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Subject: [Leica] Theoretical mp limit?
From: lew1716 at gmail.com (Lew Schwartz)
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 15:37:45 -0400
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So what determines the peak?

-Lew Schwartz
On Oct 22, 2013 3:34 PM, "Richard Man" <richard at richardmanphoto.com> 
wrote:

> Theoretically, it will probably hit the peak ~46MP, unless the sensor
> technology changes fundamentally.
>
> But the lens will limit you before that, even at "only" 36 MP.
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Lew Schwartz <lew1716 at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
> > Yes. The 24x36 sensor limit is imposed by our investment in glass as
> > opposed to sensor technology.
> >
> > -Lew Schwartz
> > On Oct 22, 2013 3:07 PM, "John McMaster" <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote:
> >
> > > I think there will be a limit on what is useful to fit on a 24mm x 36mm
> > > sensor. 36MP already means that diffraction starts about f9, lenses
> need
> > to
> > > be very good (why Zeiss and Nikon are releasing new more expensive
> > lenses)
> > > and technique needs to be very good to get the best out. I have seen a
> > > couple of people claim that the 24MP M and Sony RX1 give better
> > (sharper?)
> > > results than the D800E.
> > >
> > > Finally who needs more MP on a 'small' sensor? 24MP upwards will make a
> > > decent sized print, if you are often making very large prints then, as
> in
> > > the film days, a larger sensor will be the way to go....
> > >
> > > john
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > >
> > > > Anyone know if there's a limit to the mp count for a full frame
> sensor?
> > > 36
> > > > for the new A7R is very impressive. Are there any gotcha's re image
> > > quality
> > > > vs count, ie is there a count above which quality won't improve?
> > > >
> > > > -Lew Schwartz
> > > >
> > >
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