Re: Film & Digital lenses
| November 23, 2015 09:41AM |
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KevinM Wrote:
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> BrianJ Wrote:
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> > To me more megapixels are a great marketing
> > tool but most cameras today have more
> resolution
> > than what an average photographer needs for
> that
> > they do. To me, there are far more important
> > things to look at in a camera than the amount
> of
> > megapixels.
>
> More megapixels are really useful for commercial
> uses, such as large portraits, or landscape
> photos. They also allow even the average
> photographer to crop a little more heavily and
> still have an image with good resolution.
>
> There are definitely some downsides. As you
> indicated, the file sizes are large and you need
> to be more discriminating about what you keep on
> your hard drive. Aside from that, if you intend
> to crop heavily, you will want to have good glass
> in front of that high MP sensor. The 36 MP
> D800/810 cameras give you enough resolution to
> find flaws in every lens you own. Lastly, denser
> sensors don't do as well in low-light / high ISO
> shooting. I have noticed that my 16 MP D4 kicks
> the butt of my newer 24 MP D750. When I
> expressed that opinion to a Nikon rep a couple of
> weeks ago, his response was: "There's a reason
> why the current Nikon Pro Camera (D4S) is still a
> 16 MP camera." The higher the pixel density, the
> greater the problems with noise at high ISO.
>
> /Kevin
Kevin, I still have a Kodak DCS14n from2003 a full frame 14Mp camera that I take out of hibernation once in a while.
The quality of the images is hard to beat. As long as the conditions were right.
The older technology limited low light capabilities but for daylight type conditions it is fantastic.
Just for grins, the newly announced D5 is speculated to have a 20 mp sensor. If it has a newer technology that allows the same low light ability as the D5 while bumping up the resolution, it'll be a winner. The Q of both the Kodak and the D4 images is mostly due to the physical size of the pixels and their ability to capture more of the light spectrum on each. It will be interesting to see the specs on the new (if true) sensor.
BTW I currently use the prototype to the 750, a D600.
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> BrianJ Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > To me more megapixels are a great marketing
> > tool but most cameras today have more
> resolution
> > than what an average photographer needs for
> that
> > they do. To me, there are far more important
> > things to look at in a camera than the amount
> of
> > megapixels.
>
> More megapixels are really useful for commercial
> uses, such as large portraits, or landscape
> photos. They also allow even the average
> photographer to crop a little more heavily and
> still have an image with good resolution.
>
> There are definitely some downsides. As you
> indicated, the file sizes are large and you need
> to be more discriminating about what you keep on
> your hard drive. Aside from that, if you intend
> to crop heavily, you will want to have good glass
> in front of that high MP sensor. The 36 MP
> D800/810 cameras give you enough resolution to
> find flaws in every lens you own. Lastly, denser
> sensors don't do as well in low-light / high ISO
> shooting. I have noticed that my 16 MP D4 kicks
> the butt of my newer 24 MP D750. When I
> expressed that opinion to a Nikon rep a couple of
> weeks ago, his response was: "There's a reason
> why the current Nikon Pro Camera (D4S) is still a
> 16 MP camera." The higher the pixel density, the
> greater the problems with noise at high ISO.
>
> /Kevin
Kevin, I still have a Kodak DCS14n from2003 a full frame 14Mp camera that I take out of hibernation once in a while.
The quality of the images is hard to beat. As long as the conditions were right.
The older technology limited low light capabilities but for daylight type conditions it is fantastic.
Just for grins, the newly announced D5 is speculated to have a 20 mp sensor. If it has a newer technology that allows the same low light ability as the D5 while bumping up the resolution, it'll be a winner. The Q of both the Kodak and the D4 images is mostly due to the physical size of the pixels and their ability to capture more of the light spectrum on each. It will be interesting to see the specs on the new (if true) sensor.
BTW I currently use the prototype to the 750, a D600.
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