Yes, but the native resolution numbers aren't that much lower unless you're looking t older lenses, and the area is a whole LOT larger. 645 alone has 2.7 times the area of 35mm. That's a lot of space to put pixels in. MF digital is comfortably up to 39MP now and there's likely room for more.
-Adam On 12/5/07, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually, IIRC, with few exceptions, medium format lenses have lower > native resolution figures that 35mm. They don't need it due to the size > of the photosensitive surface they're projecting an image on. > > Adam Maas wrote: > > I dunno about that. The 1DsmIII is pushing the limits of what 35mm > > glass is capable of. While a ~22MP 645D wouldn't necessarily compete > > well (Although the Mamiya ZD back is selling every unit Mamiya can > > push out, at a similar cost to the 1DsmIII) a higher-rez unit might > > well be competetive, and there's a lot more resolution headroom with > > good MF glass. > > > > -Adam > > > > On 12/4/07, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> An interesting user review of the new Canon 1Ds MkIII, which confirms my > >> feeling that the 645D was swimming upstream without the spawning > >> possibilities... > >> > >> http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/mada-iiis.shtml > >> > >> I would consider this very bad news for an eventual 645D if it were ever > >> introduced. > >> > >> -- > >> The difference between individual intelligence and group intelligence is > >> the difference between Harvard University and the Harvard University > >> football team. > >> > >> -- P. J. O'Roarke > >> > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> [email protected] > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > >> follow the directions. > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > The difference between individual intelligence and group intelligence is the > difference between Harvard University and the Harvard University football > team. > > -- P. J. O'Roarke > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
