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p.3 #6 · p.3 #6 · Which camera would you get for studio use? | |
jcolwell wrote:
The 5DS/R has 1.58x greater linear resolution than the 6D (241 ppmm vs. 152 ppmm), and 2.53x more pixels than the 6D (50.6 MP vs. 20.0 MP).
In general, I feel that a 1.5x increase in the number of pixels is a noticeable and worthwhile difference (i.e. 50%). So, if the 5D IV comes out with 30+ MP and better DR than the 5DS/R, it'll probably replace the 5DS/R on my "to get" list, and one of my 6D will get converted to "full spectrum".
I'm generally with you on this, though I tend to state it as "doubling the number of photo sites tends to be significant."
(I'd add that the tendency to push the boundaries of print size at a given level is also a significant factor. To cite extremes... if one generally shares photographs as screen size online jpgs, and gets nice results, the value of even quadrupling the number of photo sites is open to question. On the other hand, if one is pushing a typical format to extremely large print sizes on a regular basis, a smaller difference may be important. Since I'm fond of oddball analogies, let's try cars! If your current car goes 100mph a 25% increase in speed is probably significant if you drive on racetracks. It is probably not very significant if you mostly drive on city streets. At least I hope it isn't... ;-)
Take care,
Dan
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