Probably the most profound wake-up call on IQ you/I will ever read...

it has to do a bit with how our brain processes visual information. I remember my introductory psychology class in university where the teacher said that our brains will actually "fill the gaps" if our visual information is incomplete and create a fully understandable picture.

This is why we perceive that the pictures are comparable, but in reality, if we use a computer, we'd learn that the pictures between the g10 and hasselblad are completely different.

On this forum, though, this kind of concept is not tolerated. DPR is mostly made up of fake "photo engineers" that presumably know everything about cameras and can "eyeball" imperfections on a photo from 2 miles away. Then again, tell an audiophile that his $15,000 stereo sounds the same as one that costs $200 and you'll be ostracized as a heretic from their forums too.