I understand exactly what Boris is saying. If a 35mm sensor is 1.5x that of an APS-C sensor, then given the same pixel density, one can expect a significant increase in resolution using a FF 35mm sensor over an APS-C sensor. Many people already have the 35mm lenses.
I don't buy the digital lens superiority over those that were made for 35mm film systems. Maybe there are some benefits here and there, at certain f-stops but I've been getting great results with FF lenses on digital bodies. Yes I know it's with the sweet spot of the lens, and yes I know about chromatic aberration and vignetting with FF, and of course the noise issue with increased pixel count overall. As far as I'm concerned those all are excuses made when when one doesn't have a full FF body to offer to go along with a complement of FF lenses. There's a good reason why other mfrs have a FF body in their lineup. Specifically, Nikon, Canon and Sony do not have a sensor to offer that is > 35mm FF format. So the 35mm FF format allows their user base to realize an increase in resolution over APS-C that is significant and detectable in tests, using their existing lenses and presumed purchases of new FF lenses. Those mfrs have not been unsuccessful with these products. I wager if Pentax came out with a FF 35mm format body, virtually every single person claiming they were perfectly satisfied with APS-C and could afford it, would jump to FF, in much the same manner that many did not need anything greater than a 6MP DSLR before there was anything better offered by Pentax. Tom C. On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 6:05 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > Nothing wrong with a bigger sensor and more pixels. > > That said, I have no urge to change from what I'm using now. At all. > It's working fine for my photography. > > -- > Godfrey > Â godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
