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**CowextetleSix** · 08-13-2008, 04:42 AM

My point is that the megapixel craze is a marketing gimmick. They would have been much better off developing the camera at 20, 18, 15mp even and worked on getting the pixels larger and the sensor a bit better than cramming a 25mp camera down the consumers throat. But most consumers wont know the difference and think they are better off.

I can agree in the terms of a P&S, but i must disagree for dSLR, assuming they do keep the images clean. Extra resolution is never a bad thing - it allows you more cropping (especially in this case, since you can get a nice exact APS-C 12MP crop out of this sensor) or just more detail. More MP is only a bad thing when image quality is sacrificed; in this case, I am not convinced users will be trading off IQ.

Admittedly, this sensor may out-resolve many of the lenses out there, and may lead to disappointment by some folks. The primo (in the Minolta/Sony case, "G" and "CZ" lenses) will be ok, but users will see a big difference in the cheap glass.

08-13-2008, 04:42 AM	#14
CowextetleSix Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 473 Senior Member	My point is that the megapixel craze is a marketing gimmick. They would have been much better off developing the camera at 20, 18, 15mp even and worked on getting the pixels larger and the sensor a bit better than cramming a 25mp camera down the consumers throat. But most consumers wont know the difference and think they are better off. I can agree in the terms of a P&S, but i must disagree for dSLR, assuming they do keep the images clean. Extra resolution is never a bad thing - it allows you more cropping (especially in this case, since you can get a nice exact APS-C 12MP crop out of this sensor) or just more detail. More MP is only a bad thing when image quality is sacrificed; in this case, I am not convinced users will be trading off IQ. Admittedly, this sensor may out-resolve many of the lenses out there, and may lead to disappointment by some folks. The primo (in the Minolta/Sony case, "G" and "CZ" lenses) will be ok, but users will see a big difference in the cheap glass.
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