If your photos are just viewed on monitor, does high MP matter?

10 years 4 weeks ago #359059 by CanonKid
I heard rumor that Sony might be releasing a 56mp camera this year.  I thought Canon had a 46mp in the works and who knows that Nikon has up their sleeves.  But at what does this stop making sense.  If your photos are being viewed on your monitor only and not printed,  are high MP numbers pretty much a waste?   

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10 years 4 weeks ago - 10 years 4 weeks ago #359117 by effron
If the image in question were to be a heavily cropped version, then maybe. Otherwise probably not. Its for each to decide on their own needs....or more importantly desires......:)

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10 years 4 weeks ago #359249 by Richard Taylor
Good topic, I wouldn't suspect it matter to much


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10 years 4 weeks ago #359301 by Joves
:rofl:
Here we go again the hurrr durrz you wants the bagillion MPs. If you are viewing it on a monitor, then what is being made is adequate. Even on a very large monitor. The larger the monitor the further your viewing distance is supposed to be, to be viewed properly. It is the same as very large prints as well. Really large prints look like hell when you get up really close to. Get up on a billboard sometime, what looks like a picture no longer does when you are next to it, all you see if very large dots.


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10 years 4 weeks ago #359323 by Uplander
At what point is does this become just a waste?  But then again the camera companies need an angle to sell cameras!  


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10 years 4 weeks ago #359341 by garyrhook
It may become a waste at some extreme point. However, compare a medium format to 35mm to APS-C and it's clear that larger sensors with lots of pixels can assist in producing wonderfully detailed images. Cramming more pixels into the same geometrical area is a part of that; there are clearly other components to that equation.


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10 years 3 weeks ago #359757 by Baydream
It seems that for DSLR's, the "sweet point" is about 18-20MP. Beyond that, the pixels or so small that it follows the law of diminishing returns.  That will change as the technology changes but right now, most of the MP race is for hype.
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10 years 3 weeks ago #359923 by Conner
Baydream is that just for monitors?  Or does that apply to print too?


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10 years 3 weeks ago #360021 by JaneK
That's what I thought, MP is good for when you are printing larger prints.


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