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Who only 16k for a camera sensor

Started Jan 21, 2020 | Discussions thread
Asla
Asla Senior Member • Posts: 1,101
Re: Who only 16k for a camera sensor

rurikw wrote:

Asla wrote:

Brisn5757 wrote:

I have the G7 camera which has a 16k pixel sensor and I noticed the Panasonic produced other cameras that have a 16k pixel sensor, so I'm wondering why not move to higher pixel sensors like other manufactures have.
The only advantage of a 16k sensor was when I was only holiday I could take a lot of photos without fulling up the media card.

Brian

Hi!

How big are you printing? 30x40cm photos are great from both sensors. And if you are printing way larger, 4mp might not do that big difference, as one might expect.

Other thing is of course newer technology: newer sensor may produce little less noise at higher iso's.

Someone already suugested buying more cards. I think that is a good advice.

A s l a

I've got very nice A2 (594x420mm) prints from 16MP but when I had an exhibition last summer the feedback was: fewer and bigger! So what do I do now? As my images are mainly of rocks and walls I could get a hi res model or learn hand held super resolution or do panoramas. Or go 40MP FF. Or accept the lack of sharpness from up close.

Hi!

I'd say give a hi res a chance. Take both hi res photo an normal to compare. Steady subjects like rocks and walls is just, where hi res fits best.

A s l a

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