Mike Johnston wrote: "More pixels doesn't always mean "better." The 3 mp Canon D30 beats the crap out of the 5 mp Nikon Coolpix 5000 for image quality."
The D30 is actually quite a camera. I'd be quite happy if Pentax produced a camera as good as the D30--and if I could afford it. One sticking point for many photographers seems to be that the image sensor on most digital cameras is smaller than two frames of old movie stock. The full-frame CCD on the new Contax requires a whole new line of lenses; the redesign undoubtedly included more than adding autofocus, so the new lenses--unlike the excellent older lenses--would provide light paths that would work with the large CCD. I really doubt that our existing Pentax lenses will ever be useful on a full frame Pentax digital camera. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
