artsupreme wrote: snegron7 wrote:
Someday, maybe in a decade or more, I'd like to review those images using whatever technology we'll have and be able to see every possible detail. Every wrinkle, every imperfection. Looking back at images I took years ago with the technology I had back then (beginning of the digital age), I find myself wishing I could've captured more detailed images.
When you say you want every possible detail, are you talking about:
1. Resolution?
2. Sharpness?
3. Max Depth of Field?
One could perceive "every possible detail" in a high resolution image taken with a sharp lens at a large aperture with thin DOF, and then being able to zoom in and view the detail on the subject in focus. Or, one could perceive it as having everything in focus from your feet to infinity while shooting with small apertures to gain max DOF, which would be all of the above.
After reading comments in threads like these it becomes clear that some don't understand what effect aperture has on IQ as they gloss over the most important benefit of large apertures for those who shoot with them. I.e. when someone mentions they cannot tell a difference between the 24-240 and XXX" this tells me they don't understand the aperture's affect as there's a massive difference in subject isolation and bokeh between the two images. High ISO or IBIS might help you get an image in focus, but it's not going to get rid of the small aperture DOF. The images taken with a slow zoom can't compare to images taken with fast primes unless they are both taken at small apertures, which totally defeats the purpose of using fast glass for subject isolation.
So I think it's important to identify if one cares about bokeh and subject isolation as that could be the deciding factor in determining whether or not to shoot with a slow zoom for simplicity and convenience.
Until fairly recently, we weren'table to add what wasn'tthere to begin with (details like hair, accurate skin tones, sharp focus, etc).
I have images I took of some family members several year ago with my then "latest technology" camera, a 4 megapixel Sony DSC-S85. Skin tones are off, minute details are almost non-existent, etc. With the latest Photoshop version, I'm able to enhance these older images (something I wasn't able to do properly with technology back in 2001). I'm assuming that editing technology will be even better in the future, so having the best possible files to begin with will make a difference.
Jul 16, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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