Digital BW, The Print

I suspect that noise will still be a big issue.  The medium format backs
will beat the Canon "Big Dog" if only because an SLR shooter requires a
level of speed that the typical medium format digi-back shooter doesn't.  At
some point I am sure speed implies greater noise (I am not talking about ISO
speed).

I am, though, very surprised by your comment re Canon glass.  I only have
two Canon lenses: the 28-70 f2.8L and the 70-200 f2.8L.  Admittedly the
Canon glass I have is one generation old - the first replaced by the 24-70
f2.8L and the second by an IS version - but neither of these comes close to
my Contax Zeiss 80mm planar or 120 Makro-Planar.

I have used the Phase One backs (up to the P25) in a studio, handheld, with
the Contax 645/80 Planar. They beat the 1ds2 for sharpness and detail any
day.  


> From: <claudej1@...>

> 
> I'm just saying that if Canon were to take the amazing performance of the
> 20d's electronics, maintain the same well site pitch, and make a full frame
> chip 
>  with it, they would have a 24 Megapixel Super-Baaaaad Big Dog SLR that they
> could advertise as having more pixels than the more expensive Medium Format
> backs.
>  
> Since the average resolution of premium Canon glass is 20-100% higher than
> medium format glass, they would compare favorably with the MF backs/MF cameras
> costing much more so a jump from 16 Megapixels to 24 is entirely feasible
> RIGHT NOW if they want to do it.
>  
> But it's all words on my part not theirs.
>  
> Claude