The advantages of 20 megapixels:
The limitation here is likely the lens that I am using. A couple years back I had bought a Pentax 100-300mm zoom and took pictures at same focal length with it and a Tamron 28-200mm zoom. The Pentax produced a markedly higher resolution image.
The time lapse mode was a little unobvious how to set up, and unlike regular movie mode, it produces AVI files which I have to use VLC to see. This was shot in Full HD (4K is an option):
One disadvantage of lots of pixels: the size of each pixel will be smaller for a given overall sensor size, and that will reduce the ISO level you can reach without the image being too noisy.
ReplyDeleteI have one DSLR, and it is not full frame, and hence has smaller pixels than a full frame (i.e. 35mm) camera. The result is reduced night performance, which is a problem for open-shutter lightning photography. It is 12MP, btw.
But in any case, modern digital cameras are amazing. The tiny ones in cell phones are remarkably good.