Chuck,
I have tried twice to send you an example of what I was making reference to,
but, it resides in a gallery at an address that my ISP still considers spam.
You will just have to trust me for now.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 9:34 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] On free film...
> 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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