Right now 36MP makes full frame more interesting IMO. That's a significant jump. 24MP full frame doesn't excite me all that much to be honest. It will be interesting to see how a lot of classic glass looks at 24MP too. A fellow photographer noticed some of his L glass and a few leica lenses were not fully resolving on his 5dmk2.... on Pixel pitch of a k-5 is 4.81µm (according to dxomark)...guess what the D800 is? 4.88µm. The flipside of this coin is that as pixel pitch decreases in size, the effects of diffraction are magnified. The pentax Q is in diffraction right from f2 or so. Imagine if you scaled up that sensor.
On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 8:44 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, March 25, 2013 4:10 pm, Zos Xavius wrote: >> Pentax almost has to announce a full frame. They will be the >> laughingstock of the photography world if they let on that they are >> maybe developing full frame and only announce a k-3 APS-C for April >> fools after the debacle last year. Honestly, I think what they did at >> pentax forums last april fools really caused a lot of damage, but then >> again, all the angry people looking to jump off the ship of Pentax >> were just waiting for an excuse anyways. And if they only announce a >> K-3 and an entry level camera? Oh god. I can't wait for all the >> ricehigh posts where pentax is DOOOOOMED if that's the case. Either > > Don't forget that Panasonic, Olympus and Fuji are all doomed because they > don't offer a full frame either. > >> way I can't afford to go anywhere anyways, so here's to pentax FF or >> APS-C! Quite honestly if what I've seen from the nikon d7100 is any >> indication, full frame might not be all that big of a deal anyways >> with really good glass. That camera is probably outresolving a >> 5dmk2..nothing to sneer at if you ask me. > > For most people, a full frame DSLR makes as much sense as driving a 2.5 > ton family car based on a truck with a 5 or 6 liter V-8 and four wheel > drive. > > > -- > Larry Colen via squirrelmail > > > -- > 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.
