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Night Work--"...the enemy of the good (enough)."

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Jack Tingle
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Re: Night Work--"...the enemy of the good (enough)."

Jon_T wrote:

Jack Tingle wrote:

I was going to bed and noticed snow plowing at a neighbor's house. I grabbed the camera nearest me, the SX720HS and took some shots. Are they perfect? of course not. The 720 is not made for night work. Are they good enough? You be the judge.

Snowplow lighting up the end of the block with his work lights. Notice the star high up. Not quite pinpoint, but not bad for a hand-held normal exposure.

All dependent on how you want to use the image; i.e., not great for doing large prints.

With a little PP to taste/ downsizing, be fine for display resolution size for sharing online; or small 6x4 inch snapshot prints.

IMO the 'overall' optimum pixel resolution for 1/2.3" sensor is 12 MP. Anything above the 12 MP is increasing diminishing returns due to the smaller pixel area size/ increased image noise.

Agreed, although a bit of testing may knock that down to 6-8 if you're very particular about sharp edges.

I did a set of comparisons on the similar ZS70 & the 20 Mpx setting had a very slight edge over the 10 Mpx, mainly due to better shading. I eventually left my P&Ss at 20, mainly because 64 GB cards are dirt cheap. If I needed space, I'd switch to 10 without a qualm.

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/66190793

Note that older Olympus TG-4 had 16 MP and overall IQ poor. With the newer Olympus TG-5 and TG-6 are back to 12 MP and much better overall IQ.

I give KUDOS to Nikon for keeping their newer 1/2.3" sensor cameras to 16 MP.

Still keeping/ using my SX50HS, ZS50, FZ200, and other 12MP 1/2.3" sensor cameras.

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