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 - 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 .