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<blockquote data-quote="DraganDL" data-source="post: 303540" data-attributes="member: 18251"><p>@<a href="http://nikonites.com/member.php?u=24753" target="_blank">Eyelight</a>: "<span style="color: #000000">Pixel size to aperture size ratio is the issue, yes?". Yes, and companies (not only Nikon) play the game called "</span><span style="color: #000000">raising the </span><span style="color: #000000">pixel count" just to FOOL people into believing that "bigger is better". For example, Nikon produces D3100, and after that comes D3200. Sensor of the same size, but...worse. Why? Because the available surface of the sensor is "remapped" (so to speak) to "display" more pixels (the area of the same size is divided into more SMALLER clusters). Yeah, more of them, but with LESS "capacity" to capture the light because each pixel is now (compared to those found in a D3100's sensor) SMALLER (the surface of the "photosite" is smaller e.g. <strong>13</strong></span><strong>µm instead of 25µm</strong><span style="color: #000000">). This phenomenon directly affects the so-called "low light/high ISO performance" of the specific cameras, provided that both sensors (like those found in D3100 and in D3200) belong with the same technology level.</span><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DraganDL, post: 303540, member: 18251"] @[URL="http://nikonites.com/member.php?u=24753"]Eyelight[/URL]: "[COLOR=#000000]Pixel size to aperture size ratio is the issue, yes?". Yes, and companies (not only Nikon) play the game called "[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]raising the [/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]pixel count" just to FOOL people into believing that "bigger is better". For example, Nikon produces D3100, and after that comes D3200. Sensor of the same size, but...worse. Why? Because the available surface of the sensor is "remapped" (so to speak) to "display" more pixels (the area of the same size is divided into more SMALLER clusters). Yeah, more of them, but with LESS "capacity" to capture the light because each pixel is now (compared to those found in a D3100's sensor) SMALLER (the surface of the "photosite" is smaller e.g. [B]13[/B][/COLOR][B]µm instead of 25µm[/B][COLOR=#000000]). This phenomenon directly affects the so-called "low light/high ISO performance" of the specific cameras, provided that both sensors (like those found in D3100 and in D3200) belong with the same technology level.[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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