Re: Nikon and Megapixels

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So, has Nikon seeded the megapixels in the 35mm SLR realm to Canon?
Their top camera has about half what Canon does.



Very few lenses - even very expensve pr ones - can exeed the
resolution of a 12 million pixel sensor most of the time. Some can,
with care, at their best apertures, on a tripod under controlled
conditions. But double the pixels on even a full frame sensor would
stretch the capability of most lenses other than in lab controlled
conditions.


As the lens is just passing light through itself, why would it have a
resolution problem? Would this not imply that film is only about 12
megapixel in resolution?

Compared a building sized print from the D700 at ISO 400 compared to a 400 film the D700 result was far in excess of the film in every way. Its a 12mp camera (I think) i'd say 8mp is just as good as film and visa versa shock horror. Which leads me to say... again why the f*ck would anyone need a 25mp camera for any applicable use?


You dont. 12m already out resolves most lenses in most conditions.

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