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Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP

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Dave Peters

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Re: Smaller pixels have no adverse effect on DR.

In reply to Great Bustard, Mar 7, 2012

Does that still hold up with a modern camera though ?

The reason for the 12 stop window is that the A/D is 12-bit and doesn't have the DR of the sensor. Now we have 14-bit A/D and although I know they don't achieve the promised 14-bit, that is down to the genearal noise in the system and thus I don't think you can say the noise floor is proportional to the pixel size.

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Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	Great Bustard	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	Dareshooter	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	x-vision	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	Great Bustard	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	x-vision	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	Steen Bay	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	Great Bustard	Mar 5, 2012
it's really 16Mp vs 22Mp vs 36Mp vs 40Mp	yabokkie	Mar 5, 2012
Re: it's really 16Mp vs 22Mp vs 36Mp vs 40Mp	altair8800	Mar 6, 2012
Re: it's really 16Mp vs 22Mp vs 36Mp vs 40Mp	yabokkie	Mar 6, 2012
Re: it's really 16Mp vs 22Mp vs 36Mp vs 40Mp	spidercrown	Mar 7, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	Arretose	Mar 6, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	commiebiker	Mar 6, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	Anthropic_Principle	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	DaDane	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	DaDane	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	sandy b	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	cs hauser	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	Great Bustard	Mar 5, 2012
Even simpler...	Kiran P	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Even simpler...	DaDane	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Even simpler...	technic	Mar 5, 2012
Sorry, not that simple.	dmanthree	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Sorry, not that simple.	studiomk	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	Mike Ca	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	Great Bustard	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	Mike Ca	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	Great Bustard	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	Mike Ca	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	ljfinger	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	Mike Ca	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	Great Bustard	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	Mike Ca	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	ljfinger	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	Bobn2	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	Mike Ca	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	ljfinger	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	yabokkie	Mar 6, 2012
A little more to it.	Great Bustard	Mar 6, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	Mike Ca	Mar 6, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	Redteg94	Mar 6, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	Mike Ca	Mar 7, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	yabokkie	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	ljfinger	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	ljfinger	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	Mike Ca	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	Bobn2	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	Mike Ca	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	Great Bustard	Mar 6, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	Mike Ca	Mar 6, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	Great Bustard	Mar 6, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	Bobn2	Mar 6, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	SpartanWarrior	Mar 6, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	ljfinger	Mar 6, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	SpartanWarrior	Mar 6, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	ljfinger	Mar 6, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	SpartanWarrior	Mar 6, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	ljfinger	Mar 6, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	SpartanWarrior	Mar 6, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	ljfinger	Mar 6, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	Joofa	Mar 6, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	ljfinger	Mar 6, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	Joofa	Mar 6, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	KLO82	Mar 6, 2012
On MTFs	Great Bustard	Mar 6, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	Joofa	Mar 6, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	Bobn2	Mar 6, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	Joofa	Mar 6, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	Bobn2	Mar 6, 2012
Already reworked	Great Bustard	Mar 6, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	gdanmitchell	Mar 6, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	KLO82	Mar 7, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	yabokkie	Mar 6, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	Bobn2	Mar 6, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	ljfinger	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	Mike Ca	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	ljfinger	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	Mike Ca	Mar 6, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	Great Bustard	Mar 6, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	clk_walker	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	Great Bustard	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	clk_walker	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	studio311	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	hjulenissen	Mar 6, 2012
Too many words	Causio	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Too many words	rwbaron	Mar 5, 2012
Have pity for us over in the UK, where the price differential...	JohnMatrix	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Have pity for us over in the UK, where the price differential...	Bobn2	Mar 5, 2012
WTF	Vibrio	Mar 5, 2012
Re: WTF	Oly Canikon	Mar 5, 2012
Re: WTF	Vibrio	Mar 5, 2012
Re: WTF	Oly Canikon	Mar 5, 2012
Re: WTF	nothsafoto	Mar 5, 2012
Re: WTF	Dave Peters	Mar 5, 2012
Re: WTF	Oly Canikon	Mar 5, 2012
Re: WTF	Dave Peters	Mar 5, 2012
Yes, but...	knickerhawk	Mar 5, 2012
Smaller pixels have no adverse effect on DR.	Great Bustard	Mar 6, 2012
Re: Smaller pixels have no adverse effect on DR.	Dave Peters	Mar 7, 2012
Re: Smaller pixels have no adverse effect on DR.	Great Bustard	Mar 7, 2012
Re: Smaller pixels have no adverse effect on DR.	maniax	Mar 7, 2012
Re: Smaller pixels have no adverse effect on DR.	Great Bustard	Mar 7, 2012
Not really	Causio	Mar 7, 2012
Re: Not really	Bobn2	Mar 7, 2012
D3 is even sharper and better at ISO100...	BadBeta	Mar 7, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	MASTERPPA	Mar 5, 2012
At least Canon made my body update decision easy	Kuivaamo	Mar 5, 2012
Re: At least Canon made my body update decision easy	Michael Thomas Mitchell	Mar 5, 2012
Re: At least Canon made my body update decision easy	Kuivaamo	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	A Owens	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	LandscapeArtist17	Mar 5, 2012
the Q is for .....	aarif	Mar 5, 2012
Re: the Q is for .....	Great Bustard	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	qianp2k	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	MOD Faintandfuzzy	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	qianp2k	Mar 5, 2012
Yes, lets	ljfinger	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Yes, lets	mattr	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Yes, lets	ljfinger	Mar 5, 2012
Agreed	MOD Faintandfuzzy	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	gdanmitchell	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	MAC	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	sparkling elk	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	Scott Larson	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	bgbs	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	Taikonaut	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	tomboy	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	Joofa	Mar 5, 2012
GB, so your saying that the canon sensor	abrama	Mar 5, 2012
Re: GB, so your saying that the canon sensor	time20n	Mar 5, 2012
Its in bed when we have a real comparison	steve ohlhaber	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Its in bed when we have a real comparison	rhlpetrus	Mar 5, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	carlk	Mar 6, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	KatManDEW	Mar 6, 2012
48 more dots per inch at 20x30". BFD	JackM	Mar 6, 2012
Answered	Great Bustard	Mar 6, 2012
Re: 48 more dots per inch at 20x30". BFD	KatManDEW	Mar 6, 2012
Unfair	rondhamalam	Mar 6, 2012
Yes and no...	Chris59	Mar 6, 2012
Re: Yes and no...	Bobn2	Mar 6, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	FujicaMan	Mar 6, 2012
I can't reconcile these two statements	Rick Knepper	Mar 6, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	Mordechai	Mar 7, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	BadBeta	Mar 7, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	mohdya	Mar 7, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	BadBeta	Mar 7, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	hunk	Mar 7, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	mohdya	Mar 7, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	hunk	Mar 7, 2012
Re: Let's put this to rest: 36 MP vs 22 MP	carlk	Mar 7, 2012
Fascinating issue	SDRebel	Mar 7, 2012

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