Re: FF sensor because of the 35mm nostalgia?

In article <t8adnRtyB8JFZ7jeRVn-vQ@xxxxxxxxxxx>, weg9@xxxxxxxxxxx says...
>
> "Paul Bielec" <no@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:dg4pfq$8rl$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > 35mm became a standard format long time ago. It wasn't the best format but
> > it became the worldwide standard for most photography. While the pros
> > needed more, the medium and the large format, the infrastructures to
> > support 35mm grew bigger and bigger.
> > With time, it became clear that the format that would replace 35mm would
> > have to offer some radical changes/advantages. In the same way as DVD got
> > rid of lot of VHS problems.
> > So we do have the digital photography today and everyday we're getting
> > closer to the camera line-up similar to what we had few years back for
> > film, although not at the same price. The ultimate goal being a cheap full
> > frame DSLR.
> > But why do we want this FF sensor so badly?
>
> We don't. What we want is a digital camera that uses our present lens set,
> so we don't have to throw away several thousand dollars worth of lenses and
> start over to outfit a new digital camera.

The entire digital world as far as marketing is based is aoubt developing
ways to get you to trow out everything and start over. It is also just
part of the technology as things progress but marketing types tend to
abuse it and force those in engeneering and design to go along.

I really do not know what the answer is hear but I for one am having more
fun in the last few weeks with an old Pentax Spotmatic. My wife dumped
all her Nikon gear for EOS stuff about two years ago because Canon made
things much more appealling in several ways. Now it seems they are going
to do the same with digital. They seem more willing to please. But, as
long as magazines keep asking for slides from my wife I do not think she
will make the jump to digital anytime soon. One thing I have learned
about women is they will do without until you make it do what they really
need. "Will the new computers do the dishes?" "No, then screw 'em!" Maybe
if us guys were a bit more like the women these companies would stop
trying to screw us.
.

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