newhaven wrote:
These are sharp lenses, but what apertures have been used? The xh2 has very small pixels. For best results you do not want to stop down very much.
It looks like you were careful about how you worded that, with is good!
If you are looking to see _improved_ image resolution from the 40MP sensor, you might want to optimize the likelihood of that by using a slightly larger aperture.
If you don't use the ideal (so-called diffraction-limited) aperture, you'll still likely get some improvement in detail and you'll also potentially get _slight_ improvements to things like gradients. In addition, the "grain size" of any noise will be slightly smaller and a bit less visible in larger prints, if that is an issue for you.
If I remember correctly, Lens Rentals shared an article about the value of higher MP on lenses that are less than optimal. I believe that their conclusion was, essentially, that any lens can benefit to some degree from higher resolution — though the magnitude and type of improvement will vary and may or may not be significant to all photographers. (For example, if you are mostly sharing your images online on social media and in emails, 24MP or 26MP is more than enough...)
Dec 16, 2022 at 06:23 PM
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