On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 23:06:01 -0600, David Dyer-Bennet <dd-b@xxxxxxxx> wrote/replied to: >And yet, standing at suitable portrait distances from a subject, I get >nice headshots with my 58mm f1.2 NOCT, almost as if it were about 87mm >instead of 58mm. If I had a 6MP full-frame sensor, I couldn't use >that lens that way; I'd have to use something like the 105mm f2.5 (too >long and too slow IMHO). > >Certainly the results are the same as taking the central 6MP from a >higher-resolution full-frame sensor of just the right resolution that >the central area corresponding to my current sensor help 6MP on the >bigger sensor. Yep, except your camera is lighter and your wallet is heavier ;-) I like my 1.6 multiplier camera very much for shooting birds at 560mm actual FL (896mm virtual FL). I still end up cropping sometimes, you never get too long a lens shooting birds. If I had a 1DS it would be a terrible waste of pixels cropping way down to end up where I am with the 10d. So I'd have to say that the 1.6 crop is a good thing for me. Yes, it is beneficial for some shooters. The 1DS is a very heavy camera indeed and another benefit is I carry around less weight and find it easier to hand hold. Not that the 10d is a lightweight, but it's lighter and that is a benefit too. I'll likely stick with the 1.6 cameras and upgrade to the 20d successor when it comes out. Still haven't got a real wide angle lens, but I found when I shot full frame film with a 20mm, that real wide angle was not such a big deal for me. Everything was so darned small in the frame you know... -- Jim Davis, Owner, Eastern Beaver Company: http://easternbeaver.com/ Motorcycle Relay Kits, Powerlet, Posi-Lock, Parts, Info, Photos K100RSes on both sides of the planet!
