Originally posted by bossa Don't overlook the fact that the FF will allow cropping in-camera so you can still use your APS-C lenses on it. An 36MP FF camera crops to 15 MP (1.5x) but an 54MP FF would crop to 24MP, although I doubt Ricoh will implement a 54MP FF sensor as that would have a negative affect on 645Z sales.
wrong.
Let me cite a famous lyricist here . His name is Busta Rhymes...:
!!! Straight multiply, yes its straight multiply:
16x1,5(6)=24.96 That goes vice versa.
Warning !! Again 36MP will not crop to 15mp?(how the heck did you calculate this one)?? if in !!!APS-C mode!!!
They would crop to 24.5 or something. And i really dont need that.
I got that pixel density on my new K-3 and AFAIC they should have done everything they did with the K-3 except the sensor... Big Fail. I really liked my K-5's 16mp Sensor for its low-light capabilities... The Pictures where also big enough (Resolution).
Peeps you should try enlarging your photos in lightroom by 2.8 times ... That is big enough for every print. And there should be way better enlargement algorithms...
(Besides - The real BIIIG prints get printed in with a special printing tech. There are machines that defenitely do something else than your bubbly inkjet printers)
but as i am planning to go into product photography or food photography, i chose the K-3 because it was there for a decent price and has no low-pass filter, which brings me more detail in studio situations.
AGAIN: 24.5 MP will crop down to about 16MP.
And there is no endless RAW shooting in the words "36MP Sensor". Not even in JPEG with a newer Prime V ImageProcessor. That are hot dreams but nothing more.
a 24.5MP FF Sensor along with a new ImageProcessing-Board/Unit will bring us to the 10 pix per Second Border , maybe 11 or 12 and endless RAW Shooting would also be possible with 24.5MP...
Forgot about the Run for more MP that Canon recently started and Sony may follow. Forget it. That is for techy boys not for photographing. All the Top-Line DSLRs are still around 20MP and that is because:
1st) Image Quality
2nd) SPEED!!!