Digital BW, The Print

On Apr 10, 2009, at 11:45 AM, pr_roark wrote:

> The 5d2 at 21 mp is about the bottom of the range of what I can live  
> with.  I expect to upgrade in 3 years to a 40 mp model -- hopefully  
> with seriously more DR.
>
> However, I have (at least) one reservation about increasing MPs on  
> these DSLRs -- finding optics that can do justice to the 5d2 is  
> already a challenge.  It seems that the larger formats have  
> advantages in capturing high amounts of information regardless of  
> the sensor or film resolution.  Note what Leica is doing -- trashed  
> the R and is going to a larger sensor size.  With diffraction  
> limits, I assumed the ability to use larger apertures offset the  
> smaller format size, but maybe not.  Maybe there are other factors.   
> At any rate, the bottom line is obvious from how sharp the very old,  
> historic large format images are -- larger formats seem to be able  
> to capture more information more easily, regardless of sensor/film  
> resolution.

Your first comment brought this suggestion to mind, the later one  
confirmed it, you sound like a potential customer for a Digital  
Hasselblad.  The HD39 back captures 39MP,and there are some fantastic  
lenses available for it... with simpler lens configurations than 35mm  
style DSLR lenses, the image quality is less effected. There is the  
question of price, however...

C. David Tobie
Global Product Technology Manager
Digital Imaging & Home Theater
CDTobie@...


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