Digital BW, The Print

> From: Steve Kale [mailto:stevekale@...]
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> With a full sized sensor I understand
> there is no need for a specific Digital Only lens.  Am I right?

As I understand it, it's the other way around. It's not that the "digital
only" lenses are better, they're just smaller and more efficient because
they're designed for smaller sensors. You can't use them with full-frame
sensors or 35mm film because they don't project a large enough image on the
focal plane. The lenses designed for 35mm film are probably generally
better, because they're designed to be sharp over a larger area. And on a
digicam with a crop factor, they may be better still, because the corners of
their working area, where they're weakest, aren't even used.

If anyone knows anything to the contrary, I'd like to hear it. My purchasing
philosophy has been based on the idea that eventually I'd have a full-frame
sensor, so I've been sticking to lenses designed for 35mm.

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Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
Paul                mailto:pderocco@...