Den 11. jan. 2011 kl. 18.51 skrev Boris Liberman: > On 1/11/2011 7:42 PM, Miserere wrote: >> On 11 January 2011 07:07, Boris Liberman<bori...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> It stands to reason that 16x24 and 24x36 cameras are closer than it >>> might have seemed initially. >> >> Shhhh!!!! Don't tell Mark!!!! > > Oh, hmmm, ahem, well. Let me see. My understanding is that Mark is doing > somewhat special kind of photography, mostly (daylight) landscape and nature. > This is where Sony A850 will shine with its extended dynamic range, great > many pixels and excellent color fidelity. I also think that Mark is using top > grade glass (Carl Zeiss, etc) and a proper technique (tripod, etc). It is > then most likely that he extract the most from his 24x36 gear. > > However for other kinds of photography: street, casual portrait, travel and > even for landscape some of the 24x36 advantages are not all that > advantageous, so to say. Surely and verily there is an improvement, but its > value may have been (deliberately?!) overestimated.
Marketing, marketing... But it is great that you confirm my impression that the 24x36 format wouldn´t be important to me. I like the size of K-5... DagT -- 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.
