boBQuincy
<font color=green>I am not carrying three pods<br>
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For consumer dSLRs it appears we have.
Reading through an article http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/resolution.shtml and getting through the math, down to table 3, it appears that even with the best lenses we are limited to about 7 to 13 MP of resolution with the APS-C sensor that is used in most consumer dSLRs.
Full frame has a little more leeway but with 16 to 29 MP *at best* (and leaning towards the 16) it does not seem worthwhile going for more megapixels. This assumes we are using the very best lenses we can get, mainly the high end primes, and stopping them down to f/8 or f/11 only.
And what does this have to do with real world photography? Not a lot except that the newest consumer dSLRs (entry level and prosumer alike) have more pixels than the average photographer is ever going to be able to take advantage of.
When we go for that next upgrade and find that our images do not appear to have any more resolution than our previous camera provided, we are probably correct!
Reading through an article http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/resolution.shtml and getting through the math, down to table 3, it appears that even with the best lenses we are limited to about 7 to 13 MP of resolution with the APS-C sensor that is used in most consumer dSLRs.
Full frame has a little more leeway but with 16 to 29 MP *at best* (and leaning towards the 16) it does not seem worthwhile going for more megapixels. This assumes we are using the very best lenses we can get, mainly the high end primes, and stopping them down to f/8 or f/11 only.
And what does this have to do with real world photography? Not a lot except that the newest consumer dSLRs (entry level and prosumer alike) have more pixels than the average photographer is ever going to be able to take advantage of.
When we go for that next upgrade and find that our images do not appear to have any more resolution than our previous camera provided, we are probably correct!
