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Great body/lens pairs

Started Jun 15, 2017 | Discussions thread
OP Timothy Hood New Member • Posts: 17
Re: Back to the point

brightcolours wrote:

Timothy Hood wrote:

but we can leave it at that, because the point of my original post is that there are lenses that exceed the limitations imposed by the APS-C sensor,

That point is wrong. The APS-C sensor has very high resolving power, compared to most FF sensors. The 18mp sensor in your T4i is comparable to a 46mp FF sensor. It is the sensor that exceeds the abilities of a lens, not the other way around.

and to a lesser extent, the version in the T4i. It's like putting 175SR15 tires on a Ferrari. I think there are some good lenses that will match well with the capabilities of the Canon APS-C cameras as well as meet that 80/20 performance/cost trade-off. I'm looking forward to hearing people chime in with their personal experiences.

Cramming more pixels per square inch makes a worse sensor, not a better one (disregarding some incremental improvement in technology with newer generation sensors.

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