Godfrey, Expressing that I'm not trying argue with you for the sake of it... :-)
The 4/3 format has some intriguing aspects, but for me, given a limited monetary resource, I'd prefer to go with basic higher resolution/pixel count. The size factor of some of the new 4/3 offerings is cool as well as the ability to use Leica lenses. Plus some of the bodies are just cool looking. Tom On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 7:04 PM, Tom C <caka...@gmail.com> wrote: > Granted there's some nice stuff out there, but in a medium where > resolution typically trumps all, I don't see 4/3 as anything but a > likely step backwards in many respects. > > On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 7:00 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <gdigio...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Tom C <caka...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> ... I wager if Pentax came out with a FF 35mm format body, virtually every >>> single person claiming they were perfectly satisfied with APS-C and >>> could afford it, would jump to FF, in much the same manner that many >>> did not need anything greater than a 6MP DSLR before there was >>> anything better offered by Pentax. >> >> I went to the smaller FourThirds sensor, faster lenses that I prefer, >> and 5, 7.5 and 12 mpixel bodies. The quality of the work I'm obtaining >> has improved. I still think that for the vast majority of uses, 5-6 >> Mpixel is more than sufficient. >> >> I guess I'm the exception you allude to with the word "virtually". >> -- >> Godfrey >> Â godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com >> >> -- >> 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.
