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What is a "diffraction limit"?
I've seen the term used, but what is a "diffraction limit", when should I worry about it, and what undesirable effects are a result of it ?
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Is diffraction limited aperture independent of lens?
I have always understood diffraction limited aperture as a property of the camera and its sensor, not of the lens. The camera has a certain sensor size and a certain megapixel count, which together ...
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Do smaller apertures provide more depth of field past the diffraction limit, even if peak sharpness suffers?
In Understanding Exposure (3rd edition, on page 48), Bryan Peterson has what might be called a rant against modern on-line conventional wisdom about diffraction limits. Answers on this web site are ...
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how to find best FX camera to avoid diffraction at small apertures
Long time Nikon user. Looking to capture highest resolution images at smallest apertures possible in order to obtain most depth of field.
Have read various scientific writing about diffraction and ...
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How can we calculate effective megapixel loss due to diffraction?
How can we calculate an image's effective megapixel count at each aperture setting, specifically as loss relates to diffraction?
Assume that we already know the sensor size, its true megapixel count, ...
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Is it better to shoot at diffraction limited aperture or sharpest lens aperture?
In the old cameras like Nikon D80 with 10 Megapixel pixel count. The diffraction limited aperture is F/13 but its known that lenses are generally sharpest at the F/8 so it's a no brainer to shoot at F/...
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Is there an online lens diffraction and maximum sharpness table?
I simply want to see an table that lists the lens diffraction limit of each camera.
I have came across this well done answer with animated PNG
and I realized there i also the perfect sharpness ...
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Are there any lenses have smaller apertures than f/32?
While most photographers prefer fast lenses that range down to f/1.2, are there any lenses that go smaller than f/32? If there are, what is so special about those lenses that an aperture of f/32 ...
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Does focal length affect diffraction, in addition to aperture?
The reason I ask is that f/18 on a 24mm lens = 1.5mm, and f/18 on a 180mm lens = 10mm. I thought diffraction is due to the small physical size of the aperture, rather than the f-ratio, yet I only ever ...
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