GrahamWelland
Subscriber & Workshop Member
The reality is that unless you are pixel peeping on screen at 100% the difference between a 50mp or 100mp image shot handheld will be pretty much identical in the same size print. In my experience I am almost always downsizing images for output these days, plus there are a number of great tools in PS and sharpening tools like piccure+ that manage to clean up handheld images where there are motion artifacts.I wonder how difficult it might be to hand hold the 100MP version when it comes. I know from using my 50MP Pentax 645Z hand held images were superb so I assume this 50MP model is just the same while using good technique during hand held captures. Sure I most always go for tripod, but on occasion hand held is necessary. For example, I am told from someone who was at Antelope Canyon in April, it is now better to opt for NO tripod in Antelope Canyon due to crowds and tripod restrictions.
Now the big problem is that everyone does pixel peep at 100% and if you do that then yes you’ll inevitably see more evidence of motion blur at 100mp vs 50mp vs 24mp vs 12mp etc.
What I most like about the higher resolutions though is the increase in subtle tonality.
Btw, another thing to think about is that it’s not as though you are getting twice the linear resolution so even at the pixel peep level the same degree of movement you might resolve at 50mp is likely only a fraction of a pixel more even at 100mp.