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Basic question regarding sensors and sharpness (resolution).

Started Sep 23, 2015 | Questions thread
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Lettermanian
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Basic question regarding sensors and sharpness (resolution).

I feel I should know this, but thought I'd ask anyway. Is a 1-inch sensor with 20mp (i.e. the Panasonic FZ1000) going to produce a sharper image than a 16mp m4/3 sensor (such as in the GX-7)? I have the GX7 and use the 20mm f1.7ii, an Oly 12-50mm, and a Panny 45-200mm lens, and sometimes I just don't get the resolution/sharpness/detail in my photos that I would like. I've seen pics taken by the FZ1000 and they seem sharper/more detailed than the images from my GX7. It seems logical that the 1-inch sensor with 20mp (more pixels for surface are) should produce more detail than the larger sensor with only 16mp. Is this right? Or is there some formula that debunks this? I'm considering the idea of a bridge camera, and like what I see of the results from the FZ1000, but will I get "sharper" shots?

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