Bifurcator wrote:
Wow! maybe I should stick with 12mpx sensors then. That\'s a huge difference! I somehow don\'t think the extra 4mpx is worth losing 3 stops of DOF for!
You won\'t lose 3 stops of DOF. In fact, in no way will your effective resolution be worse with the 16MP sensor as with a 12MP sensor. Even if, at the pixel level, diffraction is limited, as an effect of the overall image, it will be the same or better resolution on the higher resolution sensor as it would be on a 12 MP sensor.
Also, anyone saying that images get soft at f/8 is full of crap. Sorry. Is there maybe a small dropoff on some lenses from f/5.6 to f/8? Sure. But that\'s the case on any camera. I\'ve seen a little softening on shots at f/11 (though still perfectly usable and fine) and a little more at f/16. Beyond f/16 is where sharpness really drops off. Still, this is the same as shooting at f/32 on full frame, so it\'s not unexpected.
BTW...I have never seen this level of nitpicking in this forum before. When did the alt people become so obsessed with technical minutiae...it\'s starting to feel like DPReview in this thread.
May 22, 2012 at 11:50 AM
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That\'s a huge difference! I somehow don\'t think the extra 4mpx is worth losing 3 stops of DOF for!