Modern Cameras

[dmanthree]

I also agree, and wonder what else camera manufacturers can add to their product that will make a difference for the non-professional. For me, my R5 offers more features than I think I will every use so "upgrading" makes little sense.

Yeah, but glass? Well...that's another matter. ;-)

 

[Photofarmer]

Yeah, but glass? Well...that's another matter. ;-)

the 200/800 might be a great fit for many possibly between consumer and pro??

 

[dmanthree]

the 200/800 might be a great fit for many possibly between consumer and pro??

I've already got the 100-500 plus the 1.4TC, so I'm set.

 

[JoeTheSnowPlowGuy]

I was in a "pro" camera store quite a while ago, and they had a Nikon that had 2.7MP. There were some decent size prints on display from the cam, and the salesman told me that the tech had pretty much "topped out." And that nobody needed more than 2.7MP.

Happy to say he was a little off.

An argument could probably be made that no one needs more than 8-10 megapixels since the majority of photographic consumption is on digital screens that could never reproduce an image pixel for pixel…

 

[dmanthree]

An argument could probably be made that no one needs more than 8-10 megapixels since the majority of photographic consumption is on digital screens that could never reproduce an image pixel for pixel…

My monitor and all TVs I have can show 5K images. Way more than 8-10MP. Just me, I guess.

 

[JoeTheSnowPlowGuy]

My monitor and all TVs I have can show 5K images. Way more than 8-10MP. Just me, I guess.

The vast majority of monitors and screens top out at 4k resolution. I suppose you could push the maximum needed out to 16 megapixels, but I think 10 megapixels would cover 99% of all digital consumption. Say 12 megapixels to split the difference.

I think digital consumption as the majority of end user use is why we’re seeing Canon and Nikon focus their latest and greatest sensor technologies into 24 megapixels. Aside from the ability to crop in post and niche uses like fashion, is anything more really needed?

 

[dmanthree]

The vast majority of monitors and screens top out at 4k resolution. I suppose you could push the maximum needed out to 16 megapixels, but I think 10 megapixels would cover 99% of all digital consumption. Say 12 megapixels to split the difference.

I think digital consumption as the majority of end user use is why we’re seeing Canon and Nikon focus their latest and greatest sensor technologies into 24 megapixels. Aside from the ability to crop in post and niche uses like fashion, is anything more really needed?

It depends. I print, so having 45MP is really, really nice. If all you do is present your shots via the web, hell, 10MP is overkill.