I haven't read through ALL of the K-3 threads, so feel free to shut me down if this has been discussed:
I just (today!) finished telling my students in an Intro to Digital Photo class about the "Megapixel Myth" (see Ken Rockwell, David Pogue,
et al.) -- and lo and behold, I also happen to spot the news about the K-3 (well, I'm not really in the market for a new body, sooooo). "Well," I think, "I wonder what size sensor it is?"
And it's an APS-C, 23.5 x 15.6mm -- JUST like all of the other K-series. But it boasts 24mp, compared to the K-5 and K-50's 16mp (and the K-r's 12!)...
Considering that I just finished telling my students that given an equal sensor size, the better quality image will always be the LOWER mp -- what gives? Now, granted there are lots of other things that make the K-3 a vast improvement over the others -- but why boost the mp count? Am I missing something?
Thanks, folks!