Digital BW, The Print

> Digital imaging sensors, at this point in time, are the great equalizer.  A
> Leica or Canon or Zeiss lense will NOT give you a better image than a Sigma
> lense with a digital sensor.  Yes, some characteristics MAY be
> noticeable...but from my experience (and I've been using digital cameras for
> 10 years now), they aren't.
> 
> The digital sensors require far less lp/mm than film does, since digital
> sensors have much larger sensing elements than film does...and therefore,
> the extra resolution is actually a deficit.  Through the use of a low pass
> filter over the digital sensor, only so much lp/mm will actually get to the
> sensor, therefore rendering the higher lp/mm lenses, well, basically,
> useless.
> 
> Austin

A preliminary review of the Canon D60 by Phil Askey suggests otherwise for
the newer cameras with 6 MP sensors (see the paragraph titled "Lenses" on
the following page:
http://www.dpreview.com/articles/canond60/page3.asp
He indicates that high quality lenses may be required to get the best image
quality from this camera - more so than with the D30.

Carl