LOL ... exactly my thoughts, Paul.
Godfrey
On Feb 5, 2006, at 1:39 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
Now I'm confused. Rob keeps telling us that the 6.1 megapixel
sensor can't come close to supporting the resolution of high-end
Pentax lenses. Now I hear that a ten megapixel sensor will exceed
the capability of the lenses. Is the threshold level somewhere in
between? All I know is the *istD delivers great results, and I
would guess that a ten megapixel camera will deliver even better
results.
Paul
On Feb 5, 2006, at 4:30 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
On Feb 5, 2006, at 12:21 PM, Lucas Rijnders wrote:
If the Pentax lenses I have now work well on the Pentax *ist DS
(and they do), I cannot imagine why they would work poorly on an
Olympus 4/3 sensor.
I gathered, but it is hearsay from memory, that most OM lenses
are simply not sharp enough on the 4/3's sensor. It is both
smaller and higher resolution. It might not be true: that's why I
said to test for yourself :o)
I consider the Olympus OM system lenses to be comparable to same-
era Pentax lenses of like focal lengths, at least with respect to
resolution and contrast, rectilinear correction. If it were true
that the OM lenses aren't sharp enough for the E system sensor,
it's likely true that the Pentax lenses aren't either.
Interesting conjecture:
The E-330 4/3 format sensor has approximately 174.2 pixels per mm.
There's been a lot of talk here and elsewhere about wanting an
uprated D model with 8-10Mpixel. If you take the same pixel
density and put it on the Sony-dimension chip it comes out to 4094
x 2735 pixels, or 10.6 Mpixel.
So if Pentax releases a 10Mpixel version of the *ist D, will the
Pentax lenses be adequate to deliver the kind of performance that
its sensor can achieve?
Seems like a case of "damned if you don't but damned if you do" to
me. ;-)
Godfrey
