Originally posted by Wheatfield What you seem to be saying is that if a person doesn't take advantage of the higher level of quality available to them, then that extra quality doesn't exist.
Not at all, Bill. With respect, you've either mis-read my last reply to you, or I've explained myself badly
I agreed with you that, in absolute terms, the quality of the image from the larger sensor straight out of the camera should be better (assuming sensors of the same era - though I admitted my confusion over resolution differences between the sensors). I countered that many photographers, depending on their intended output media and size, won't benefit. I didn't say that changed the quality of the sensor output - only that not everyone benefits.
Originally posted by Wheatfield Respectfully, I disagree.
My truck will tow close to 9000 kg of trailer. That doesn't change because I only tow one that weights 3000kg.
The capacity is still there.
Absolutely
Originally posted by Wheatfield Likewise, a person who uses his K1 to take pictures of his cats, runs them through a filter on Instagram and pretends he is clever and creative may be wasting the potential quality available to him, but this does not negate that the potential is there.
Sure, but that's another extreme example like the broken cell phone you mentioned previously. I described what I thought might, in reality, be typical use cases for amateur photographers - i.e. outputting to a common variety of non-extreme print and screen sizes and resolutions. Somewhere in that range, I suspect there are intended outputs that will benefit from the better image quality, and those that won't.
You seem to think I'm continuing to argue the point with you, but that's not the case. I'm just looking at it in the context of all users and their use cases. I mentioned in my opening post that I'd keep an open mind. At this point (as in my previous post) my view is more in line with yours than you care to acknowledge, in that I see how the larger sensor
can produce superior image quality, and that a subset of photographers will benefit from that based on their intended output... but I also believe a different subset (much wider in scope than the Instagram folks) never will, in which case the tool they're using (or have been recommended) might be overkill for their intended output. They chose, or someone recommended, a truck with 9000kg towing capacity when all they want to tow is a 3000kg trailer
Hopefully you can see from my other posts that I'm still trying to improve my understanding with specifics (which was the impetus behind the thread)...