> > > William Robb wrote: > > With digital capture, there is no resolution loss when subject contrast > > drops, unlike film.. > > John Francis wrote: > > In real life, of course, most patterns are lower-contrast > > than all black/all white, so deliver lower than theoretical > > maximum resolution. But they tend to be closer to black-and- > > white than to single-sensor colours, so the right limit to > > use is the two-sensor-per-line-pair number. > > > Um... > Now you got me a tad confused here, guys...
Mr. Robb is correct. There are losses due to low contrast in the later software processing, though; the end result is somewhat reduced resolution. I was over-simplifying.
