Originally posted by ChristianRock Just because you don't have a use for it, doesn't mean no one else does. I really don't understand this "I don't want it so no one else should want it" attitude.
This is not just that even thought the thread is 5MP enough clearly has some discussion of the necessity of so much resolution.
This is more of what a feature is really giving you. When you add more MP, you get the added resolution all the time if your lenses are good enough and you shutter speed is fast enough. When you switch from 11 big focus points to 27 focus points and also get from 77 to 86K metering you can really change you AF algorithms.
When you embbed the GPS inside the camera you don't change the picture quality, you just make the camera a bit more conveniant for the time you need to geotag or take some kind of astro pictures. This was a choice. Was it better choice than not needing Flu card anymore and incomporating wifi? I'am not sure at all. Wifi is also a conveniance but with everybody having a smart phone today you could leverage to more people than only the one after astro pictures and the phone already provide geo tag.
The AF is said to be a bit better but they don't even really push it in their ads. They mention it, no more. The change is sure to be minor.
The super resolution thing is limited to some case, in particular using a tripod on still subjects. It is not at all the same effect as if the sensor was improved and could provide 36MP will keeping the same DR and noise levels. Even in this last case many would consider this as unecessary.
The SR is a bit improved, I'd say let see. They claim more stop but the actual number of stop claimed was always amphatised anyway. Most reviewers testing the feature on older models tend to say it more 2stop than 3.5. So maybe now it is 2.5 stop you can use 1/50 instead of 1/75 with your 200mm. Ok.