The makeup of my classes skews towards the typical consumer end of the scale. The classes average about 10-12 students. Very few have ever made even one 8x10 print, more have cropped an image. Less than 20-30% have ever done either. I've been asking these two questions for several years.
In general, before I explain pixels, most people have a general idea that more pixels means better. Few know why or how that may be. But when given the choice, they will buy the camera with more megapixels. That's what the marketing and sales has told them to do. I had a hard time not laughing when one guy told me he thought that a MegaPixel was a "great big giant pixel." gs George Sinos -------------------- gsi...@gmail.com www.georgesphotos.net plus.georgesinos.com On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 8:34 AM, William Robb <anotherdrunken...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 17/05/2012 1:00 PM, Bob W wrote: >>> >>> > >> posting them online is not the point. Nobody needs a 24mp sensor for that. >> But people do want to print large, and to be able to crop. In addition, >> more >> pixels generally means other things about the camera are 'better' >> (depending >> on your definition). > > > If they are making 24mp cameras for people who are making large prints, they > can't be expecting to sell many cameras. The vast majority of pictures > nowadays are viewed on digital displays of some sort, be them ipads or > computer monitors. > Chasing the large print market is a fools game. > The pixel war is pretty much marketer driven, people are impressed by large > numbers over smaller ones, and people now are used to (and demand that) > manufacturers give them more large numbers, pixel count being the key metric > they latch on to. > Nikon took a serious lambasting when they came out with the D3, IIRC, > because it was "only" 12mp". Apparently there is much pissing and moaning in > Canonville because they don't have anything above 22mp. One would think that > the world is ending. > Most of these people never get beyond taking pictures of brick walls, but > they still want more than what the other guy has (Why not just find some > smaller bricks to photograph?). > > -- > > William Robb > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
