[davidmanze]

Hi, On forums, affordable FF is the talk of the town and photo enthusiasts who have been gazing longingly at expensive FFs for years suddenly find themselves in a position to buy and those who really have a "need" for the next step up in image quality, will be prepared to pay out for decent FF lenses (with all increase in weight) and won't hesitate,but the enthusiast market of which a fair proportion are being swayed by M3/4 or lesser sized sensors, may hold back.

 

Lets' see how the Nikon D7100 shapes up with it's 24Mp sensor sans AA filter from Toshiba,if it's noise performance is up to par the IQ should be very impressive, maybe good enough to stem some of the tide of those teetering on the brink of biting the FF bullet.I

 

Still think though, in the long run, people don't want to be lugging heavy camera bags around,which leaves the technological research open for great IQ from smaller systems,that I think will always be the goal!

 

 So, after a wave of FFs which have caused a considerable stir,we now await the resurgence from the APSc cameras,the D7100s test results and the other manufacturers offerings, such as Pentax and the M4/3s to see how much we really need 40X30" prints.I know how much more agreeable it is to sling my K01 over my shoulder with a extra lens in the pocket than grab my K5 and my lens bag and that's not even heavy-weight FF!

 

P.S. Pros of course will use FF. Dave's clichés