It's that simple. > > John Celio > > P.S.: a coworker of mine sold 90% of his Leica gear and bought a Canon 5D > and a couple L lenses and fast wide primes. He frequently laments to > customers how disappointed he has been with his purchase, especially how it > performs with the wide lenses. That's usually enough to get said customers > over their preconcieved notion that "FF" is better. Hell, one customer even > went on to order a Leica MP. I've got no idea if his expectations are unrealistic but I've read and seen enough to know that the slight disadvantages will be far outweighed by the significant advantages of a low density FF sensor. I'm not prepared to have to deal with the compromises that have to be endured as ASP sized sensors become more dense. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
