High megapixel is a lot more than hype, it allows you to crop a picture severely. That means you don’t have to be a good photographer you just crop to get the picture you need or want.
Check out professional cameras and you will see they all have high megapixels and professional photographers are not taken in by hype.
Both Nikon and Canon have cameras in the same megapixel range. I have never heard a photographer complain that he had too many pixels.
Check out professional cameras and you will see they all have high megapixels and professional photographers are not taken in by hype.
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Sensors in professional cameras are more sensitive to light, have higher dynamic range, less noise and more surface area than sensors in cheaper non-professional cameras. Professionals also put very expensive lenses in front of those sensors.
You’re a perfect example of the consumer that falls for the megapixel hype.
It is sensor size that matters.
https://newatlas.com/camera-sensor-size-guide/26684/
Full frame is the size of 35mm film.
Much more detail. The size in the cellphone cameras are about the size of your pinky nail. Larger camera lens brings in more light plus are better lenses. The cameras software also makes taking great photos easy.
Here is a photo I took Dec 24, 2018 from the 2nd floor window looking out at a water feature in front of the building I work at. http://davidswebsite.com/pond/pond.jpg
I used a 5 year old LG-G3 which has the specs of a Samsung S8. Not bad but looked at full size and it is awful. Make smaller and it starts to look good. A full frame camera would be sharp at full size.
The cellphone cameras can take real good close up photos of objects but anything 10ft away will start to show the raggedness of the poor resolution you get with a small lens and sensor.
http://davidswebsite.com/pond/pond.jpg
