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[OM] Re: Does your sensor out-resolve your lens?

Subject: [OM] Re: Does your sensor out-resolve your lens?
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:08:14 -0400
You should read the article before disputing the numbers.  The numbers 
are based on pixel dimensions, not physical sensor sizes or ratios.

Chuck Norcutt

Ken Norton wrote:
> I'm not sure that the A2 outresolves the lens.  I think it just outresolves
> technique.  Back on my website, I had published lens tests on the A1. I was
> trying to figure out the sharpest apertures. What amazed me was that with
> the exception of wide-open and F11, there was almost no difference between
> any aperture at any focal length.  Granted, once you got past F7.1 things
> started to slide downhill, but not by much.  I found that the greatest
> resolution trick in the book for the KM cameras was processing the images in
> RawShooter. (RIP)
> 
> Also, I challenge the numbers on the 4/3 format.  When talking resolution
> limits with digital, the diagonal measurement no longer applies.  The sensor
> height of the 4/3 sensor is almost that of APS-C. Feel free to use the same
> calculation for APS-C.
> 
> With almost all of my lenses, I can go out to F8 without hitting defraction
> limits.
> 
> AG
> 
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