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RE: [Digital BW] Digital sharpness vs film- Canon D60

2002-09-07 by Austin Franklin

Jerry,

I think you're in apples and oranges here...  No one disagrees that the
lense doesn't make a difference (in the case of the D60), of course it
does...but 6M pixels does NOT reach the resolution of the best lenses out
there.  That's a fact.

Austin

> Here, I've got to say you are wrong. The images my macro lenses make are
> very noticeably sharper than with a couple other lenses I own that
> aren't that sharp. (The 28-135mm Canon for one. ) So YES it does make a
> difference in what lenses you are using!
>
> Jerry
>
> > > Every time Jerry talks about how happy he
> > > is with the sharpness/detail of his up to
> > > 13x19 output from his D60 I am asking myself
> > > what lenses he might be using.
>
> > Since the camera is limited to 6 megapixels, and since any
> decent lens can
> > resolve 6 megapixels easily, whatever gives Jerry his impression of
> > sharpness and detail, it cannot be the lens.

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