"Less Megapixels = Better Color"...

Batdude wrote:

...Do you agree with that?

I went to one of my local camera stores and there is a gentleman that has been working there for many years and he seems to know his stuff. He is in his late 60's early 70's I would say.

The guy was talking to a customer and I was kind of paying attention to the type of conversation they were having. The customer asked "Should I get a camera with a lot of megapixels and what's the difference?"

To make it really short, then the sales person asked the customer "do you want a lot of resolution or better image quality? The higher the megapixels the more resolution you will get with lots of detail. The less resolution the better the Image quality will be with better richer color".

I disagree 100%, what a bad advice (imho) !!!

It is a common belief unfortunately... Besides, people tend to think that it is only for marketing and people would be stupid enough to make their buying decision based on this criteria.

Dxomarks measures the color sensitivity color depth, which represents the color nuances a sensor can record. It is improving with time, despite the fact we have higher resolution sensors.

It is only a belief many people have with absolutely no proof.

Why higher resolution :

• Sensors have less improvements margins nowadays... One margin remaining is the resolution
• It is better for details, to resolve moire, false colors !!!
• You can crop much more which can be really interesting in many cases: remove unwanted parts, increase the zoom with digital zooming...

Really, more megapixels does not hurt . Fortunately , sensor makers understand this and they will continue to do so, not for marketing reasons but because they understand their is a real advantage.