Why Megapixels Don’t Matter (and What You Should Focus On Instead)
Most of us have been conditioned to believe that a higher megapixel count directly correlates with better image quality. After all, 24, 61, and even 100-megapixel cameras are on the market, promising incredible detail and sharpness. In fact, they might not matter as much as you think. In this video, PhotographyExplained breaks down why more megapixels don’t always lead to better images.
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I have come to that conclusion a long time ago and it is why I now use older cameras these days, a Nikon P7000 which is only 10mp, a Sony Hx60 which is 20mp but has a tiny sensor like the Nikon and my main camera which is a Lumix FZ330 that has only 12mp yet takes photos as good as my old Olympus EM5ii used to take
This is a rationalization for people who cannot afford newer, better cameras.
Large increases in camera resolution can improve fine detail at typical viewing sizes as paltry as 3000x2000, and there’s truly nothing wrong with zooming in to explore a large photograph either. It either matters to you or it doesn’t. Now, high resolution cameras do still have one universal application - reducing aliasing, a design flaw of CFA based color photography. A GFX100S will show almost no false detail or false color in an image where a d750 would be plagued by it and require destructive editing. And that is why professionals actually keep buying the nice cameras, even when they only sell A4 prints.
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