Maybe it's a question of a pixel density/noise crossing point? The more pixels the more noise?
Jack? --- graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are you asking at what point the signal-to-noise ratio becomes more > importatant than pixel count? > > Sounds like a pretty simple question, but it is not. A small sensor > 2mp > camera is adequate for web use. An astronomer wants a camera that is > not > going to generate a noise pixel when the point sources he is > photographing may only be one pixel wide (I believe they work around > that by comparing multiple images taken a few minutes apart. The > stars > seem to move the noise usually doesn't). I think that right now in > consumer grade sensors a 6mp APS size sensor is about optimum which > may > explain why the makers don't seem to be in any great hurry to > increase > megapixel counts on the semipro cameras. > > graywolf > http://www.graywolfphoto.com > "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" > ----------------------------------- > > > > Bill Owens wrote: > > > Where is the crossover point where sensor size overtakes the number > of > > megapixels in regards to final print quality. > > > > Bill > > > > > > __________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/
