Mark wrote:

>I think that full-frame CCDs and smaller ones may well coexist. Mike Johnston
>recently mentioned professional wildlife photographers who don't want to
>"upgrade" to the latest Canon D30 because it's CCD yields "only" 1.3x focal
>length magnification. For most of us a full-frame CCD will be the best 
>compromise,
>but for those who make a living with telephotos, the smaller CCD makes sense
>as long as the pixel count is sufficient for the enlargements they need.


But isn't a smaller CCD equal to cropping with a larger CCD? As far as I 
can see, there are no advantage whatsoever with the smaller chip since you 
can always crop the image from a full size chip down to what would have 
been produced by the same chip but smaller.


Pål
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