Jeff Spirer <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > At 09:38 PM 1/22/2006, James B. Davis wrote: > > > 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. > > One more time, it's a crop, not a multiplication. You can use the 5D, > which isn't much bigger than the 20D, and crop the image from it to > get exactly the same thing. If it was truly "multiplication," this > wouldn't happen. It's because the rectangle being imaged onto is > tiny, smaller than what is available in similar cameras, at least in > the Canon line. If it really did multiply, it would be worth paying > for, but it doesn't. I'd rather crop from a 1DMkII or a 5D, since if > I don't need to crop, I have a much better image to start with. But it costs *less*, is the point here. -- David Dyer-Bennet, <mailto:dd-b@xxxxxxxx>, <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <http://noguns-nomoney.com/> <http://www.dd-b.net/carry/> Pics: <http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/> <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera/Steven Brust: <http://dragaera.info/>
