Makten wrote: gyoung143 wrote:
Peering at parts of a magnified image is occasionally useful, but hardly worthspdnding lots of money on.
That is your personal opinion, nothing more. My personal opinion is the opposite.
Not that I'd spend money on a 180 mpix camera though, but the point is that opinions are not facts.
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gyoung143 wrote:
Looking at part of them is just an interesting technical exercise. Nothing to do with viewing the picture.
Same again. Opinions. Not facts. To me it has everything to do with viewing the picture.
The point of photography isto produce images, to be looked at. Not play around with the physics and chemistry, examining grain structure , like a schoolboy with a chemistry set. Sad.
I think there's a confusion about "the point" and the ultimate product of photography. These are not the same. A picture is the product, whereas the point can be completely(!) different for different people.
For example, I enjoy the process more than the end product (picture). The point of photography to me is it helps me be more attentive to the world around me. When I am walking with a camera, my mindset is different. Looking through the viewfinder helps me see interesting and beautiful compositions that otherwise I might have missed.
Unlike you, I do enjoy playing "around with the physics and chemistry, examining grain structure , like a schoolboy with a chemistry set" (although, I am no longer exactly a schoolboy- I am a chemistry prof).
Photography is a remarkably rewarding hobby in many different ways. Developing a good understanding of what is happening under the hood of my cameras is very interesting to me.
I expect that if you ask ten people on this forum about the point of photography, you are going to get back more than ten different responses. We are all different and naturally find pleasure in different things.
What is the point of other creative engagements? Dan may enlighten us on the point of composing music, for example. This may turn out to be not that dramatically different from the point of photography.
I spent a long time associated with art education, and certainly I would agree that a thorough understanding of the processes in photography will enable the photographer to exploit the medium, both as artistic expression and to convey information. But to be interested only on the process without reference to the purpose is unfortunate, and it is easy to lose sight of the need for technological advance to be relevant to the purpose of the process.
We can't predict all the advances and 180 mpx might be useful some day, but it's difficult to see any use for it now, given current display methodology, for the making of photographs
Gerry
Gerry
Feb 22, 2026 at 03:58 PM
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