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Old January 12th, 2009, 10:28 AM   #8
Evan Donn
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Originally Posted by Jeff Whitley View Post
The reasoning is the processor (in the camera) will out perform the lens otherwise. Cheaper lens will start showing artifacts like blurring in the corners, etc...
Remember though that we're talking about two very different things here between stills and video - 21 megapixel vs. 2 megapixel. You need far less resolving power to generate a very good image at 2mp, and any decent 35mm film lens should be up to the task. In fact resolving too much detail is probably likely to be a bigger problem than too little as it will worsen the aliasing problem.
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