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Do you really need a 50-megapixel camera?

Megapixel wars seem to be all the rage these days. Between the Sony a7R IV, the Nikon Z 7 II and Canon EOS R5 (not to mention medium format options), high-megapixel cameras are certainly becoming more and more common on the market. But do you really need 50 megapixels? Or

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Megapixels: Does Size Matter?

Back in 2009, when I made my living photographing stock imagery, the size of the images we could license made a difference in our potential for sales. Photos were sold based on how big the file was (in megapixels), so photographers with large-megapixel cameras had a more competitive edge over

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Pixels: Digital building blocks

Understanding Photoshop is a biweekly column that takes an in-depth look at how digital photographs are built and manipulated. It is a college-level course in plain english for free at Photofocus. To learn more see this article. Before you open your first image in Adobe Photoshop, its very important that

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More Megapixels? Introducting the Canon 5DS and 5DS R

Canon just made headlines again this week with the release of the worlds highest resolution 35mm DSLR, the Canon EOS 5DS and the 5DS R. Designed for commercial, studio, portrait, landscape, and architectural photography, this camera is also being positioned as an alternative to medium-format. At roughly $20,000 less than

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How Much Do You Know About Megapixels?

If youre in the market for a new camera, it often seems like the number one criteria is megapixels. Im not saying that this is right, but it’s the one of the few criteria that camera makers think that their customers can understand. I often think theres a lot of

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