Timeline for Are images taken with newer DSLRs sharper than those taken with old ones?
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| Apr 24, 2013 at 5:51 | comment | added | Peng Tuck Kwok | @ChinmayKanchi I saw this picture which was taken with a 40D and a CZ 50mm 1.4 . It looks pretty decent (yeah I know not the same body) and I suppose it will make a decent reference for further discussion :D. | |
| Apr 23, 2013 at 16:09 | comment | added | Peng Tuck Kwok | No worries buddy. Well check back then :) | |
| Apr 23, 2013 at 13:51 | comment | added | Chinmay Kanchi | @PengTuckKwok Pics are currently a no-go, unfortunately. I'd love to be able to test, but the earliest I might be able to do so is the weekend. | |
| Apr 23, 2013 at 13:48 | comment | added | AJ Henderson♦ | @PengTuckKwok - this is true. | |
| Apr 23, 2013 at 13:40 | comment | added | Peng Tuck Kwok | I say he should show the pics. Beats guessing. | |
| Apr 23, 2013 at 13:26 | comment | added | AJ Henderson♦ | @PengTuckKwok - soft and mushy means lines don't resolve solidly. That is characteristic of being out of focus. A change in electronic sharpening could also be a big factor and would be compounded by an image requiring more or less sharpening. Lenses and being slightly out of focus would also have a similarly large impact, however the comments say it is RAW files, so sharpening differences shouldn't be a factor either I don't think. | |
| Apr 23, 2013 at 3:39 | comment | added | Peng Tuck Kwok | Soft and mushy doesn't sound like OOF, seems like in general the picture is reasonably viewable but lacks details and clarity in certain areas. | |
| Apr 22, 2013 at 21:52 | comment | added | AJ Henderson♦ | @ChinmayKanchi - it isn't like the amount of sharpness that is resolved on the sensor is going to change the amount of sharpness lost by the sensor itself. It is possible that algorithmic / processing power advances may have made the in camera sharpening better, but the sensor is going to lose a similar amount of sharpness regardless of how sharp the image is at the sensor. It would just be a loss of sharpness on an image that already isn't sharp. | |
| Apr 22, 2013 at 21:48 | comment | added | AJ Henderson♦ | @DarkcatStudios - I'm only fixating on focus because the original question mentions that on a high sharpness lens, the images are effectively equally sharp. This means that the difference is something with the way the lenses and the bodies interact on the other lenses since both bodies can make similarly sharp images from a highly sharp lens. The AA filter design and sensor resolution would also have an impact on the 70-200 f/4L if they were a major factor, but they did not. | |
| Apr 22, 2013 at 21:38 | comment | added | Digital Lightcraft | AJ - You seem to be fixated on focus, lets assume both bodies are in perfect focus, then you have sensor resolution, AA filter design | |
| Apr 22, 2013 at 21:38 | comment | added | Chinmay Kanchi | I suspect the 70-200 f/4L is so sharp that I can't see the differences without pixel peeping. The Tamron and (the ancient macro to some extent) aren't as sharp. | |
| Apr 22, 2013 at 21:00 | history | answered | AJ Henderson♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |