I seem to be doing this quite often nowadays. I photograph a corner of a building, the more detail it has the better, process the image in my normal workflow and see how much detail it delivers. As you can see the 12-50 does sharpen up very well and the brick building has plenty of detail in it. Personally, I don't really care what these images are like straight out of the camery because all my images are processed in some way. For me, the final image is important and how I get there doesn't really matter. Since most of my images are for web use all modern cameras today are overkill, but the point is, you don't know when you will want a print of a certain image. So if using an older camera with a low megapixel count then you're in trouble. Saying that, I've actually printed an image from a 6MP camera at 120cms x 80cms. Even if I do say so myself, it looked pretty good at normal viewing distance.
Another problem today is trying to get hold of a camera with lower resolution. Most start today at 16MP which should really be enough for 90% of users. The 36MP Nikon D800 would kill my PC and overload my HD. That for me would be pure overkill and I have no intentions of purchasing anything of the sort.
Another problem today is trying to get hold of a camera with lower resolution. Most start today at 16MP which should really be enough for 90% of users. The 36MP Nikon D800 would kill my PC and overload my HD. That for me would be pure overkill and I have no intentions of purchasing anything of the sort.
