I just love this camera even though it will cost a bomb!

[Leongsam]

Boss Sam, thank you for the good lesson.
I always want to see the pictures from my big TV screen say 45 inch and above or from my Macbook pro.
if that is the case, is MP still important to me? please guide me

If you're viewing on a TV screen the limitation will be the resolution of your TV set not the image. What sort of TV do you have?

In addition the size of the TV screen is not the measure of the resolution. For example a FULL HDTV has a resolution of 1920 x 1080. This is the same regardless of whether the screen in 32" or 60".

If you have an HDTV, as long as the image you are showing has a resolution of 1920 x 1080 or greater there will be absolutely no degradation of the image. This means that you don't need anything greater than a 3 MP camera.

Read the article at http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/mpmyth.htm

 

[Leongsam]

I have heard a lot about Canon. But this one is first for me. Don't know how it will serve. Need to know more.

The camera you get all depends upon what sort of photography you intend shoot.

Generally the categories are sport, street, portrait, daily and landscape.

To find out the ratings of a wide range of cameras in each of these criteria, go to http://cameradecision.com/

 

[Leongsam]

From : http://www.bhphotovideo.com/FrameWork/charts/resolutionChartPopup.html

As you can see a 16 MP camera is more than sufficient for the needs of 99.9% of all the photographers out there.

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The following chart can be used as a guide to help you decide what resolution camera you should purchase


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Digital Camera Resolution Chart

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Capture Resolution

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Video Display*

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Print Size***

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[TD="width: 9%, bgcolor: ddddff"]

2x3"

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[TD="width: 10%, bgcolor: ddddff"]

4x5"/4x6"

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[TD="width: 10%, bgcolor: ddddff"]

5x7"

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[TD="width: 10%, bgcolor: ddddff"]

8x10"

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[TD="width: 10%, bgcolor: ddddff"]

11x14"

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[TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: ddddff"]

16x20"

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[TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: ddddff"]

20x30"

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[TD="width: 25%, bgcolor: eeeecc"]

320x240

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[/TD]
[TD="width: 9%, bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Acceptable
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[/TD]
[TD="width: 9%, bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Good
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[/TD]
[TD="width: 10%, bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Acceptable
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[/TD]
[TD="width: 10%, bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Poor
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[/TD]
[TD="width: 10%, bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Poor
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 10%, bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Poor
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Poor
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[/TD]
[TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Poor
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[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD="width: 25%, bgcolor: eeeecc"]

640x480 - 0.3 Megapixel

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[/TD]
[TD="width: 9%"]

Good
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[/TD]
[TD="width: 9%"]

Excellent
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[/TD]
[TD="width: 10%"]

Good
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 10%"]

Poor
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 10%"]

Poor
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 10%"]

Poor
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 17%"]

Poor
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[/TD]
[TD="width: 17%"]

Poor
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[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 25%, bgcolor: eeeecc"]

800x600

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[/TD]
[TD="width: 9%, bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Excellent
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[/TD]
[TD="width: 9%, bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Photo Quality
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[/TD]
[TD="width: 10%, bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Very Good
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 10%, bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Acceptable
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[/TD]
[TD="width: 10%, bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Poor
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 10%, bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Poor
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Poor
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[/TD]
[TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Poor
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[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 25%, bgcolor: eeeecc"]

1024x768

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[/TD]
[TD="width: 9%"]

Excellent
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[/TD]
[TD="width: 9%"]

Photo Quality
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[/TD]
[TD="width: 10%"]

Excellent
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 10%"]

Good
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 10%"]

Acceptable
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 10%"]

Poor
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 17%"]

Poor
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 17%"]

Poor
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[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 25%, bgcolor: eeeecc"]

1280x960 - 1 Megapixel

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[/TD]
[TD="width: 9%, bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Excellent
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 9%, bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Photo Quality
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[/TD]
[TD="width: 10%, bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Photo Quality
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 10%, bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Very Good
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 10%, bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Good
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 10%, bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Poor
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Poor
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[/TD]
[TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Poor
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[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 25%, bgcolor: eeeecc"]

1536x1180

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[/TD]
[TD="width: 9%"]

Excellent**
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 9%"]

Photo Quality
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 10%"]

Photo Quality
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 10%"]

Excellent
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 10%"]

Very Good
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 10%"]

Acceptable
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 17%"]

poor
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 17%"]

poor
​

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 25%, bgcolor: eeeecc"]

1600x1200 - 2 Megapixel

​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 9%, bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Excellent**
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 9%, bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Photo Quality
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 10%, bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Photo Quality
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 10%, bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Photo Quality
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 10%, bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Very Good
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 10%, bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Acceptable
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Acceptable
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Poor
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[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 25%, bgcolor: eeeecc"]

2048x1536 - 3 Megapixel

​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 9%"]

Excellent**
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 9%"]

Photo Quality
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 10%"]

Photo Quality
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 10%"]

Photo Quality
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 10%"]

Excellent
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 10%"]

Good
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 17%"]

Acceptable
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 17%"]

Acceptable
​

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 25%, bgcolor: eeeecc"]

2240x1680 - 4 Megapixel

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[/TD]
[TD="width: 9%, bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Excellent**
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 9%, bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Photo Quality
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 10%, bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Photo Quality
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 10%, bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Photo Quality
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 10%, bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Photo Quality
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 10%, bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Very Good
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Good
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Acceptable
​

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 25%, bgcolor: eeeecc"]

2560x1920 - 5 Megapixel

​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 9%"]

Excellent**
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 9%"]

Photo Quality
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 10%"]

Photo Quality
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 10%"]

Photo Quality
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 10%"]

Photo Quality
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 10%"]

Excellent
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 17%"]

Very Good
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 17%"]

