This may not be true any longer, if it ever was, but 35mm lenses have been tauted as having greater resolving power than MF lenses. Reason that I heard offered many years ago was that wedding photographers used mostly MF and they found a "creamy" image more acceptable to the customer. Lens tests, over the years, seemed to bare out the disparity. LF lens resolving power v image size is another matter, obviously, and one I'm not even prepared to guess about.
Jack --- Perry Pellechia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think you missed the point of the research. You do not necessarily > need the sensor to be large. With their method an array or matrix of > mirrors form the image area. > > Do I think this will reach us in a consumer camera? Probably not. > But they do demonstrate that higher resolutions can be achieved by > manipulating light before it reaches the sensor. > > On 10/6/06, J. C. O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > High resolution ( like LF ) will always be impossible > > With APS/FF sensors because the lenses will be the limiting > > Factor. Only by going to larger sensors and longer lenses > > With bigger image circles can LF type resolution ever > > Be achieved in digital because small format lenses > > Just don't image well enough...Y'all need to start > > Dreaming about way better lenses instead... > > jco > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of > > Perry Pellechia > > Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 10:03 PM > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > Subject: Re: OT: Who needs mega pixels? > > > > I agree with you Paul. We tend to limit our expectations based on > > what we have seen before. It is usually better to just sit back > and > > watch where the technology leads us to. > > > > > > On 10/6/06, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Interesting. And it demonstrates that digital technology is far > from > > > its zenith. Something to think about when you hear the whines > about > > > how low noise and high resolution are impossible without large > > sensors. > > > Paul > > > On Oct 6, 2006, at 9:31 PM, Perry Pellechia wrote: > > > > > > > When a single pixel may be all you need: > > > > > > > > > http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa003&articleID=0003FA95- > > > > AAB6-1526-AAB683414B7F0000&ref=rss > > > > or/ > > > > http://tinyurl.com/kezzp > > > > > > > > I hope you find this interesting too. > > > > > > > > Perry. > > > > -- > > > > <----------------------------------------------------> > > > > Perry Pellechia > > > > > > > > Primary email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Alternate email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Home Page: http://homer.chem.sc.edu/perry > > > > <----------------------------------------------------> > > > > > > > > -- > > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > > PDML@pdml.net > > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > PDML@pdml.net > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > > > -- > > <----------------------------------------------------> > > Perry Pellechia > > > > Primary email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Alternate email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Home Page: http://homer.chem.sc.edu/perry > > <----------------------------------------------------> > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > -- > <----------------------------------------------------> > Perry Pellechia > > Primary email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Alternate email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Home Page: http://homer.chem.sc.edu/perry > <----------------------------------------------------> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
