The small sensor can resolve great detail if it has a lens that performs
well at large apertures. That's something that some old Zuikos do well
and others do not.
Chuck Norcutt
Ken Norton wrote:
>> Well, be careful there. Don't forget to refer to the "diffraction
>> limited" lens resolution limits at the bottom of this page from
>> Luminous-Landscape.
>> <http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/resolution.shtml>
>>
>> It says that a 4/3 sensor can't resolve more than 8 MP at f/8 or 17 MP
>> at f/5.6. Of course, those are purely theoretical numbers for
>> theoretically perfect lenses which don't exist. In any case you'll have
>> to stay wider than f/8 if you hope to get the full 10 MP resolution of
>> the E3 sensor. Unfortunately, some OM Zuikos don't hit their stride
>> until f/8 or f/11. OK for a modest size full frame sensor like the 5D
>> but not OK for those even more pixel follow-ons. The E-1 is probably OK
>> down to about f/10.
>>
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> I believe that empirical evidence shows that smaller sensor'd cameras exceed
> our expectations and large sensor (and film) cameras underperform our
> expectations.
>
> AG
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