Sensor Size/Pixel Race Is Like Fighting The Last War ... Compact 1" Superzooms New Choice?
Dec 1, 2023 16:23:45 #
Jamie C
Loc: Indialantic, Florida
CHG_CANON wrote:
If your cropped sensor throws away half the image circle from the lens, you might as well poke out one of your eyes.
Half in area or half in diameter? Fortunately, the center of the image field created by the lens is usually the best resolution and MTF contrast. As a very experienced lens designer, I know the trades between central field and corner field resolution. As long as the lens produces resolution properly sampled by the detector, it's not poking out an eye but more like concentrating on the foveal resolution.
Dec 1, 2023 17:13:27 #
Jamie C wrote:
Half in area or half in diameter? Fortunately, the center of the image field created by the lens is usually the best resolution and MTF contrast. As a very experienced lens designer, I know the trades between central field and corner field resolution. As long as the lens produces resolution properly sampled by the detector, it's not poking out an eye but more like concentrating on the foveal resolution.
It would seem that when adapting FF optics onto smaller formats, I should hope to luck into lens designs where center zone quality was not compromised to improve the outer zone. This is the same reason that we dont use a 360mm Tele-Xenar on a Nikon rather than a 400mm Nikkor. A Tele-Xenar has an image circle big enough for 4x5.
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Im not really worrying about FF lenses on Sony APSC, but using a FF 24mm WA as a normal on m4/3 seems to me ill advised. Likewise Canon EF-s lenses seem like very reasonable options for m4/3 (1.25x crop).
Dec 1, 2023 18:03:40 #
PhotoMono123 wrote:
Walking away from the camera/lens issue itself, al... (show quote)
I have preached Cotton Carrier for years. I have relegated myself to the Sling Belt since at 87 I recognize the possibility of tripping on uneven ground or cobblestone streets and I don't want the camera between the ground and my chest. I carried a Nikon 7100 with a 18-140 lens around Paris for 6-7 hours a day without hardly noticings it.
Dec 1, 2023 18:12:55 #
SuperflyTNT wrote:
I’m pretty sure it’s not the same staff that writes for Colbert.
But, I do shoot for that level of satire.
Dec 2, 2023 08:53:33 #
Due to health issues, I switched from a Canon 5Dmk3 and 8 lenses, to a mirrorless camera (APS-C) and only one lens. I switched to Digital in 2003. Back then, the sensors were horrible. That is no longer the case. Yes, you will need a faster lens to get the same results, but if you fully know your gears linitations, its easy to compensate.
I've had 9 digital bodies and only one was FF. Not once did a customer ask me about my sensor.
I've had 9 digital bodies and only one was FF. Not once did a customer ask me about my sensor.
Dec 2, 2023 21:45:57 #
Dec 3, 2023 17:29:19 #
Phil Singer
Loc: Beautiful Downtown Brighton Michigan
There's an old saying among hardware nuts that MIPS stands for Meaningless Indicator of Processor Speed. I've adapted that to Mpixels standing for Meaningless Indicator of Picture Excellence.
Dec 3, 2023 17:36:29 #
Successful photographers do the one thing the unsuccessful are unwilling to do: they always buy the camera with the most pixels.
Dec 3, 2023 23:11:59 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Successful photographers do the one thing the unsuccessful are unwilling to do: they always buy the camera with the most pixels.
Stop! There is no satire nor information in your posts. You're just stirring the pot, and grinningl like an idiot.
Dec 4, 2023 08:29:50 #
steve_stoneblossom
Loc: Rhode Island, USA
CHG_CANON wrote:
Successful photographers do the one thing the unsuccessful are unwilling to do: they always buy the camera with the most pixels.
Two pages back you made the exact same statement, but about full frame cameras. Are you getting sloppy, or are you satirizing your own satire?
That question is rhetorical.
Dec 4, 2023 08:32:31 #
Consider listening to the successful photographers when they talk about the equipment they use.
Dec 4, 2023 12:45:43 #
I’ve talked to a couple of pro photographers & didn’t hear them talk about pixels. Maybe I haven’t talked to enough of them. Will make it a point to talk about pixels next time I talk to one.
Oh; just wondering-how did professional photographers survive before there were a lot pixels? Hm.
Oh; just wondering-how did professional photographers survive before there were a lot pixels? Hm.
Dec 4, 2023 12:55:33 #
Think back to when you knew nothing about 30 megapixel sensors. Would you still want to be that person?
Dec 4, 2023 13:08:48 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Think back to when you knew nothing about 30 megapixel sensors. Would you still want to be that person?
Yes!!!
Dec 4, 2023 18:52:00 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Think back to when you knew nothing about 30 megapixel sensors. Would you still want to be that person?
Yup!
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