Can you *quantify* that? :-)
Chuck Norcutt
Jim Nichols wrote:
> Ken,
>
> I would agree with you. My little 6.3mp Fujifilm F10 has produced some
> images that just blew me away. After several years of having C41 film
> processed to CD by a department store lab, I was amazed at the resolution
> that the little camera provided.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ken Norton" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 8:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [OM] On free film...
>
>
>>> Well, be careful there. Don't forget to refer to the "diffraction
>>> limited" lens resolution limits at the bottom of this page from
>>> Luminous-Landscape.
>>> <http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/resolution.shtml>
>>>
>>> It says that a 4/3 sensor can't resolve more than 8 MP at f/8 or 17 MP
>>> at f/5.6. Of course, those are purely theoretical numbers for
>>> theoretically perfect lenses which don't exist. In any case you'll have
>>> to stay wider than f/8 if you hope to get the full 10 MP resolution of
>>> the E3 sensor. Unfortunately, some OM Zuikos don't hit their stride
>>> until f/8 or f/11. OK for a modest size full frame sensor like the 5D
>>> but not OK for those even more pixel follow-ons. The E-1 is probably OK
>>> down to about f/10.
>>>
>>
>> I believe that empirical evidence shows that smaller sensor'd cameras
>> exceed
>> our expectations and large sensor (and film) cameras underperform our
>> expectations.
>>
>> AG
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