I’ve used both for the same subject. Pixel shift is better for most subjects, if your subject and camera are locked down solid. I think that Super Resolution must have been trained in part with a Siemens Star, because it does pretty darned well with that as a target.
Maybe you could post some images. The 24-105mm is a surprisingly good lens and used by a lot of Sony shooters. I have both the 24-70 GM and the 24-105. I had done some testes a year or so ago and it was hard to tell them apart.
Vignetting is quite different between those lenses. If you turn off the raw developer vignetting correction you’ll see what I mean.
Sometimes diffraction is a good thing. It can be an effective way to eliminate visible aliasing. In addition, diffraction blur in small amounts responds well to deconvolution sharpening. Greg, I wouldn’t think twice about using f/11 in this situation.
Blur management is about trading off motion blur, defocus blur, lens aberration blur, and diffraction blur. One size doesn’t fit all.
Jim
If lack of sharpness is because of the design of the lens, no. If lack of sharpness is due to improper construction, yes, sometimes.
Here’s the classic reference on the subject:
Reid Shay, you can post about the DPR demise and what to do about it in the DPR MF Forum. Some of the mods want to consolidate the threads on the topic in the fora that they moderate. We’re not doing that in the MF Forum.
So, post away!
Jim
Hey Rand! Can I post here? I’ve been off DPR for 18 months and was very sad to see it shutting down.
I was emailing Jim today and heard about this site.
I’ve been shooting my GFX gear like a madman since I left DPR.
I love that 20-35. Shot is a lot the past 3 days. G0t it a couple of weeks ago.
How you doing? I miss you guys.
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Good to see you here, Greg. Hope to see many of your travel photos.
Jim
I wish that the author had also discussed sharpness & sensor pixel density from the perspective of light diffraction. Its all very well to push for more pixels but be ready to pay big for lenses that can handle the diffraction that will match the pixel density of a 60+ MP full-frame sensor.Funny, I haven’t seen any reviews that address this.
https://blog.kasson.com/gfx-100/a-visual-look-at-gfx-100-diffraction-blur/
https://blog.kasson.com/the-last-word/diffraction-ultimate-ff-pixel-count/
https://blog.kasson.com/the-last-word/15318/
https://blog.kasson.com/the-last-word/maximizing-dof-in-the-face-of-diffraction/
I figured a way to get the sidetone right. I got a Blue USB mike with a built-in low-latency speaker amplifier and plugged the headphones into that.
Please comment on the best ways to get low-latency sidetone at the appropriate level. I haven’t solved this, and I usually operate with no sidetone at all, which, with the over-the-ear headphones I need because of my hearing aids, is pretty bad.
Is there a way to solve this short of a preamp and a mixer?
Jim
Jim Kasson.
Will Olympus continue to make microscopes?
I saw the headline and thought you were selling a lens.
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