Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/06/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I use my 10.5/2.8 DX fisheye on my D3. Brings it down to 5mp's. I don't feel the need to have 12mp with a fisheye. Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Filippone" <red735i@earthlink.net> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 5:21 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] "Budget" full frame Nikon SLR > Question: > > There appears to be a trend to publish the image (pixel) sizes of the > image > both for FX and DX formats.... > > Why would any rational person use a DX ( smaller) format if he had the > larger format available to him? ( It is called cropping..... in old > fashioned speak) > > Someone is going to say... to keep memory space down.... like a second $50 > 8GB card is going to break the bank..... I don't believe that one..... > > Does the write speed improve with the smaller image files so the buffer > dies > not fill as often? Is that really a big deal these days? > > Frank Filippone > red735i@earthlink.net > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information