Comments on: More on the megapixel myth http://terrychay.com/blog/article/more-on-the-megapixel-myth.shtml You tell that other boy, not to touch the woodwork... Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:39:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-hemorrhage hourly 1 By: The Woodwork » Blog Archive » Nikon going full frame http://terrychay.com/blog/article/more-on-the-megapixel-myth.shtml#comment-15107 The Woodwork » Blog Archive » Nikon going full frame Sun, 24 Dec 2006 20:01:31 +0000 http://terrychay.com/blog/article/more-on-the-megapixel-myth.shtml#comment-15107 [...] Nowadays I hear a lot of people saying 6 megapixels is good enough. My opinions are clear: 2.5 megapixels was enough to convince me to abandon film; 6 megapixels is indistinguishable from film; and since, reality trumps theory, you can get away with even more. More and more I’m seeing the gradual death of the megapixel myth before my very eyes among professionals, journalists, and consumers. [...] [...] Nowadays I hear a lot of people saying 6 megapixels is good enough. My opinions are clear: 2.5 megapixels was enough to convince me to abandon film; 6 megapixels is indistinguishable from film; and since, reality trumps theory, you can get away with even more. More and more I’m seeing the gradual death of the megapixel myth before my very eyes among professionals, journalists, and consumers. [...]

]]> By: terry chay http://terrychay.com/blog/article/more-on-the-megapixel-myth.shtml#comment-11687 terry chay Sat, 25 Nov 2006 19:55:51 +0000 http://terrychay.com/blog/article/more-on-the-megapixel-myth.shtml#comment-11687 Eli, Thanks for your comments. I agree entirely. A 5D? I’m jealous. :-) Hope you take a lot of great photos with it! Eli,

Thanks for your comments. I agree entirely.

A 5D? I’m jealous. :-) Hope you take a lot of great photos with it!

]]> By: eli sarver http://terrychay.com/blog/article/more-on-the-megapixel-myth.shtml#comment-11643 eli sarver Sat, 25 Nov 2006 05:14:59 +0000 http://terrychay.com/blog/article/more-on-the-megapixel-myth.shtml#comment-11643 I also think that on a pocket camera there's no real reason to go above 3.2-5.0 mp. I don't get the whole "11mp pocket camera with more noise than a television tuned to a dead channel" phenomenon. I have cropping issues, but most of them are automatic because I always tilt like 0.03 degrees off when I shoot hand-held. When I use the straighten tool in Aperture it of course re-crops the photograph to fit the data. I upgraded from a Rebel XT to a 5D because the 5D has a full-frame sensor, not because it had more mp on a stats sheet. Upgrading from the XT to an XTi would have been insane, though I'd love to have that sensor cleaning system. That's OK, though, I keep my rocket blower with me wherever I go :0 I also think that on a pocket camera there’s no real reason to go above 3.2-5.0 mp. I don’t get the whole “11mp pocket camera with more noise than a television tuned to a dead channel” phenomenon.

I have cropping issues, but most of them are automatic because I always tilt like 0.03 degrees off when I shoot hand-held. When I use the straighten tool in Aperture it of course re-crops the photograph to fit the data.

I upgraded from a Rebel XT to a 5D because the 5D has a full-frame sensor, not because it had more mp on a stats sheet. Upgrading from the XT to an XTi would have been insane, though I’d love to have that sensor cleaning system. That’s OK, though, I keep my rocket blower with me wherever I go :0

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