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<blockquote data-quote="daredevil123" data-source="post: 143453" data-attributes="member: 11958">Of course there will be a difference. With more MP packed into the same real estate, diffraction becomes more of a problem. Meaning you cannot use as small an aperture on a much higher MP camera. The high MP will also make more demands on lenses, this has already been reported with the D800 and D800E. Also, for sensors of the same generation, more MP means poorer ISO/noise performance. Of course one can say when downsampled, the noise looks less significant. But on a DX sensor, how much resolution can you squeeze in and maintain low noise?The other problem with high MP sensors are the large files they produce. This will make demands on so many things. The buffer needs to be bigger, write speed to cards, faster, image processor chip needs to be faster etc. It makes demands on the entire data flow of a camera. This is also the main reason why these high MP cameras have lower FPS, not because it is a designed handicap, but if you start improving every part to speed things up, the costs will stack up and probably cost a great deal more.So will Nikon release a D4X? maybe. And if they do, I believe it will be a high MP camera. And I will think it will be built with a strong video capability.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="daredevil123, post: 143453, member: 11958"] Of course there will be a difference. With more MP packed into the same real estate, diffraction becomes more of a problem. Meaning you cannot use as small an aperture on a much higher MP camera. The high MP will also make more demands on lenses, this has already been reported with the D800 and D800E. Also, for sensors of the same generation, more MP means poorer ISO/noise performance. Of course one can say when downsampled, the noise looks less significant. But on a DX sensor, how much resolution can you squeeze in and maintain low noise? The other problem with high MP sensors are the large files they produce. This will make demands on so many things. The buffer needs to be bigger, write speed to cards, faster, image processor chip needs to be faster etc. It makes demands on the entire data flow of a camera. This is also the main reason why these high MP cameras have lower FPS, not because it is a designed handicap, but if you start improving every part to speed things up, the costs will stack up and probably cost a great deal more. So will Nikon release a D4X? maybe. And if they do, I believe it will be a high MP camera. And I will think it will be built with a strong video capability. [/QUOTE]

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