I had those concerns too. But almost all the manufacturers are
building lenses with zoom ranges appropriate with the multiplier so
that you actually have a useful range. Minolta just announced digital
range zooms this week. I have seen enough comparisons so that I no
longer really want a full frame digital. The existing lenses just
don't work very well with a sensor with color aberration and
vignetting in the corners.
Since you mention single focal lengths, very little further
development has gone into them except for the very long ones that
have been redesigned to add VR or an internal focusing motor. The
result is that, at least with Nikon which I know a little about, the
development has gone into zooms, so much so that their own MTF charts
on the Nikon Japanese site show the modern zooms to be superior to
even their very best single focal length lenses. My impression is
that it is the same for the other makers as well.
But everything has become more pricey. How much was an automobile
when you could buy a new OM kit with lens for less than $300?
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
On Jul 15, 2005, at 8:23 PM, R. Jackson wrote:
> Sensor size is next up. Effective focal length multipliers from 1.5x
> to 2x make lens selection nightmarish. It's getting better, but it's
> still crazy. Don't want to multiply in your head? Kod@k DCS series
> (now discontinued), Cont@x N (now discontinued) or C@non's full-frame
> bodies ($8k? Is that about right?). Since the Cont@x is pretty much
> not an option, that leaves the DCS or the C@non meaning N!kon or
> C@non lenses. Now, I don't really know much about the former, but I
> do know that C@non's good glass is really pricey. The 24mm f1.4, for
> example, is over $1100. The 85mm f1.2 is $1500. I figured it up once
> and just the lenses to equal the glass in my Olympus kit would cost
> around $10k for an EOS.
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