Ya I know the D3 is barely on the shelves and into your hot hands and here I am talking about the next rev. This is seriously a RUMOR ONLY so don’t get you Visa out yet.
Engadgets reporting on this 24 megapixel Nikon D3X. Supposedly some hackers found a reference to it in the firmware of the current D3
Not super surprising, but it will be a powerhouse. I think the real question is DO WE NEED 24MP? I mean sure is had it purpose, but how often are we printing that big. I’ve made a beautiful 30×40 from an 8MP file. Printer are going to need to grow to meet the megapixels!
Personally I think the megapixel battle is becoming far less important than the ISO noise battle. What do you say?
I can’t imagine how big the files would be.
I feel the same way about the megapixel battle becoming less important.
On the other hand, the higher the megapixels, the more flexibility you have; at least theoretically.
I agree that for serious photographers it is the improvement in ISO that is probably the most important, but there is no denying the marketing cache of having the “highest resolution” dslr on the block. Plus, the tech and engineering lessons learned in developing and refining beasts like that will certainly pay dividends as some of it migrates downwards into the more consumer friendly cameras.