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Who only 16k for a camera sensor

Started Jan 21, 2020 | Discussions thread
Haider Senior Member • Posts: 1,234
Re: Who only 16k for a camera sensor

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

16MP is good enough for most consumers. I rarely print bigger than 5x7, some at 8x10. I had a few prints made for me at 20x16. I was happy with the results. It's on a wall behind the sofa. I think that m4/3rds should concentrate resources on an AI/Deep Learning based image upscaler. Everyone is using engineering to do colour from a black and white CMOS sensor,..

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