09/30/2026
Since almost every lens nowadays can resolve details to maximum degree, that is, all the details that are visible to the naked eye at the relative distance the telephoto lens is presenting the subject, and since software now can remove noise without losing those details, and enlarge files without artifacts assuming good details, I have been re-examining older files, like this one taken from about 14 feet away with an OM-D E-M1X and 12-100mm zoom lens at 100mm using a process that enlarges, sharpens, and downsamples to what would have been the view with a much larger lens, like 400mm. There are times when traveling or being out and about when we only bring along a good all purpose camera and lens. The 12-100mm lens on the m43 sensor is cropped to an equivalent field of view that a 24 to 200mm lens would have in the film era on a 35mm film camera. It's very useable for nearly everything in terms of reach, until you try and get close to something small and shy, where keeping your distance can allow for getting photos, but they aren't as close as you'd like to be for the focal range. Cropping in creates smaller files and noise is 'enlarged' in the process. Yet with modern software, this is almost becoming a non issue assuming the conditions and camera lens kit is up to the resolving capabilities. In this case, I used a flash so the duration of the flash at 1/8000 second was what 'freezes' movement of the hummingbird's wings even though the camera shutter speed is 1/250, as well as keeps ISO low at 200 and allows for good color and contrast of feathers. I was still a bit underexposed in the original, which is why the wings are still not as detailed as I would have liked.
