Fewer megapixels please!

[Hector1970]

I think its great Canon producing a 120MP camera as it shows they are at the forefront of the technology.
I don't think I'd buy one as I am finding storing safely so much data is a bit problem. (At least based on the number of pictures I take a year.
My idea camera would be
28MP Full Frame
10FPS
Ability to use a Crop Format
Video with capability to shoot at 1000 FPS
Excellent ISO performance up to 12800
14 Stop Dynamic Range
Body size as small and light as possible (ie way lighter and smaller than the current 5D III).

 

[dufflover]

People seem to have no problem accepting now saying things like 640KB RAM or 1TB hard disks "will be enough" for the foreseeable future ... yet can't seem to apply that to cameras and megapixels. Maybe not now, but better they start working on it now than when modern day screens are already stretching the older cameras.

 

[Maiaibing]

I'm a bit torn when it comes to the whole megapixel thing.. Between the primary newspaper I work for and the affiliates of it, they all downsize their images to 2 megapixels max for quick transfer.

Don't sell a lot to newspapers. But they normally ask for highest resolution possible to be able to crop themselves.

For Magazines is very simple; they want absolutely MAX megaspixels.

 

[Keith_Reeder]

Lift the shadows and then we will see who is smirking. You don't get it.

No, you don't. I can - if I need to (which I don't, because I know how to use a camera) - I can lift shadows in my Canon files by up to 5 stops. And just ti head off the question, I worked out the trick simply to see what could be done.

It's easy if you know what you're doing. But knowing how to use a camera properly means not stuffing up exposure so much that big shadow lifts are necessary.