Originally posted by dylansalt Hmmmmmmm - then all the togs around the world who use the 5d mk11, d700, 1dmk111, 1dsmk111 obviously are an unintelligent bunch - you reckon that they should become more informed and switch to a Pentax 20D/K7?
Canon & Nikon must have the best marketing & sales team in the world to fool the whole world (potential dslr purchasers) into buying their products.
To also say that you cannot see the difference between a 5d mk11 d700 file on a 24" monitor needs serious re-consideration - well my eyes are not deceived - thats for sure.
Excessively inflammatory.
OF COURSE there are photographers that can take full advantage of an FF system (wide angle with little distortion, super fine DoF, etc...). There are also times when one crucially needs an FF for a certain picture.
That said, most hobbyists do not. And do not want to lug that much weight around.
In fact, a lot of us would get good pictures with a P&S as well.
The reason why I switched to a DSLR was to be able to switch lenses for the job, be able to manually focus well, and have somewhat better high ISO performance - although some brige cameras can do as well as DSLRs by now.
What has happened is that it made me more critical of my photography and helped me along, at least a little. A FF DSLR would do very little for me at my current skill level.
But for pros, who shoot in more set-up ways, an FF can make sense. But I have seen people with FF cameras taking P&S-type snapshots.
And that is the point that was made - with the amount of people who own DSLRs today, only a very small number of those are capable of fully using a FF camera. And some of these capable people may even choose to stay with an APS-C, because it is lighter.