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Myths about More Megapixels - OP

This is a discussion on Myths about More Megapixels - OP within the Equipment Talk forums, part of the Photography Information category; The Online Photographer Originally Posted by Ctein The recent announcement of the 36-megapixel Nikon D800 has brought forth a certain ...
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Myths about More Megapixels - OP - 02-15-2012, 11:14 AM

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The recent announcement of the 36-megapixel Nikon D800 has brought forth a certain number of predictable reactions, a few lauding it as the Second Coming and many more dismissing the utility of more megapixels.

Most such opinions are based on mythical (or at least mistaken) beliefs about what pixel counts really mean. Let's see how many of them I can shoot down in one column.

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02-15-2012, 11:17 AM

One of my favorites:

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Myth #3

More megapixels inevitably means noisier photographs and/or poorer high ISO performance.

Reality: That would be true if the camera manufacturer took exactly the same chip technology and exactly the same support electronics and simply crammed more pixels into the same size chip. That never happens!
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02-15-2012, 12:13 PM

great article and even greater quote
"In other words, it's not about you. It's not even about me."
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02-15-2012, 01:19 PM

Mike had a writeup a while back comparing the D3 to the A900:
The Online Photographer: The Sony A900 and the Nikon D3

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