Why an $800 Digital Camera Outperforms Medium Format Film Cameras:
Many professionals have traded in their medium format cameras for "APS-C" and "Full Frame" digital cameras. Why? Because somewhere back at about 8 megapixels, digital cameras from Canon and Nikon were outperforming medium format cameras, as long as professional quality optics were used.
Take a look at the images below. The top pair of images was shot with a Mamiya 645 with the Mamiya 24mm full-frame fisheye lens on Kodak Portra 100 film. The lower pair of images were shot with a Canon 450D/XSi, a 12 megapixel APS-C camera, with the Sigma 10mm full frame fisheye. (As of March, 2011, Canon still does not make an APS-C full-frame fisheye, but the Sigma is a sharp, contrasty lens that produces superior color saturation.)
Full frame, Mamiya film image:
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