They are right, of course. And the megapixel race has definitely gone far
enough. When people ask me how many I've got these days I have to pretend I
didn't hear, because they never believe me :-)
Tom
2009/3/6 Wiliam Wagenaar <wiliam@xxxxxxxxx>
> Donald,
>
> You are right that megapixels sell. Last month when I took my E-1 with
> me for a weekend of skiing with some colleagues, it was the first
> question they asked, "how many magepixels?". Since I took photos
> wherever and whenever I felt like it, even in a snow storm the second
> question was something like "Are you sure your camera can take it?" I
> could say "sure enough!"
>
> Last night we had a little reunion and most people were quite surprised
> to see that my lowly 5MP camera had made the most beautifull photos with
> best sharpness, colors and contrast, despite op the other cameras having
> 7,8 or 10 MP. Only fair to say that all other cameras were compacts.
> This only proves more that most people only think about MP's as a
> quality indicator for camera's. Most people that photograph as a hobby
> or profession know better.
>
> Consumers are so fixed on megapixels because that has been used as the
> biggest difference in marketing. We on the list have discussed
> extensively about many other things that are at least eaqually
> important. At a certain point adding more magepixels on the same sensor
> size makes it very difficult to achieve the same image quality, simply
> because of physics involved. That does not mean that cameras with larger
> sensors could not have even more megapixels than they have now.
>
> As for the question "How much is enough?" I think it could be different
> for many photographers depending on the use of the printed result. I
> have seen perfect prints sized 100x120cm coming from the E-1 and E-3. I
> haven't ever printed that large. The larges I once printed was 60x90cm
> coming from film. So I gues for me 12 MP is more than enough. At a
> certain point if you want to print larger and larger you would like to
> have more megapixels. To keep up the image quality standards you should
> not go over a certain pixel density. To acchieve that you will
> ultimately need a bigger sensor.
>
> I think we could continue to discuss this matter for weeks, but I am
> personally very happy that there is a company that dares to say that
> 12MP is enough. That that company is Olympus is not surprising to me.
> First of all because Olympus has proven many times not te be affraid to
> leave the beaten tracks. Also because Olympus is one of the companies
> using the smallest sensor in the market and thus the first to encounter
> problems with pixel density. I am still very happy with my E-1 and E-3.
>
> Just my 2 cents.
>
> Wiliam
>
> > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> > Van: Donald [mailto:d1956m198d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Verzonden: vrijdag 6 maart 2009 19:42
> > Aan: Olympus Camera Discussion
> > Onderwerp: Re: [OM] 12 is enough
> >
> > Richard Lovison wrote:
> > > I'm surprised no one has mentioned this article yet:
> > >
> > > http://news.cnet.com/8301-13580_3-10189546-
> > 39.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5
> > >
> > > 12 megapixels sounds good enough to me for a semi-compact camera
> system.
> > > Choosing to focus in the future on dynamic range, color
> reproduction,
> > > and better ISO performance in low light conditions sounds good
> also.
> > >
> > > Richard
> >
> > Playing Devil's Advocate, Richard, they would say that, wouldn't they?
> > The easy explanation for such a statement is that they can't compete
> in
> > magapixel terms, so admitting it costs them little.
> >
> > However, it may cost them in marketing terms; like it or not,
> megapixels
> > sell, and as larger sensors increase in Mp count and decrease in
> price,
> > they may well suffer.
> >
> > Just playing D's A, as I say.
> >
> > D.
> >
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> >
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