Originally Posted by District_History_Fan
Why is that? It would have worse noise at low ISO (lower dynamic range), based on Canon's typical sensor design. (It might have slightly less noise at high ISO, but are you willing to trade dynamic range and resolution to get slightly better low light?)
Myth busted: smaller pixels have more noise, less dynamic range, worse diffraction, etc.
If it's because of the file size, then you should wish that Canon had better software, not less resolution. All the file size and processing speed issues have been solved already in other cameras and raw converters. (REDCODE is one example: 9.5 MP 12-bit raw files at less than 2 MB each.)
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