Fuji X-H2 resolution?

johncecilian wrote:

When you guys start going down these rabbit holes I just get confused. So, in a simplistic and common sense way, doesnt more MP necessarily mean that there are more pixels to capture an image and so by definition almost, there would be more detail captured with those more pixels?

Yes

Not necessarily scientific analysis but just what common sense would tell me. More pixels capture more information capture more resolution of whatever it sees. And you are saying that is not true?

No

So if I have 40 mp, and I crop those 40 mp it gives me more “room” to crop and retain detail so I would think that means there is more detail in that 40 MP image than a 26 MP image.

No, not necessarily. If the lens can’t deliver more detail than the 26MP can resolve, there won’t really be more recorded per se. What detail is captured will, however, will be recorded with greater fidelity due to the greater number of data points you get with a higher resolution sensor, making for a generally superior result due to significantly reduced moire and other demosaicing errors (particularly relevant with X-Trans sensors).

Are we talking words of art here, or simply the common definition of detail. 40 MP has more detail than 26 MP. At least that is what I would think, and real world results bears that out.

40MP has greater resolution potential, but if you shoot with soft lenses, poor techniquex and/or don’t fine-tune your processing for the more densely packed pixels, you may very well see no improvement at all.