It reminds me of the heady days of Frank using film and Focus was optional.
On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 3:27 PM, DagT <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
