That was very interesting. It made me wonder whether there was even
film with that kind of resolution and if there were, whether it would
just be some sort b&w litho film. And what about the resolution of
enlarger lenses if you wanted to do it the traditional way?
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
On Mar 10, 2006, at 5:41 PM, Johnny Johnson wrote:
> At 06:13 PM 3/10/2006, Moose wrote:
>
>> And... How many mps of resolution on the sensor would one need before
>> the Anti-Aliasing filter just chopped off much of the lens
>> resolution.
>>
>> Other than marketing, which may not be insubstantial, it sounds
>> like a
>> solution in search of a problem.
>
> I also wondered about the "buzz" about those resolution numbers when
> I first saw them mentioned on one of the Fred Miranda forums several
> days ago. Several of the forum members seemed ready to ditch their
> older Zeiss Contax lenses to buy these new wonders when they
> eventually become available. Since they would be using them on Canon
> 5Ds and 1Ds Mk IIs where the sensors are limited to 50 to 60 lpmm it
> seems to be a bit of overkill to me to lust after a lens with a
> resolution of 300+ lpmm. Even back when I shot Velvia and scanned it
> with a Polaroid SS4000 about the best resolution numbers I saw during
> lens tests were between 60 and 65 lpmm so I don't think film use is
> the answer either. Maybe Moose is right and it is more marketing
> hype than any kind of practical application.
>
> Later,
> Johnny
>
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