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The 24MP number is a standard CCD size in the Sony manufacture range.
I think 24 MP is the CCD sweetspot.
At 24MP there is enough MP to produce very large and detailed images. Also it allows you to make big crops and still have an unpixellated image.
The new D3200 is 24MP on DX so I expect a 24MP on FX.
Im sure in late 2013 there will be a D4X with 48MP!
Ah, that makes sense, I did see comment on the MR blog that it will be a stock Sony sensor. Hopefully it will be a basic no nonsense body without the frills of some of the bodies. I just want to take (good quality) pictures with it.
Yes I am sure the D4X will be of that order but more of a studio camera, slower frame rate and that sort of thing.
I have been banging the drum about these fantastic pixel counts for a while now, I read the Nikon document Dave Groen posted the other day.
Nikon state that in order to capture the full detail that these high pixel count sensors are capable of, a solid tripod with a heavy head is essential and the aperture must be set to the sweet spot, around f8 and only a relatively short list of the most recent AFS lenses can be expected to capture everything the sensor is capable of.
In other words we are approaching (or have reached) the limits, officially.
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