in some cases IQ does trump all. I have some very nice family photos I shot on 8x10 and Im glad I did. I had 35mm, MF, 4x5 at the time but I didn't skimp.
Now of course 8x10 is very inapprpriate for many things, Im not saying it's the best, no way. But for me, I would gladly trade up to a slightly larger DSLR body if I could get higher image quality with same lenses or get same image quality with cheaper lenses. I don't need a super tiny body all the time. After using the Pentax 67 beast for a while or dealing with a 8x10 view, a FF dslr will still be compact in my mind. -- J.C. O'Connell (mailto:hifis...@gate.net) Home Page - www.jchriso.com Join the Audio CD PLAYER DISCUSSION list - http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdplayers/ -----Original Message----- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Adam Maas Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 2:07 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000 On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 1:24 PM, J.C. O'Connell<hifis...@gate.net> wrote: > I think maybe your overlooking the fact that APS SLRs are really > retrofits of FF slrs and use the same size lens mounts, registration > etc as FF cameras. The bottom line is that FF DSLRs and lenses are > hardly much bigger than the APS DSLRs/lenses for these reasons. If APS > had been designed from scratch the difference would be more > significant. > > For me, Image quaity trumps all. That's why people > spend big bucks for good lenses and are willing to > carry bulky lenses for better quality too. IQ is pretty > good now, but If I could get much better for a resonable > cost and size increase, I would certainly consider it. > > Another factor is system cost. With FF you don't need > as good optics as you do for APS for same quality. > This could reduce the cost of lenses considerably > and that would have a large effect of reduction > of the totals system cost. FF system could cost > way less that APS system for same quality which always > would be welcome. > > -- > J.C. O'Connell (mailto:hifis...@gate.net) If IQ trumps all and weight is not an issue, the answer is to buy a MFDB (there are at least 2 22MP MFDB's available new for costs similar to a 1DsmIII or D3X) and go medium format, not to go for the FF DSLR's. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
