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<blockquote data-quote="Woodyg3" data-source="post: 472241" data-attributes="member: 24569">I assume it is possible to learn to drive a locomotive AND pilot a rocket ship. This is good, as we need different tools for different purposes. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />I read all I could stand of the article you posted, J-See, and his conclusions are a little baffling to me. The camera currently on the market with the lowest noise at high ISO and second best image sharpness is the D810, which also has very small pixels at 36 mp. The only camera on the market with better sharpness and detail is the new Canon 5DS with 50 mp. If diffraction caused the problems it is supposed to, these cameras would have no better high ISO performance and certainly no better sharpness than a camera with a12 mp sensor.I enjoy the science, but at some point day to day practical experience has to be taken into consideration. I've been taking photos for a half century, and I would much rather have a landscape where the flowers in the foreground AND the mountains in the background are reasonably sharp at f/16, vs tack sharp mountains and totally out of focus foreground at f/4.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Woodyg3, post: 472241, member: 24569"] I assume it is possible to learn to drive a locomotive AND pilot a rocket ship. This is good, as we need different tools for different purposes. :) I read all I could stand of the article you posted, J-See, and his conclusions are a little baffling to me. The camera currently on the market with the lowest noise at high ISO and second best image sharpness is the D810, which also has very small pixels at 36 mp. The only camera on the market with better sharpness and detail is the new Canon 5DS with 50 mp. If diffraction caused the problems it is supposed to, these cameras would have no better high ISO performance and certainly no better sharpness than a camera with a12 mp sensor. I enjoy the science, but at some point day to day practical experience has to be taken into consideration. I've been taking photos for a half century, and I would much rather have a landscape where the flowers in the foreground AND the mountains in the background are reasonably sharp at f/16, vs tack sharp mountains and totally out of focus foreground at f/4. [/QUOTE]

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