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T3i vs T5i what am i missing ?

Started Jun 6, 2014 | Discussions thread
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Re: T3i vs T5i what am i missing ?

Jonathan Brady wrote:

let me say this: snapsort sucks and is absolutely useless beyond memorizing (occasionally incorrect) specs.

Agreed.  It really sucks. It is useless because it appears to be compiled automatically without the input of intelligence.

What annoys me is the complete ignorance of both the technology underlying digital photography, and of the camera features that matter to photographers.

Most annoying of all is their misunderstanding of the relationship between sensor megapixels, resolution and image quality. A 12Mp camera does not have (potentially - depending on the rest of the system) DOUBLE the resolution of an 8Mp camera. In fact it has roughly 15% more linear resolution.

It is not even any good for finding specifications (there are much better sites for that). It is worse than useless. It is positively misleading.  There is enough nonsense about photography on the net already, without an apparently successful professional organisation spreading yet more.

It would not be too bad if it did not pop up near the top of every camera-related Google search.  If they are so smart at SEO you'd think they could learn a bit of basic maths and photography!

How do they get away with it?

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