Quote Originally Posted by Dave Throgmartin View Post
50 MP will require the very best of lenses. It'll be worth it for the super user who has the best of the best lenses, but not so much for the typical user IMHO.

Dave
True...to get absolute optimum performance or for those cropping heavily. I am not one of those that wants a high MP sensor camera. Mostly, I am would not look forward to the file size and would absolutely be reaching the point of diminishing returns, IMO. But even for most photographers, compressing a 50+ MP image to useable ranges (web pages, 8x10, 16x20 prints, etc) would have benefits such as helping reduce noise, give better resolution, etc. Also, there are a number of affordable lenses that are among the best performers Canon offers especially when stopped down a bit.

I think the popularity of this camera, if it becomes true, will be a function of perceived need, cost, and image file size (of course, assuming features/performance are there). On the perceived need, I ran a poll about a year ago; 17 of 22 of those voted those the ideal number of MPs was in the 20-30 MP range.

Of course, that could all change if Canon blows us out of the water with IQ at a reasonable price.