12 mega pixels vs. 12 mega pixels: If you enlarge a 12 mega pixel picture from a point and shoot, will the quality of the picture be the same as a 12 mega pixel DSLR crop sensor.

Bob1190 Loc: Hatboro, PA

If you enlarge a 12 mega pixel picture from a point and shoot, will the quality of the picture be the same as a 12 mega pixel DSLR crop sensor.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Bob1190 wrote:

If you enlarge a 12 mega pixel picture from a point and shoot, will the quality of the picture be the same as a 12 mega pixel DSLR crop sensor.

We're all hoping the answer is No!

heyrob Loc: Western Washington

I think that the lens quality would be a larger factor than simply being an equivalent sensor size. Oh and different brands of sensor could have an effect as well.

Bob1190 Loc: Hatboro, PA

Iknow I am!!

jerryc41 wrote:

We're all hoping the answer is No!

wilsondl2 Loc: Lincoln, Nebraska

No - The size of the sensor is much smaller on the point and shoot So when you enlarge to the same saize the point and shoot must be enlarged more times than the corp camera. The same thing could be said for corp and full frame. The more times the image is enlarged the more the defects show up. - Dave

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

wilsondl2 wrote:

No - The size of the sensor is much smaller on the point and shoot So when you enlarge to the same saize the point and shoot must be enlarged more times than the corp camera. The same thing could be said for corp and full frame. The more times the image is enlarged the more the defects show up. - Dave

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Gitzo Loc: Indiana

Bob1190 wrote:

If you enlarge a 12 mega pixel picture from a point and shoot, will the quality of the picture be the same as a 12 mega pixel DSLR crop sensor.

Bob; The short answer to your question is no; there are many things besides the sensor that can affect image quality; and there are a lot more things about sensors than just their numbers of pixels. Having said that, you will read many articles about "how big" you can make a print from such and such size sensor; I'm not saying any of it's "untrue", but there's a lot of "if's" involved.

I just made a post on another thread a fellow had started about making "big prints"; I explained about how I made and image for a bill board sign (with a small "bridge camera") that is 8ft high and 16 ft long. Obviously, it wouldn't "cut it" as an exhibition print in a photo gallery, but for a road side billboard, the people who paid for it were quite pleased. ( So don't go throwing your P&S away, simply because someone else has a D SLR with a bigger sensor.)

wilsondl2 Loc: Lincoln, Nebraska

I don't worry much about so called "quality' when it comes to making large size prints. Usualy the defects will not show up when you view them as they should be viewed. The larger the print (even to billboard size) the father away you need to be to view the picture. Their always be those that get up close and pull out a magnifing glass to talk about the quility of pictures. I went to 20 X 24 with this picture on canvas it was scanned from a 4 X 6 print - Dave

TucsonCoyote Loc: Tucson AZ

I did some Googling and they say the more pixels on a smaller sensor the more noise ......but the camera makers say no, no, no of course.....besides the cameras compensate with the software ! :)
Then I read this which I will copy/paste because it makes me feel good since 6 Megapixels is as high as I go ....for now!

"The trouble is megapixels stopped mattering once we passed 6 of them,"Chris MacAskill said. "One in a million shots would benefit from more than 6 megapixels, while every indoor shot would benefit from less noise."

rook2c4 Loc: Philadelphia, PA USA

TucsonCoyote wrote:

I did some Googling and they say the more pixels o... (show quote)

Very true. My 6-megapixel DSLR (Nikon D40) produces far more detailed images than my 14-megapixel point & shoot compact camera, even with the cheapest lens attached.

JPL

Bob1190 wrote:

If you enlarge a 12 mega pixel picture from a point and shoot, will the quality of the picture be the same as a 12 mega pixel DSLR crop sensor.

Check how many of 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 etc. foot tall poster pics are taken with a point and shoot and you will probably notice that few or none are taken with point and shoot, some with DX and FX and most of them with medium or large format cameras. This is the best proof of the different sensor quality related to size. Size matters!

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

wilsondl2 wrote:

I don't worry much about so called "quality' when it comes to making large size prints. Usualy the defects will not show up when you view them as they should be viewed. The larger the print (even to billboard size) the father away you need to be to view the picture. Their always be those that get up close and pull out a magnifing glass to talk about the quility of pictures. I went to 20 X 24 with this picture on canvas it was scanned from a 4 X 6 print - Dave

Very nice effect there.

Peekayoh Loc: UK

jerryc41 wrote:

We're all hoping the answer is No!

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Peekayoh Loc: UK

Gitzo UH wrote:

... I just made a post on another thread a fellow... (show quote)

Nah! Chuck it away.

Peekayoh Loc: UK

wilsondl2 wrote:

I don't worry much about so called "quality' when it comes to making large size prints. ..... I went to 20 X 24 with this picture on canvas it was scanned from a 4 X 6 print - Dave

Just because you can doesn't make it a good print.