APS-C IMAGE QUALITY VS fULL fRAME AT TESTING

schmegg wrote:

I'm not sure if you've followed the whole thing - I wouldn't blame you if you haven't. Hehe.

I'm merely attempting to point out that when one speaks of a higher resolving system or sensor, then one must make the comparison fairly by presenting the same optical projection, in terms of detail, to the system to record in the first place! It's the only way to sensibly determine which system is capable of resolving more detail.

What DD is arguing (whether he acknowledges it or not) is that the full frame system allows you to get closer to the subject for a given composition and hence present more detail to the sensor to record in the first place. And this is correct - but it's not measuring which system is capable of resolving more detail, it's simply showing the difference in how you can utilise the system. It all falls down when you consider 1:1 macro or reach limited situation - and that is because he is not talking about which system resolves more, but the difference in the way you can use them.