#sensor-size

On Photography, Sensor Size and Pixel Peeping

These days we see a lot of people on blogs and social networks talking about why their camera is best and why such other system is bad or that sensor is too small, etc ,etc. What these all invariably forget is that every photographer has different needs, different priorities, different values, different budgets. From my point of view, there is no best camera or best brand or best photographic…

On the Image Quality and Sensor Size, again…

Following the uproar on the Internet about the high price of the E-M1 II, there is a lot of talk about that fact that you can get a FF camera at that price and that it will produce better image quality. This only considers the price of the camera though, when you include glass into the equation, the FF system quickly becomes more expensive than the M4/3 system. No doubt, full-frame sensors are…

There is a lot of misinformation going around about sensor size and many seem to believe that “full-frame” is the end-all be-all of sensor sizes and photographic nirvana. I’ve already discussed this myth here. But I thought I would approach this sensor-size envy from another angle today. You should already know that pixel size has a direct impact on the quality of a sensor. Each pixel can be…

The Limits of Micro Four-Thirds?

I’ve read and heard several camera reviewers say that they think the m4/3 system has pretty much reached its maximum resolution with the new 20 Mpixel sensors in the Olympus Pen-F and the Panasonic Lumix GX8. I say that’s hogwash.

If you look at Sony’s 1 inch sensor found in the very popular RX100 line and in some other cameras from other manufacturers, it has 20 Mpixels and provides quite decent…