Originally posted by biz-engineer So, in simple terms, how does this answer the question whether consumer camera makers should offer higher resolution or more in camera image processing features?
My other comments were to the resolution point. My comment on the detection of photons (collapse of their fields) was only included to fix what I saw as a misunderstanding in an earlier post implying that the extended EM field allowed a photon to be detected in two detectors.
In case I was not clear about megapixel issues, and to get specific, I deem my 645Z resolution adequate for my 55-inch LG OLED 4k TV display, as I also deem adequate the 4824 x 3533 resolution Noritsu HS-1800 scanned 645N 120 film. (I believe that scanner resolution is color triad pixels.) Resolution limitations relative to a 4k display will in my case be due to motion from an insufficiently stabilized camera, improper focus, or other lens limitations. I don't have enough wall space left for giant prints, so there is no demand for higher resolution for that direction from me.
I also commented that more than one color triad within the combination of refractive and diffraction-limited blur diameter provides no added resolution.
I didn't comment on camera image processing features. I'm not prepared to offer an opinion at the moment.
At no time did I or do I believe that my interests should be driving any decision Pentax chooses to make with respect to future advances in resolution. Others may have good reason for better resolution, and it is their interests that Pentax should at least recognize. And in a funding limited world (except for central banks), the resolution argument should be weighed against other purported needs, such as additional or updated lenses.
I would argue, from a medium format existential point of view, that Pentax should ensure that their MF camera line always outperforms their 35mm format DSLR camera line in image quality, however one wants to measure it. Otherwise, carrying around a MF camera and lenses is merely a macho exercise.