[Leica] OT: Help! How many Megapixels needed?

[Doug Herr]

Larry Zeitlin wrote:

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For people that want to produce 11” x 14” to 16” x 20” prints or publish their work in most consumer magazines, not display gigantic Colorama sized prints from minuscule portions of the frame area, does the number of pixels really matter? Inquiring minds want to know.
	Larry Z
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Yes and no.  For prints up to 18" x 24" (I haven't printed larger) the DMR's 10MP has been adequate to make gallery owners swoon, and there's no way I'd try printing a Kodachrome image that size and expect similar quality.

OTOH one of the stock agencies I'm working with has minimum pixel requirements and the DMR's 10MP doesn't leave a lot of headroom for cropping.  The a7II's 24MP gives me a lot more cropping flexibility.  YMMV.

Doug Herr
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