retinal resolution

[T3D john bercovitz <bercov@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

We've been talking about image resolution as it affects
cardboarding over on P3D but I got to thinking about
resolution at the other end of the system - the retina.
Unlike some critters (cephalopods?), humans have their
retinas pasted on the backs of their eyes inside out.
So light has to go through all the neurons and ganglia
and stuff, about 100 microns of it, before it reaches
the rods and cones, which I believe are 2 or 3 microns
on center.  My question is, how badly does this degrade
our vision, allowing for all the best algorithms being
in place to sort out the diffusion/turbidity-degraded
image that reaches the rods & cones?

John B


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