On 21 Feb 2005 at 14:35, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > The 16x24mm format of the digital camera should be obtaining the > best part of any given lens' performance, but if you are > expecting that a pixel for pixel inspection of the resulting > image will be sharper straight out of the camera than the > performance of the same lens in a 35mm print, I think the > comparison is flawed.
The edges should look sharper than the same lens rendering to a full 35mm frame but the lenses absolute resolution says the same. So on a smaller surface areas more magnification need to be applied in order to achieve the same print size. As such any inherent aberrations are magnified. A quick test using a high contrast target and a good TC like the AF1.7 will quickly reveal whether the lens has more or less resolving power than the current 6MP bodies. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
