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Re: [Digital BW] Nikon lens mount changes

2003-06-14 by Peter Nelson

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Austin 
Franklin" <darkroom@i...> wrote:
> 
> Anthony,
> 
> > > Because the MTF of the lense is matched to the
> > > sensor.
> >
> > The lens is designed to be blurry, in other words.
> 
> No.  Not so at all.  It is designed to be SHARPER when used with a 
digital
> imaging senor.

The math doesn't make sense.   The highest-res CCD's today don't come 
close to what fine-grain film can record - i.e., 100 LP/mm  - that 
would take 200 sensor elements/mm.

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