>> Define better. :-) >> >> A good or excellent picture shot on a higher MP camera, all other >> things equal, will probably be a better picture as it contains more >> detail (of course you know that). > > And if it is only viewed at, say 2MP resolution on a display ....? >> >> A crumby picture shot on a higher MP camera will still be a crumby >> picture. Maybe crumbier because it contains more crumby detail. >> >> All I'm saying is the same that Boris just elicited. Pentax hanging >> onto a 16MP sensor will not look good when the rest of the world >> passes them buy. Hopefully the K30 is the last 16MP camera they make. >> Otherwise, Boris will be right. It doesn't matter how good the camera >> is, a 16MP sensor camera will be just another boring 16MP camera, just >> like the endless variety of 6MP *ist D's. >> >> Do you remember back in the *ist D days, how some here said '6MP was >> all they would ever need' and 'why would anyone need more'? Those same >> people bought a K10D, K20D, K7, K5, and likely will buy whatever the >> next flagship of Pentax will be. > > Actually, no, I wasn't here then. > >> >> What I seem to hear you implying is that 16MP is a cut off point. I >> suspect we're just throwing that number around because it happens to >> represent Pentax's top of the line in APS-C at the moment. >> >> So here's a rhetorical question (more or less). If you could get an >> equal or almost as good high ISO performance in a sensor that has a >> big jump in base resolution (from which every shot could benefit >> from), would you? > > I'll answer it non rhetorically... > > If I could have the high ISO performance that the 5DmkIII seems to have, and > had to go down to 12, or even 9MP to get it, I would. > > In much the same way, that given the choice between two more seats in my MG > or ten second faster lap times, I'd choose the faster lap times. > > >> >> The basic point is Pentax can't sit around in the 16MP realm when >> other manufacturers have higher MP base models, regardless of how good >> a 16MP camera it is, and expect to maintain market share. > > 24 MP on DSLRs used by most people makes as much sense as 4WD on an SUV that > is only driven in LA.
OK Larry. We'll review this conversation the next time you upgrade to a >16MP camera with high-ISO performance you like. Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
