MrWho
24th of December 2009 (Thu), 13:36
Posted here since it's about everyone and every digital camera ever produced.
With are the companies pushing more and more MPs into newer cameras? There are plenty of comments about lenses not benefiting or flaws in the lenses being pointed out by higher MP counts. Everyone's doing it, even the companies that have been more cautious about adding MP are starting to make huge jumps in MP counts. At which point do we hit the "too many" MP count for current lenses on the market.
Looking back at pictures from my 6MP P&S, they came out quite nicely and there was a fair amount of detail in them. Same with lower end film cameras (not disposables). They produced nice 4x6 or 5x7 prints for hanging pictures up on the wall. 12MP was enough for many people, 15MP brings out more detail and I was easily able to print an 8x10 with little noise and good detail. So if 15 produces plenty and MF is out there for people who need to make billboards or full page magazine ads, of how much benefit is pushing 18MP, 20MP, and possibly in the near future, a 23MP APS-C camera? At what MP count do we stop seeing noticeable differences in image quality at 8x10 or a similar size?
Not taking aim at anything or anyone, the question applies to every camera company out there so it's more of a practicality question.
With are the companies pushing more and more MPs into newer cameras? There are plenty of comments about lenses not benefiting or flaws in the lenses being pointed out by higher MP counts. Everyone's doing it, even the companies that have been more cautious about adding MP are starting to make huge jumps in MP counts. At which point do we hit the "too many" MP count for current lenses on the market.
Looking back at pictures from my 6MP P&S, they came out quite nicely and there was a fair amount of detail in them. Same with lower end film cameras (not disposables). They produced nice 4x6 or 5x7 prints for hanging pictures up on the wall. 12MP was enough for many people, 15MP brings out more detail and I was easily able to print an 8x10 with little noise and good detail. So if 15 produces plenty and MF is out there for people who need to make billboards or full page magazine ads, of how much benefit is pushing 18MP, 20MP, and possibly in the near future, a 23MP APS-C camera? At what MP count do we stop seeing noticeable differences in image quality at 8x10 or a similar size?
Not taking aim at anything or anyone, the question applies to every camera company out there so it's more of a practicality question.