On Mar 25, 2013, at 6:10 PM, Bill wrote: > On 25/03/2013 6:44 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> 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. >> >> > For a camera with a flange distance of 40 or so millimeters, full frame makes > perfect sense. The whole APS-C concept was an apology for the fact that a > 24x36 sensor was too expensive. > That was then, this is now.
While many on this list are terribly excited by the prospect of a full frame pentax that might not cost much over $2,000, I'd wager that the vast majority of people would boggle at that price tag. Likewise, while there are certainly advantages to full frame at focal lengths below 40mm, the greater depth of field one gets from the shorter focal length means that *most people* would lose fewer shots to poor focus. You did, however, hit the nail on the head with registration distance. The camera that would do *most people*, the most good would be a mirrorless camera with a sensor somewhere between APS and 4/3 in size. But, like most of the wankers who think that they are good enough photographers to make use of the image quality available with full frame, I'll be buying a full frame Pentax about as soon as they are available and I can pretend to afford one. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- 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.