Very Good
​

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 25%, bgcolor: eeeecc"]

3032x2008 - 6 Megapixel

​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 9%, bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Excellent**
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 9%, bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Photo Quality
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 10%, bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Photo Quality
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 10%, bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Photo Quality
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 10%, bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Photo Quality
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 10%, bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Photo Quality
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Excellent
​

[/TD]
[TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Very Good
​

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: eeeecc"]

3072x2304 - 7 Megapixel

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[/TD]
[TD]

Excellent**
​

[/TD]
[TD]

Photo Quality
​

[/TD]
[TD]

Photo Quality
​

[/TD]
[TD]

Photo Quality
​

[/TD]
[TD]

Photo Quality
​

[/TD]
[TD]

Photo Quality
​

[/TD]
[TD]

Excellent
​

[/TD]
[TD]

Excellent
​

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: eeeecc"]

3264x2448 - 8 Megapixel

​

[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Excellent**
​

[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Photo Quality
​

[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Photo Quality
​

[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Photo Quality
​

[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Photo Quality
​

[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Photo Quality
​

[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Photo Quality
​

[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: eeeeee"]

Excellent
​

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: eeeecc"]

10 Megapixel +

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[/TD]
[TD]

Excellent**
​

[/TD]
[TD]

Photo Quality
​

[/TD]
[TD]

Photo Quality
​

[/TD]
[TD]

Photo Quality
​

[/TD]
[TD]

Photo Quality
​

[/TD]
[TD]

Photo Quality
​

[/TD]
[TD]

Photo Quality
​

[/TD]
[TD]

Photo Quality
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[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD="width: 94"]Poor[/TD]
[TD="width: 521"]Noticeably Grainy (pixelated)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 94"]Acceptable[/TD]
[TD="width: 521"]Obviously not a real photo, but some details are visible[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 94"]Good[/TD]
[TD="width: 521"]Can tell it is not a photo but most details are discernable[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 94"]Very Good[/TD]
[TD="width: 521"]Can tell it is not a photo at normal distance, but good enough for many uses[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 94"]Excellent[/TD]
[TD="width: 521"]Difficult to tell from real photo at normal viewing distance[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 94"]Photo Quality[/TD]
[TD="width: 521"]On a photo-quality printer, the human eye should not be able to tell the difference at a normal viewing distance[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="colspan: 2"]* Either television or computer display (e.g. Web Page)
** Will produce an excessively large file size that would be inappropriate for web applications
*** Using a typical Photo Quality Desktop printer[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

 

[gingerlyn]

Dear Sam Leong
thank you for the info. I will learn tonight.
this information is very useful.

 

[Leongsam]

Dear Sam Leong
thank you for the info. I will learn tonight.
this information is very useful.

Remember this..... image quality is not about megapixels.

Far more important is low light performance, colour rendition and dynamic range.

In general the larger the size of the sensor, the better the image quality. In other words a full frame camera will outperform APS-C, micro four thirds and mobile phone cams.

Full frame cameras also give you more control over depth of field. This is something that phone cams cannot achieve.

 

[singveld]

It's too BIG. It is too expensive. Also too ugly for leica.

 

[Leongsam]

It's too BIG. It is too expensive. Also too ugly for leica.

When it comes to Leica, the more expensive the better.

 

[Leongsam]

Shall I just do it?.... order page here...

http://www.photowarehouse.co.nz/leica-sl/

ONLY NZ$11,899.00

 

[singveld]

you might want to wait a bit, wait for some review.
no point pulling the trigger now.

 

[singveld]

that zoom is so HUGE. it is crazy

 

[Leongsam]

you might want to wait a bit, wait for some review.
no point pulling the trigger now.

There are already plenty of reviews.

I like big cameras. It's a phallic symbol.

 

[singveld]

show us proof when you got it. give a review too.

 

[Leongsam]

show us proof when you got it. give a review too.

Not available yet. Probably end of November.

 

[gingerlyn]

hello sam,
sorry to ask you silly question.
you mentioned that camera sensor is more important than resolution.
what is the measurement of sensor? what is the unit of measurement?

in resolution, we have MP and 4K.
how about sensor? what kind of measurement?

 

[Leongsam]

hello sam,
sorry to ask you silly question.
you mentioned that camera sensor is more important than resolution.
what is the measurement of sensor? what is the unit of measurement?

in resolution, we have MP and 4K.
how about sensor? what kind of measurement?

Millimeters. I posted a graphic of all the sensor sizes in this post. http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread....gh-it-will-cost-a-bomb!&p=2326464#post2326464

Surely you couldn't have missed it.

 

[Big Sexy]

I see...another expensive toy for the rich.

Sam, do u want a godson or son-in-law?
i am available

I just love this camera even though it will cost a bomb!

 

[yinyang]

...another expensive toy for the rich. want a godson or son-in-law?
i am available

Another gizmo for well heeled :p. Err....you gunning for sam's heirloom? Aren't you amply rewarded by helming the sister forum?

 

[Big Sexy]

YY.. i have to do it before Microsoft does it.. why do u think his rep points is higher than mine? he is very good at giving a BJ

Another gizmo for well heeled :p. Err....you gunning for sam's heirloom? Aren't you amply rewarded by helming the sister forum?

 

[Microsoft]

YY.. i have to do it before Microsoft does it.. why do u think his rep points is higher than mine? he is very good at giving a BJ

ah bs...chiu oso into kamera...moi guess Olympus will cum out sumting identical later at haf de price...can use rep pt to buy...

 

[Big Sexy]

cbz..ms.. u showing off your rep points again.

ah bs...chiu oso into kamera...moi guess Olympus will cum out sumting identical later at haf de price...can use rep pt to buy...