Thanks for that pointer Winsor!
I have previously found Rørslett's site to be interesting from several
points of view (UV, IR, lens surgery etc) but I was glad for the reason to
go look again, both at the review (which I found both thoughtful and thought
provoking) and at his latest insightful experiments in macro photography -
http://www.naturfotograf.com/roll_your_own_lens.html (look at the two
examples).
I am just glad that we don't here have vociferous supporters of either of
the bodies he tested - else we would be seeing the reality of
signal-to-noise ratios in a completely different sense.
--
Piers
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Winsor Crosby
Sent: 28 February 2005 19:10
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Interesting New Look at Smaller Sensor
There is a review by Bjorn Rorslett of the new Nikon D2X 12MP DX sensor at
http://www.naturfotograf.com/index2.html
On page 8 of the review is a comparison with the Canon D1s Mark II 16.6 MP
FF sensor that has ignited a lot of controversy on the dpreview forums,
besides the usual trolling by Canon owners on the Nikon forum.
Essentially it boils down to the idea that if you are restricted to a place
such as the side lines at a sporting event, or a platform in a bird preserve
and given a similar focal length lens the camera with the lower MP, but
physically smaller sensor(higher density) with make the more detailed image.
He also demonstrates some other problems with FF sensors such as light fall
off with wide angle lenses. Considering the holy grail of full frame in
digital, I was in that camp too, it makes for interesting reading.
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
==============================================
List usage info: http://www.zuikoholic.com
List nannies: olympusadmin@xxxxxxxxxx
==============================================
==============================================
List usage info: http://www.zuikoholic.com
List nannies: olympusadmin@xxxxxxxxxx
==============================================
|