I'm surprised that the whole issue about increasing megapixels equals larger
file sizes equals larger and/or more memory cards did not produce any
conspiracy theories about collusion with semiconductor manufacturers..... :)
K.
On 17/09/06, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> swisspace wrote:
> > Perhaps the point is being missed, the more megapixels, the more you can
> > crop, so you could just carry one wide angle lens on and just crop as
> > and when you need to, and what with super clean high isos
> I am very aware of that point. It was a significant part of my
> evaluation of the 5D before I bought it. It was also the reason I tested
> the APS-C sized center part of the 5D sensor against the 300D sensor.
>
> My theory was that I could crop the 5D image to get the same 1.6
> multiplier effect on lens fl as the 300D gives while still getting the
> full frame for other uses and existing wide angle lenses. In fact, as
> I've posted before, it turned out that the portion of the 5D sensor,
> although having fewer mps, clearly resolved more detail than the 300D. I
> really do get to have my cake and eat it too.
>
> The problem is that this can only be carried at far as lens resolution
> will support it. No matter how many pixels you have, a 28 mm lens
> doesn't resolve fine enough detail to be cropped to a 300 mm FOV without
> being very fuzzy.
>
> So yes, that idea actually works, but not as far as one would like.
> Still, 300 mm acting like 500 mm is quite nice.
>
> Moose
>
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