Digital BW, The Print

Seth writes:

> Think of it as: 120 comes in this size, 35mm
> comes in this size, and digital
> comes in this size.  The D series - either Nikon
> or Canon, is NOT 35mm. They are working bodies
> adapted to digital.

They are not adapted to digital; they are adapted to a small frame size.
Kind of like ... APS.

There's no fixed link between frame size and digital or film.

I wonder whether these special lenses are a tacit admission that full-frame
35mm digital is technically difficult right now, or just a covert effort to
force digital photographers to buy a completely new set of lenses just to
accommodate the smaller image size.

Either way, it's bad enough when one must drop thousands just to buy the
camera body; now one must buy all new lenses, too!  Every day, digital
photography looks more and more like the "upgrade each month" syndrome that
has afflicted the computer world for decades.  Great for manufacturers, but
very, very grim news for photographers.