The megapixel race is definately not over. Using the A1 for wildlife is a revalation. It's not that you need or indeed want 50mp in an image. It's that the ability to crop is just so amazing and very flexible from a shooting standpoint.I'm not saying, say, a 27mp sensor will be possible. I agree with you, the megapixel race is pretty much over.Very true. But if you think that M43 will somehow magically leapfrog those sensors in most respects, then you will be perpetually disappointed.
To wit: Olympus was first to market with high-res sensor shift. How long did it take for competitors to offer the same feature?
Right. Forum fans, and people who care more about the images they make than the brand of the camera they use.
lol... Of course they do. That's why smartphones have eviscerated the camera market.
So what? Fuji is charging nearly $4000 for a medium format camera body that uses a sensor that is at least 5 years old.
More to the point, we're well into diminishing returns on sensor improvements, and have been for at least 5 years. Sony could announce a BSI backscatter organic graphene 16k sensor made out of unobtanium, and it won't result in some massive increase in image quality that will turn you into Richard Avedon and heal your soul. There just isn't much more to improve.
And again, we aren't seeing many real-world improvements to sensors. A few meaningless MP here and there. If you think that there is some massive difference between 20mp and 27mp, then you simply don't understand how sensors work.
And whining about things that won't change, can't change, and don't matter, will not produce the consumer goods of your dreams.
Besides, last I checked, every camera manufacturer is having serious issues. They all know that sales are going down. Meaning the companies that are following your advice also have their backs to the wall. Go figure.
With the E-M1 III I might well have the 1.4x TC attached to the 300mm f/4 to get the subject larger in the image (840mm ff fov). But I always faced the dilemma that using the teleconverter made the subject harder to track when it gets closer to you. Say you're shooting swallows. Do you put the 1.4x TC on and shoot the birds further out knowing that you won't be able to track them if they get close? Or do you use the bare lens and hope they do get close but actually that may never happen?
With a high megapixel sensor, I get to handle both situations without the teleconverter. When the birds are further away I can crop; a 1.5x crop with the 200-600mm gives a 900mm ff field of view at 21mp. If the birds come closer, I can use the full 50mp.
The added bonus is that shooting with a large sensor and then cropping in post makes it much easier to track the subject and keep it in the frame, and choose a pleasing composition; isn't it annoying when you get a great shot but the subject is too close to the edge of the frame?
So, I am completely sold on high megapixel cameras
That a way to go, and a very good one indeed, but MFT does not need high megapixel sensors to provide that kind of flexibility
20 mpix + 100-400 zoom (2 choice available) or the 150-400 will give you the same flexibility
The 100-400 are a much lighter and cheaper solutions, the 150-400 is similar in weight and more versatile with the close focus and built in converter. Price is very high but same is for the A1.
So for me if the new MFT cameras will offer an autofocus with good tracking, MFT will be still very competitive and offering very light, cheap and high quality solutions when compared to FF high resolution cameras
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