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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fowl Mouth" data-source="post: 1508782" data-attributes="member: 30266">There is some truth to that statement. But I wonder if the resolution limit of any lens prevents the cropping of denser pixel arrays from having any advantage beyond the current technology. That is one reason that nominal resolution of images from "full frame" sensors always trumps that of cropped sensors. Even the top Nikon and Canon primes look "muddier" when cropped. That's not to say that sensors can't be better, but it seems to me like that is the current surge of development right now anyway. Maybe I'm wrong?I'd like to see a 500 1:5.6 L without IS, because I'll like not be able to justify purchasing the 500 1:4 IS to my wife anytime in the next 10 years. But I don't see that being a logical move for Canon, so I'll have to make do with dreaming.</blockquote>