based on my pixel peeping calculations, it would take at least 50 MP to get rid of those damn diagonal "jaggies" on a FF sensor with a good lens. Of course it would take really big prints to see any problems with 24MP.
----------------- J.C.O'Connell [email protected] ----------------- -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Sessoms Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 12:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Rumor of a new intro Pentax Body From: William Robb > On 17/05/2012 1:00 PM, Bob W wrote: >> posting them online is not the point. Nobody needs a 24mp sensor for that. >> But people do want to print large, and to be able to crop. In addition, more >> pixels generally means other things about the camera are 'better' (depending >> on your definition). > > If they are making 24mp cameras for people who are making large prints, > they can't be expecting to sell many cameras. The vast majority of > pictures nowadays are viewed on digital displays of some sort, be them > ipads or computer monitors. > Chasing the large print market is a fools game. > The pixel war is pretty much marketer driven, people are impressed by > large numbers over smaller ones, and people now are used to (and demand > that) manufacturers give them more large numbers, pixel count being the > key metric they latch on to. > Nikon took a serious lambasting when they came out with the D3, IIRC, > because it was "only" 12mp". Apparently there is much pissing and > moaning in Canonville because they don't have anything above 22mp. One > would think that the world is ending. > Most of these people never get beyond taking pictures of brick walls, > but they still want more than what the other guy has (Why not just find > some smaller bricks to photograph?). Y'all are trying to apply common sense to marketing hype. Hardly anyone *needs* 24MP. A whole lot of people apparently *WANT* 24MP. If they can't get what they want from Pentax, they'll get it from someone else. -- 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. -- 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.
