by Miles Hecker

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Written by photographic educatorMiles Hecker, with contribution byNorman Koren, this important essay provides‚ possibly for the first time‚ a mathematical analysis of the basis for digital camera image quality.

A word of caution;‚ to fully appreciate what Miles and Norman have come up with requires wading though some math. Nothing terribly complex, but a bit of concentration is required. For the mathematically challenged youareallowed to skip to the summary and conclusions, but do try and derivesomeunderstanding of how these conclusions have been arrived at.

When I first read a draft of this article I was struck by how closely the resultant analysis matches the subjective impressions that I had when first testing theCanon D30in 2000, and then theCanon D60in early 2002. In both instances I was regaled online by some who found my opinions and analysis to be contrary to ...