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Professor Newman on…   The great diffraction delusion

resolves much finer detail than a larger one

At f/4 the difference is significant, but even at f/11 the small pixel is better

recent years, there has been a run of camera releases featuring high-pixel-count sensors. The least pixel-rich of these is the Sony Alpha 7R Mark III at 42MP – somewhat overshadowed by the 45MP Nikon D850 and the 100MP and 400MP releases

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