In this article we shall find that the effect of a Bayer CFA on the spatial frequencies and hence the ‘sharpness’ information captured by a sensor compared to those from the corresponding monochrome version can go from (almost) nothing to halving the potentially unaliased range – based on the chrominance content of the image and the direction in which the spatial frequencies are being stressed. Continue reading Bayer CFA Effect on Sharpness
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Combining Bayer CFA Modulation Transfer Functions – I
In this and the following article I will discuss my thoughts on how MTF50 results obtained from raw data of the four Bayer CFA color channels off a neutral target captured with a typical camera through the slanted edge method can be combined to provide a meaningful composite MTF50 for the imaging system as a whole. The perimeter of the discussion are neutral slanted edge measurements of Bayer CFA raw data for linear spatial resolution (‘sharpness’) photographic hardware evaluations. Corrections, suggestions and challenges are welcome. Continue reading Combining Bayer CFA Modulation Transfer Functions – I
The Units of Spatial Resolution
Several sites for photographers perform spatial resolution ‘sharpness’ testing of a specific lens and digital camera set up by capturing a target. You can also measure your own equipment relatively easily to determine how sharp your hardware is. However comparing results from site to site and to your own can be difficult and/or misleading, starting from the multiplicity of units used: cycles/pixel, line pairs/mm, line widths/picture height, line pairs/image height, cycles/picture height etc.
This post will address the units involved in spatial resolution measurement using as an example readings from the popular slanted edge method, although their applicability is generic.