Let your creativity diffract your limits!

Den 2. juli 2012 kl. 06:10 skrev Boris Liberman:

> Let no diffraction limit your creativity, Larry.
> 
> On 7/2/2012 12:48 AM, Larry Colen wrote:
>> A few nights ago a friend stopped by with his Nikon D800.  He
>> mentioned an interesting point, that his camera is diffraction
>> limited at f/4.  And so, it turns out, is a Pentax K-5 (I'm using
>> their data for a D7000 to find the diffraction limit).
>> 
>> http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/diffraction-photography.htm/
>> 
>> They do have some interesting stuff in there, that I'll definitely
>> need to go and re-read, such as how the anti-aliasing filter affects
>> all of this.  Although I'm beginning to suspect that as resolution
>> increases, diffraction and lens issues will soon render anti-aliasing
>> as unneeded.  If we're sampling at twice the diffraction limit, or
>> the lenses resolution, do we really need an AA filter?
>> 
>> If I had more skill with a spreadsheet, it would be interesting to
>> graph out diffraction limit vs resolution on different sensor sizes.
>> It would also be interesting to see where various lenses  fall in
>> sharpness.  I.e. on my K-5 with my FA77, when does the lens, the
>> sensor or diffraction limit resolution?
>> 
>> The more I learn about photography, and what is required to maximize
>> the technical quality of my photos, the more tempted I am to just
>> quit worrying about how sharp they are, and just have fun taking
>> snapshots.
>> 
>> -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est
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