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Should Sigma make a 30 MP per layer full-frame Foveon instead of 20 MP per layer?

Started Nov 29, 2020 | Discussions thread
xpatUSA
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Re: Should Sigma make a 30 MP per layer full-frame Foveon instead of 20 MP per layer?
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D Cox wrote:

DMillier wrote:

Your obsession with ever more pixels leads you astray in my opinion.

I know you dream of making humongous prints but you can do that today with most cameras. The error you make is in insisting a 30 foot wide print should be equally as crisp and sharp as a 10"x8" examined from 1 foot.<>

How are you to see the fine details in a high resolution photo without looking at it closely ? <>

But where does one stop?

How about those tera-pixel images where one can zoom in fractally just like the movies?

Have to say that, if I'm looking down my street with my eyes, I can't read the street sign at the T-junction. If I shoot an image from the same position, should I expect the sign to be readable in the whole image - even if printed large and walked up to or even when zoomed in on-screen?

I do have a 1930's 5" magnifying glass, a 10X loupe and a Seibert 50X pocket microscope all of which are useful upon occasion.

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