The camera settings used to take the 2
pictures are:
H18 Picture: Aperture Size = F / 3.5, Shutter
Speed = 1 / 771 sec, ISO = 100
H10 Picture: Aperture Size = F / 3.5, Shutter
Speed = 1 / 1433 sec, ISO = 100
Both cameras were in auto mode when takng
the pictures. So, for this same scene, H10 used a faster shutter speed to take
the picture.
Click
here for same scene taken previously by MobiDV H10 at a different
time.
Camera settings used for this 2nd picture are:
Aperture Size = F / 3.5, Shutter Speed = 1 / 233 sec,
ISO = 400
Sharpness Criteria using Edges: - The objective here is to have a quantitative
comparison of the sharpness of pictures taken by different
cameras. In this scene, the door at the end of the pathway in the region
highlighted by the yellow box below has vertical and horizontal edges. Below
shows zoom-ins into that region for pictures by different digital cameras.
Location of Zoom-in Below
Zoom-in for MobiDV H18 Picture
Zoom-in for Olympus D580 Picture
Zoom-in for MobiDV H10 Picture
Sharpness Comparison between H18 and D580:
There is a region of transition from white
to black for the left edge of the white panel in the zoom-in above.
The number of pixels for the transition in the H18 zoom-in is 3-4 pixels
while it is 2 pixels in the D580 zoom-in.
Two pixel edge transitions is probably the best
one can get from bayer image sensors. So, the picture taken with D580 is used
as the benchmark for sharpness comparison with other digital cameras. The
objective now is to find a quantitaive comparison of the sharpness in H18
pictures with respect to the D580.
Ratio of edge transition in 1 direction
= edge transition in H18 / edge transition in D580 = 4 / 2
= 2
Ratio of effective resolution
= effective resolution for H18 / effective resolution for D580 = 3 MPixel
/ 4 MPixel = 0.75
Let Sharpness Discount Factor
for H18 compared with D580
= ratio of effective resolution / ratio of edge transition in x and y
directions = 0.75 / ( 2 x 2 ) = 0.1875
Therefore, the count of pixels that contributes to the sharpness of the
image by H18 (3 MPixel image sensor) is 750 000.
Sharpness Comparison between H10 and D580:
The number of pixels for the transition in the H10 zoom-in
is 2-3 pixels while it is 2 pixels in the D580
zoom-in.
Ratio of edge transition in 1 direction
= edge transition in H10 / edge transition in D580 = 3
/ 2 = 1.5
Ratio of effective resolution
= effective resolution for H10 / effective resolution for D580 =
2 MPixel / 4 MPixel = 0.5
Sharpness Discount Factor
for H10 compared with D580
= ratio of effective resolution / ratio of edge transition in x and y
directions = 0.5 / ( 1.5 x 1.5 ) = 0.222
Comparison of Tile Patterns at the End of
the Pathway:
- The zoom-ins below shows the tile patterns at the end of the pathway for the
pictures taken by H18, H10 and Olympus D580.