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Re: [OM] Mega Pixel equivalent of medium format negatives

Subject: Re: [OM] Mega Pixel equivalent of medium format negatives
From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 14:24:53 -0800
On 11/3/2014 1:36 PM, tOM Trottier wrote:
Interpolation out is free — you can make files of any size from any initial 
size - even 1x1.

If you want comparable image quality, the best lenses on a Nikon d810 would be 
sharper than your mamiya 6x7 at
f/2 to f/8. the 6x7 (or larger) would be sharper at narrower apertures because 
diffraction affects the larger images
less.

A bit simplistic. It's about focal length and absolute aperture diameter. At f8, a 50mm lens has an aperture diameter of 6.25 mm, which is the determining factor for diffraction. A 100 mm lens, the rough eq. for 6x7, f8 = 12.5 mm aperture and 6.25 mm happens at f16.

I do believe that as one gets up to LF, esp. 8x10 and up, the fact that the diffraction disperses farther over the long lens to film distance does have an effect on the look/drawing/whatever, but that this factor is minimal at 35 mm vs 6x7.

Diffracted Moose

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