I agree. I have been shopping for a small compact digital to take
climbing and on business trips when I don't want to be loaded down with
my D200. I have come to the conclusion that 8mp is about the max for
current small sensor technology. Anything over that the noise outweighs
any resolution gain you might get. Even 10mp seems to be above the
threshold, let alone 12. More is not always better. The good news is
that with all the 12mp small sensor cameras hitting the market there
should be some great deals on the lowly old 6-8mp models! :)
Jim
Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> It's a bit depressing to see the pixel wars carried on so blatantly here
> but it appears that 12 MP has finally proven too much for the ever
> shrinking sensor. I note that the size for the 12 MP sensor has been
> increased slightly from the more or less standard 1/1.8" to 1/1.72".
>
> But don't get too excited yet. It's hard to say what the actual sensor
> area is given this crazy 1950's Vidicon tube size rating but it appears
> to me to be only about a 5% increase in area over the 1/1.8" used on the
> 10 MP camera. So the 12 MP camera gets a 5% increase in sensor area
> over the 10 MP but has to support a 20% increase in pixel count.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
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