Originally posted by normhead I can't believe I spent this amount of time arguing a point with folks who don't seem to understand the nature of a blown highlight. Time to go take some pictures, the dogs are waiting.
We differ in that the highlights were not blown in the face that I showed - it just lacks detail in the cheek area for the D7000, K-5, and K-30 - taking the 100% as-is crops from the site - one can enlarge them - and begin to see some of detail in the 16Mp shots - so this alone shows they are not blown -
Using a photo editor that can show the RBG values - will show even in the cheek area the highest value was around 230 and mostly around 200 this is
FAR below the 255 max value - so it is by that definition not blown - just lacks the detail one can see in the 24Mp crops.
I agree - let's just drop this,
since it is no longer on topic -
all I tried to say was to get more detail it may be easier to use a higher res sensor -
whether or not any of the choices are acceptable - does not negate that premise -
the fact that we cannot agree on whether detail can or cannot be seen or a shot is blown or not
- again is not the point -
it is simple maths - 24Mp has 22% more linear resolution than any 16Mp -
Originally posted by falconeye It is much easier to simply compare MP figures. And 24 is a 22% linear increase over 16.