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SL3/250D 1080p Quality? Any improvement over SL2/200D?

Started Sep 8, 2019 | Discussions thread
Kirk Sachs Junior Member • Posts: 32
Re: SL3/250D 1080p Quality? Any improvement over SL2/200D?

RedFox88 wrote:

Kirk Sachs wrote:

attilab wrote:

I have no 4K TV so no need for 4K videos for now.

So that's not a great argument.... I know because it's the same one I used in 2010 deciding between an sx10is and an sx20is. The main difference was the slightly cheaper 10mp sx10is took 640x480 video, and the newer 12MP sx20is took 1280x720 video. Well, of course my tv at the time only displayed 640x480, so what use was HD video to me?

The real difference from SD to 1080 is much more than from 1080 to 4K.

I know one person with a 4K TV and 4K service, and its wasted. Compressed so there’s more pixels but the resolution (detail) is actually worse than my 1080 over the air signals

Yup, just like it was when he first came out... I'm just saying. In 2011 when I looked at the pictures I took, they didn't look bad. But when I look back today? They look like crap. The grain in ridiculous.  Compared to what was normal back then it was fine, but compared to today, it doesn't hold up.

Just like with video games. I remember how "real" video games looked when I was a kid. Compared to my parents Atari, it was amazing. Then as a young adult, the next generation looked amazing, and I couldn't believe how terrible the previous stuff looked. Now what we have today is amazing, and stuff from the early 2000's looks like crap.

As amazing as things look today, there is indeed room for improvement. You may not see today where it can go, but trust me, you don't want to look back in 15 years and go "dang, wish I had gone 4k instead of HD.....

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