Quote Originally Posted by Conway Yen
The 50D overpromised and underdelivered, especially compared to the (IMO) superior 40D.

You are wrong. The 50D has more resolution than the 40D, yet the same noise level for any given resolution.


Quote Originally Posted by Conway Yen
There's no reason to have 15 MPs for most people.

If by "most people" you mean people who never print larger than 5x7, then I agree. But for 8x10 or larger prints, or for wildlife, macro, and many other types of photography, 15 MP and more is very useful.


Quote Originally Posted by Conway Yen
Still, it's reviews like this that embarrass me and make me cringe as a Canon-shooter.

The softness of the 7D is caused by bad demosaic algorithms forced by green channel imbalances due to poor manufacturing. Hopefully they wont make the same mistake when they put the 7D sensor into the 60D and 550D (if they do).


Quote Originally Posted by Conway Yen
In a way, I feel like discussing theneed for more MPs is a bit like kicking a dead pig.

I disagree. I need and want more MP. I could use at least 200 MP on a 1.6X (and more on full frame) to get the most from my very expensive lenses. I can't fathom why anyone would want their lenses to be limited by what is ideally the cheapest component in the system: the camera.


Please read this thread:


http://community.the-digital-picture...ms/t/2025.aspx


Quote Originally Posted by Conway Yen
By now, people should know that more MPs doesn't always equal better images.

Agreed.