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Don't forget that a camera is more than its sensor, and the reason the D3 appears to produce sharper images, could be down to a number of different reasons.
For a start Nikon sharpen the image something which cannot be turned off, not every photographer is happy about this.
A weaker anti aliasing filter will produce sharper looking images and a weaker bayer matrix will do the same at the expense of saturation and faithful colour depth.
The D3 is intended to be a fast sports & action camera, it's a pro spec model, whereas the 40D is the next step up from the entry model, it's not really fair to compare the two.
Yes I know it's a bit of an odd similie but I think it does explain it nicely! Again don't forget that isolation of pixels from each other is very important as leakage from one to another is a big cause of noise.
For a start Nikon sharpen the image something which cannot be turned off, not every photographer is happy about this.
A weaker anti aliasing filter will produce sharper looking images and a weaker bayer matrix will do the same at the expense of saturation and faithful colour depth.
The D3 is intended to be a fast sports & action camera, it's a pro spec model, whereas the 40D is the next step up from the entry model, it's not really fair to compare the two.
Yes I know it's a bit of an odd similie but I think it does explain it nicely! Again don't forget that isolation of pixels from each other is very important as leakage from one to another is a big cause of noise.
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