(04-25-2019, 01:06 AM)Klaus Wrote: At the end of the day, the number of photons is limiting the number of meaningful megapixels.
I suspect that from here on, we'll see more aggressive on-sensor noise reduction techniques to push the limits a little. I reckon in the next couple of years, we'll see the return of "painted" images again at higher ISOs.
Klaus, most APS-C 24 MP cameras already have a higher pixel density than the majority of High Res FF bodies. And if you compare them in the Canon universe with the smaller APS-C size, you get the same situation.
Here at OL you were the first to use a 50 MP Canon sensor for lens tests - and you still hesitate to give the lenses you tested with (at least some) the final verdict. Your allergy against high res cameras goes as far as the lens tests remain incomplete. At the end of some, but not all tests we see sentences like "Optical Quality at 50 megapixels: No rating at this stage" or "Optical Quality: To be determined once we have a broader base of tests at 50mp". How broader than 26 lenses the database has to become and why are some lenses rated and the others not?
No one has to buy 60 or 63 MP sensors, but looking forward into "painted images" future is rather ridiculous. That didn't or doesn't happen with µ 4/3's and also not with Phase One's 150 MP sensors. What's already happening is: the software based lens correction which first could be seen at µ 4/3 now is getting everywhere to modern lenses. Great sharpness and (in my eyes) extreme distortions and vignetting is the new "performance. One needs one to make up his own mind about that fact.
At least the people always complaining about the weight and size now get compact and light lenses. Although this procedure costs FL and resolution on both ends of the FL-range