Yes, to all of what you said.
Chuck Norcutt
Johnny Johnson wrote:
> At 07:43 AM 7/24/2007, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>> While I'm sure Johnny is correct
>> about the better glass being able to handle 22 MP I've seen it reported
>> that some of the wide angle glass can't handle the 13-16 MP of the
>> existing bodies, at least at the edges.
>
> Heck, even wide Leica glass is softer in the corners than the center
> of the frame, especially when shot wide open and I don't think it
> takes a very high resolution capture medium to show that. But, I
> wonder if what you said above is entirely true. Just because there's
> less resolution at the edges of a 16mp capture that at the center
> doesn't necessarily mean that the lens has topped out does it? Isn't
> it possible that, as the sensor MP is increased, both center and
> corner resolutions would also increase with the corner always lagging
> the center? If that's the case then higher MP sensors will always be
> desirable for people that want lots of detail in their captures such
> as landscape photographers.
>
> Anyway, were there as many people obsessed with corner/edge sharpness
> in the days of film as there are now or does all the banter on the
> forums that are available now and the ability to view images at 100%
> on our monitors tend to feed our insecurities?
>
> Later,
> Johnny
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