I was in a store on Sat. and they had a rack of brochures. You don't see this much anymore with the internet, but I leafed through a Nikon brochure for the D50. All I can say is that they had a full page shot in it that IMO could not have been taken with a sub-FF dslr. It looked as good (detail, sharpness) as 4x5." There were absolutely no flaws in it to let you know that it was taken by a digital camera, no glowing edges to indicate sharpening, no artifacts, no blown out highlights, no grain/noise. I really wonder whether it was in-fact taken with the D50. If so, it was amazing.