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Field Example (San Francisco, Canon 1Ds Mark III)
Resolution charts are one thing, but a real-world image is instructive. Images taken on the 21-megapixel full-frame Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III.
The demands of 21 megapixels are significantly lower than with a 36-megapixel (Nikon D800E) or higher resolution camera, and vastly lower than the demands of a 24-megapixel cropped sensor “DX” format camera, with its tiny photosites (which scaled up to full-frame would be 56 megapixels).
The San Francisco, In Progress image is used for this example. It represents a real-world image where optimal image quality is not necessarily achievable: atmospheric haze reduces the contrast, and atmospheric distortion lends a wavy look to the detail. Other real-world images have limitations as well, especially depth of field. So this image represents an everyday outdoors shooting situation, as a counterpoint to perfect test conditions.
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- Eases into photographic challenges with an introductory section.
- Covers aspects of digital sensor technology that relate to getting the best image quality.
- Technique section discusses every aspect of making a sharp image handheld or on a tripod.
- Depth of field and how to bypass depth of field limitations via focus stacking.
- Optical aberrations: what they are, what they look like, and what to do about them.
- MTF, field curvature, focus shift: insight into the limitations of lab tests and why imaging performance is far more complex than it appears.
- Optical aberrations: what they are, what they look like, and what to do about them.
- How to test a lens for a “bad sample”.
Intrigued? See Focusing Zeiss DSLR Lenses For Peak Performance, PART ONE: The Challenges, or (one topic of many) field curvature.
