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Samsung NX 20MP APS-C Sensor

Started Feb 20, 2013 | Discussions thread
viking79
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Re: Samsung NX 20MP APS-C Sensor

ALMUSAFER wrote:

I thing with less miga pixel the density will be less and the IQ will look better, also the lens will perform better .

With proper noise reduction technique, the higher MP sensor can actually perform better in theory [1], in practice probably the same. The trade off is increased storage demands and processing time.

Too often people look at the pixel level, which is important, but more important is the overall image level which people forget to look at.  When you have a 24 MP sensor and are looking at the pixel level, you are zoomed in twice as much as a 6 MP sensor at the pixel level.  I.e. you are enlarging more (basically like a smaller sensor camera) and will see more defects.  You really need to resize the outputs to the same pixel dimensions to compare at the pixel level.

I wish the compare tool here had two options, one at pixel level, and the other at some fixed size like 12 MP or something, where the output would be smartly resized on all images to match.

Eric

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