On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 1:05 PM, William Robb <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10/12/2012 3:34 AM, Alexandru-Cristian Sarbu wrote: > >> Maybe I'm missing something, but since diffraction is actually >> affecting what's projected on the sensor, in other words its effect >> being the same regardless of the pixel count, why would the end result >> be worse for a higher resolution sensor? >> Isn't that only because we're now used to pixel peeping, which means >> applying different magnification levels (and quite insane ones, too)? > > > I will have to bow to the knowledge of pixel peepers and mathematicians. I > am but a simple photographer who neither pixel peeps nor can add past nine > with his shoes on. The Internet is full of "knowledge", the diffraction wall being only one small and mostly harmless example. > >> >> By the way, IMO 24MP and higher resolutions (even in APS-C) are >> inevitable; Pentax will have to update their sensors anyway when Sony >> would phase out the older ones. >> > More pixels!!!! Whether we want them or not.
-- Best regards, Alex Sarbu -- 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.
