In the database (in liblensfun-data package, file slr-canon.xml for Canon),
you will find the various bodies / lenses.
For each lens, there is a comment like:
 <!-- Taken with Canon 5D Mark III -->
This allows you to know how the lens was calibrated.

J-L

Le sam. 23 févr. 2019 à 19:31, David Vincent-Jones <david...@gmail.com> a
écrit :

> On my system the camera and correct lens is found by default .... which is
> what I want!
>
> David
> On 2019-02-23 9:12 a.m., Sturm Flut wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Am 23.02.19 um 16:34 schrieb Florian W:
>
> Thanks for your answers guys.
>
> Simon, I'm curious to know why to you it's not the best idea ?
>
> (oversimplifying it a bit)
>
> Full-frame lenses are designed to deliver their full sharpness across
> the whole full-frame image circle. If I put a full-frame lens on my
> APS-C D7100, I am basically expecting it to deliver 24 megapixels within
> the smaller APS-C image circle the sensor is cropping out. That means I
> expect the lens to deliver about 24*2,25 = 54 megapixels over the whole
> full-frame image circle. Which not that many standard lenses will do.
>
> If put my standard 24-70/2.8 on a Nikon D850 and (let's say) it only
> delivers 40 megapixels of actual resolution instead of the ~46 the
> sensor wants, that's not going to be a catastrophe. If I put it on a
> camera with a lower resolution sensor, e.g. the 24 megapixel sensor in
> the D750, there is zero problem. But if I put the same lens on the
> D7100, the cropped area will only get around 40 / 2,25 = 17 megapixels.
> That's suddenly 30% less than what the sensor needs. And not every lens
> will even deliver these 40 megapixels. Good APS-C and especially
> Micro-Four-Thirds lenses are expensive and hard to make because they
> have to be very sharp within the smaller image circle.
>
> Prime lenses are usually sharper to begin with, so with your 50/1.8 and
> 28/2.8 it might not be that much of an issue. But I can clearly see the
> problem with my 24-70/2.8, and especially with the good old 70-300/4.5-5.6.
>
> cheers,
> Simon
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