Quote Originally Posted by Alan
Two questions: why don't they, then?

Don't you know that it is a conspiracy? Canon board members hold stock in Gitzo!


Quote Originally Posted by Alan
Second question: Doesn't [url="http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/digital-killed-my-tripod.htm]Ken Rockwell[/url] say as much?[/quote]


In this article, Ken Rockwell, as usual, shows off is ignorance- stating as reasons tripods are no longer needed:


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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"]2.) Smaller-than-35mm-format sensors use shorter lenses, which have plenty of depth of field at larger apertures.


<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"]3.)Diffractionbecomes more significant with smaller format sensors, making smaller apertures like f/16 off limits because diffraction makes images visibly softer with today's high-resolution cameras. Compact point-and-shoot cameras have much smaller sensors, and have no apertures smaller than f/8 for exactly this reason.

In fact, sensor size is irrelevant for both issues.


Etc, etc. Don't get me started