Like Paul, all the glass I actively use is DA* and Limited. If moire is possible, I'd expect the DA 35/2.8 Macro or the DA* 50-135 to show it, but I'm perfectly happy if the K-3 can out-resolve even those. Just as long as I get more detail than the K-5's yield now.
On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 6:52 PM, Zos Xavius <[email protected]> wrote: > With the K-5 IIs moire is eliminated as soon as you pass into the > diffraction limit which is around f9. From what I can tell around f8 > and smaller the benefits of removing the AA filter become negligible. > Yes I do realize you eek more resolution out of a filter less sensor > even at smaller apertures, but you quickly reach diminishing returns. > That's why I passed on the K-5 IIs. The AF wasn't enough of an upgrade > and I shoot outside, stopped down to f8 or smaller typically. With the > 24MP of the K-3 it will likely outresolve a lot legacy lenses and > probably a lot of lesser modern pentax glass too. The limiteds could > keep for the most part up I'm sure. This isn't such a bad thing. IMO > you pretty much always want the sensor to outresolve the lens anyways. > You benefit from the full effect of the lens painting the image, which > can be interesting with using legacy lenses. I'm not too worried about > full frame challenging pentax legacy glass either. Quite a few of > those lenses are definitely good enough for people to be using on > canon full frames and honestly IMO once you get beyond 24MP on even > full frame you might as well start looking at medium format if you > really need more. The D800 outresolves all but insanely priced lenses. > If I was going to spend money like that, I'd get a 645D used and start > building up a small set of primes. PS: I wouldn't worry about moire > too much. It should be a lot better than the k-5 IIs was, which wasn't > bad. > > On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 4:46 PM, DagT <[email protected]> wrote: >> 24MP is getting lose to the diffraction limit even at large apertures and >> very good lenses, and then the blur will ingressen with reduced opening. At >> f/11 I wouldn't bother to use the AA function. >> >> DagT >> >> Sendt fra min iPad >> >>> Den 16. okt. 2013 kl. 22:32 skrev Bruce Walker <[email protected]>: >>> >>> Really? I've never before heard the suggestion that aperture affects >>> moire. Actually doesn't make sense to me. Besides that it's a >>> frequency thing, the more of the shot is in perfect focus the more >>> chance that moire will affect something. Blurred areas are naturally >>> low-frequency signals. >>> >>>> On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 3:19 PM, DagT <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Usually they would use smaller apertures, which in turn will reduce risk >>>> of Moire. >>>> >>>> DagT >>>> >>>> Sendt fra min iPad >>>> >>>>> Den 16. okt. 2013 kl. 20:55 skrev "P.J. Alling" >>>>> <[email protected]>: >>>>> >>>>> You mean like for fashion photographers? >>>>> >>>>>> On 10/16/2013 3:10 AM, Rob Studdert wrote: >>>>>> Probably, but it would likely only be a problem when shooting fabrics, >>>>>> oops. >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 16 October 2013 18:08, J.C. O'Connell <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> since the K3 uses mechanical AA and doesnt like shutter speeds faster >>>>>>> than >>>>>>> a thousandth of a second for that application, wouldnt using flash cause >>>>>>> a problem because the flash exposure duration is actually very brief, >>>>>>> much >>>>>>> shorter than the required time for the mechanical AA to operate >>>>>>> properly? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> 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. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant, and the >>>>> crazy, crazier. >>>>> >>>>> - H.L.Mencken >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> -bmw >>> >>> -- >>> 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. > > -- > 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. -- -bmw -- 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.
