Re: Interesting Panasonic TZ1 feature

Nervous Nick wrote:


That raises an interesting question: Have any *empirical* studies
been done regarding small-sensor cameras (or, rather, very short
focal- length lenses), WRT at what point the lenses become
diffraction-
limited? I am relatively new to digital photography, and initially
found it difficult to remember that you just plain cannot stop a lens
down on a digital camera as much as you might unthinkingly do with a
larger format camera.

You might find this web page of interest:

http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/diffraction-photography.htm

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