Digital BW, The Print

Bob writes:

> The fact that it has a body and lenses
> that are also used for 35mm film format
> doesn't make the 24mm format automatically
> inferior.

No, but all else being equal, the smaller the image area, the lower the
image quality.

> Similarly 24mm digital format may also offer
> the best compromise for the future, who knows.

I seriously doubt that.  The only reason for such a small format today is
that it is so difficult and expensive to produce larger image sensors.  But
larger image sensors can contain more pixels with lower noise, and so they
tend to produce better images.  Film formats follow the same principle.

> A photographer using MF or LF formats would
> say that 35mm format is just a small fraction of
> their 'fuller' formats!

And he would be right.  And he would be getting better images from MF and
LF, too.