Myth busted: smaller pixels have more noise, less dynamic range, worse diffraction, etc.

[Daniel Browning]

the larger sensor has the better noise, right?

Yep!

[hotsecretary]

So if I ditch my 40D and pick up a 5DII FF Camera my pictures will be sexier with my L glass?

[Jon Ruyle]

So if I ditch my 40D and pick up a 5DII FF Camera my pictures will be sexier with my L glass?
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Depends on who you're photographing.

[Colin]

So if I ditch my 40D and pick up a 5DII FF Camera my pictures will be sexier with my L glass?
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Depends on who you're photographing.

Great point. Good models (hot or not) are a great advantage. Appreciate them

[cian3307]

I see the new G11 has a 10MP sensor, reduced from the 14.7MP of the G10. Is this the beginning of the end for the MP race? Canon are marketing the G11 as having better IQ due to the lower MP's!

[Daniel Browning]

I see the new G11 has a 10MP sensor, reduced from the 14.7MP of the G10. Is this the beginning of the end for the MP race?

It's possible.

Canon are marketing the G11 as having better IQ due to the lower MP's!

Many photographers have been clamoring for lower MP's for years, begging manufacturers to cut resolution. Now that Canon has finally given them what they asked for, I would expect them to take full advantage of the situation and say that reducing the number of pixels had tremendous benefits on image performance. Even if it's a total fabrication, I expect Marketing to say whatever users want to hear if it will sell more cameras.


What's weird is that when I read the press release, it says the noise improvement is only due to an improved sensor and software. Nothing about the benefits of lower resolution. I expect Canon will remedy that situation quickly. They wont let a marketing opportunity go untapped.


Where do you read that Canon is saying the IQ is "due to the lower MPs" and not due to an improved sensor/DIGIC?

[Jon Ruyle]

Many photographers have been clamoring for lower MP's for years, begging manufacturers to cut resolution.

I wonder how many of these same photographers use 1.4x and 2x extenders, which one only needs to do if one doesn't have enough resolution. (Or if one feels the need to see something cropped to a particular size in the viewfinder, I suppose... I've never found that useful but I guess some people do).