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Nikon DSLR Cameras
D800/D800E
The D7100 has better resolving power than the D800
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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 199504" data-attributes="member: 9240"><p>I'm not on any particular side of the pixel count wars. I'm just saying that pixel count is only one measure of a cameras <em>potential</em> image quality. More does not always equal better when it comes to IQ. If you can't retain or boost the level of light information captured by each pixel as you increase pixel density then you may, in fact, be hurting IQ more than helping it. It's a careful balance. </p><p></p><p>Geoff started this thread to talk about only one aspect of this, which he called "resolving power", which I interpret as resolution. Meaning, all other things being equal (i.e. light and optics are optimized/not troublesome in any way) the more pixels you have the more detail you can extract from a small portion of the frame. I absolutely agree with this. However, things aren't always equal, and lighting/metering is not always perfect, and sometimes you need to fight a bit with the light in your photo and this is where a smaller pixel can be problematic, even though you have more of them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 199504, member: 9240"] I'm not on any particular side of the pixel count wars. I'm just saying that pixel count is only one measure of a cameras [I]potential[/I] image quality. More does not always equal better when it comes to IQ. If you can't retain or boost the level of light information captured by each pixel as you increase pixel density then you may, in fact, be hurting IQ more than helping it. It's a careful balance. Geoff started this thread to talk about only one aspect of this, which he called "resolving power", which I interpret as resolution. Meaning, all other things being equal (i.e. light and optics are optimized/not troublesome in any way) the more pixels you have the more detail you can extract from a small portion of the frame. I absolutely agree with this. However, things aren't always equal, and lighting/metering is not always perfect, and sometimes you need to fight a bit with the light in your photo and this is where a smaller pixel can be problematic, even though you have more of them. [/QUOTE]
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