Re: Minolta Thoughts..
- From: Paul J Gans <gans@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 18:14:02 +0000 (UTC)
David Dyer-Bennet <dd-b@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Paul J Gans <gans@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
David Dyer-Bennet <dd-b@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Kramer" <kramer@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Does anyone have a good guess how long it will be until full frame sensors
become the norm rather than the exception. (Like when they reach the
cameras at the level just above a digital Rebel is a good example).
Never. Or, about the same time that 6x7 negatives will become the
norm rather than the exception.
35mm film quality was good enough that it had lots of uses, and the
convenient small camera size and short lens focal lengths had
advantages. Hence 35mm film became the most commonly-used format.
Well, the 1.5x sensors are somewhere in that area now. People buying
Digital Rebels now mostly wouldn't pay another $100 for a full-frame
sensor.
Full-frame will take on roughly the niche that medium format did in
film -- a professional format for special situations that need it's
special capabilities.
Predicting the future is always *very* iffy; I won't be surprised to
be wrong -- but quite possibly not wrong in the most obvious way,
either.
I agree with you but would modify it a bit.
If you generally use long lenses, you *love* 1.5x sensors.
If you generally use wide lenses, you *hate* 1.5x sensors and
would much prefer full frame or larger.
In my particular case I do both (and rather little with
"normal" lenses) and simply have to get along. In that
case cost was important and so I went with 1.5x (acually
Canon 1.6x).
I use both -- but the Tokina 12-24mm f/4 mostly solved that. I don't
find much need for fast ultra-wide lenses. In fact, I sold a Nikor
20mm f/2.8 and a Tokina 17mm f/3.5 when I bought my D200; I find the
slower Tokina a satisfactory replacement.
Strange. I use the Tokina 12-24mm f/4 also. I rather like
it. If I follow the usual wide-angle rule (shot head on)
I have rather little distortion.
There is no perfect format for all uses.
Absolutely true. Which is why 4x5 cameras and lenses are still made,
never mind 6x7. Or 8x10, even.
Yup.
For me there was another consideration. I've never been able
to really set up a darkroom. That's what happens when you
live in a large city. Digital has allowed me to have a
darkroom on my computer. As a result I've been able to make
many more of my photos come out the way I've envisioned them.
---- Paul J. Gans
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