On 14 Mar 2005 at 20:27, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: > On Mon, 14 Mar 2005, Keith Whaley wrote: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > The one thing that I always wonder about threads like this one is how > > some > > > Pentax users - or at least the folks on the PDML - always want the silk > > > purse for the price of the sow's ear ;-) > > > > And why not, Sir? > > Lenses are on thing; film bodies another; and digital bodies yet > another. > > In the case of Pentax, the lenses run and run. Film bodies have > benefited from film improvements across the years. Digital bodies are > (to be) obsoleted by sensor improvements across the years. My > understanding from the safe distance (bargepole) I keep from them is > that the killer is noise, not pixelage;
Sensor density vs diffraction start impacting on sharpness at the film plane at higher f-numbers too. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
