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 p.209 #3 · Canon 5D Mark II master thread | |
RDKirk wrote:
I am wondering how my existing Canon lenses will perform with the more detailed sensor, I've been reluctantly wedded to crop cameras for a few years, and have no idea what to expect with such a high definition full frame. Anyone here advise me whether I will need to upgrade any lenses for the new camera?:
24L f1.4 Mk 1
35mm f2
50mm f1.4
85mm f1.8
135L f2
I still say, as an old film user, that this is a gearheaded issue that is totally overblown.
We had the same (and inferior) lenses with film sharper than a 21mp sensor decades ago, and we had the option of cropping away the corners even then--we even had APS cropped cameras--the original APS cropped cameras.
APS in film failed. It failed utterly. Nobody thought it had any kind of advantage in making lenses look better, nobody thought full 24x36mm had any kind of disadvantage. If someone had said then, "full frame puts too much stress on the lenses," he'd have been laughed away.
The only reason APS got a foothold in DSLRs was because it was cheaper, and after that people invented all kinds of rationale as to why it was actually better--the "if all you have is lemons, make lemonade" rationale.
If people actually get out and start taking and (for the love of Gene Smith), start printing pictures instead of having forum "thought debates" people would "get the picture" and half of these debates would go away.
Then we could start debating serious unresolved issues like whether H&W or Tech Pan produces greater resolution with the same dynamic range.
most people also printed 3x5's and saw 99% of what they took that way and often thelab didn't even make a sharp 3x5 
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