SuperflyTNT wrote:
And that comes down to what the photographer intends to do with their photos. Unless they’re creating pretty large prints it would be hard, if even possible, to see the difference. I often print 16x20 with a 50% crop from M4/3 with excellent results. Most people now don’t print at all and you’ll never see a difference if you’re just displaying JPEG’s.
I agree, image quality needs vary from photographer to photographer. Doing this as a hobbyist and for a living the past 50 + years I have used camera systems at all levels of image quality.
For me, I will never willingly go back to less image quality as I have now with my fullframe 50mp A1, and fullframe 61mp A7RIV.
I do also own the video-centric A7SIII which only has a 12mp sensor. I use that for impromptu still shots at family gatherings where I can quickly share shots that will never be seen larger than on a computer or smartphone screen. .
But when I make the extra effort to light and take family photos on scouted locations or in the studio that will be printed and are for posterity, I use my A7RIV or my A1. And when I shoot wildlife, portraits, sports, fashion, landscapes, weddings, corporate client work, etc., I want always to use the best image quality gear I can afford. Just the way I roll. I am 71 years old, how long am I supposed to wait until I graduate to the top image quality gear that I can afford? LOL
Here some family Xmas shots I made of my nephew and his family, along a stream in a public park location that I scouted out a week in advance. Knowing I would need to use three strobe lights to get the images and lighting ratios I wanted; and knowing I would need to trudge all my lighting gear, strobes, stands ,sandbags, plus cameras and lenses all out to the remote location, and knowing the effort they were also making with a young baby to get him ready, awake and alert, there was no way I was going to shoot these images with my 12mp A7SIII. Just the way I roll.
After they saw the images, they told me they will cherish these 150 shots forever. They deserved my best efforts and the best image quality I could give them.
Your choices and needs , and the choices and needs of the OP may vary, and there is nothing wrong about that for you both. I make my living with my camera gear, I want to use the best tools that I can afford to help me do the best job.
Here just a couple of the nearly 150 shots I made there that day, all shot with my 50mp fullframe Sony A1. Three Godox AD200Pro strobes, Sony 24-105mm f4 G OSS, Sony 135mm f1.8 GM , and Sony 24mm f1.4 GM lenses.
Cheers and best to you all. Use what works for you and be happy.