You *want* your sensor to "out-resolve the lens", people. Don't say it like it's a bad thing.
I think that people are forgetting that if the sensor DOES NOT out-resolve the lens you theoretically have moire. This is why AA filters were necessary in the past, but as pixel pitch shrinks it becomes unnecessary. It is not that the problem of moire has disappeared, it is that the sensor "over samples" the image and eliminates most moire. This isn't a function of sensor size, but photosite size, which is why the Q can get away with no AA filter. This page is a nice demo (albeit at lower MP sizes than we are talking about): http://www.talkemount.com/showthread.php?t=387 You get the picture. (Also take note of his "Conclusions") This example takes big jumps (1MP, 4MP, 16MP) so Luka's contention may be a good one. But put an 85mm Zeiss Otus at f/2.8 in front of the 36 MP and 46 MP sensor and I'd be interested in giving it a try. :) The point is that as sensors get better you have more "headroom" to improve you photography by *taking advantage* of better lenses. But there will probably be a point (particularly if you print large) at which you start to realize that some of your lenses are no longer passing muster. On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 12:28 PM, Mark Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > Luka Knezevic-Strika <[email protected]> wrote: > >>i bet that no one here could tell a difference between a 2x3 meter >>print from a 36mpix sensor and the one from a 48mpix sensor. even at >>close range. >> i would actually bet. > > And if the sensor's outresolving the lens, there won't BE any > difference. > > -- > 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. -- Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs look like photographs. ~ Alfred Stieglitz -- 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.
