![]() ![]() Here’s an example of an image as it came out of the camera which was quite good even with its 8-bit sRGB in-camera JPEG: This really made fixing flaws so much easier than normal because tools like the content aware patch and healing tools had more data to sample from. When I edited these shots I really appreciated the extra pixels which helped to give Photoshop more data for gradients, shadow detail, and overall texture. I’ll admit that I liked some of the advantages of this camera enough that I found myself using it for some formal shots that I’ve had on my to-do list for years. Editing – The Real High Megapixel Advantage They won’t be able to quantify it, but the 5Ds images will appear more detailed and sharp. So YES, even if you end up resizing your image for use on Instagram or Facebook, people WILL be able to see the difference. While this may be proving the obvious to some, it hopefully highlights to everyone that despite the pixel size disadvantage the extra megapixels come in handy when resizing your images. Again, the image with more detail resizes more nicely than the one that doesn’t which also means the file size is larger after resize. ![]() Here’s the same thing done to the 5D Mark III image:īelow is a table that shows the results (with image links) to before and after, but you can see the results in the screen shots above already. Next I decided to discard the extra megapixels using Photoshop CC 2015’s Image Resizing (and yes, there are better ways like using Perfect Resize) : ![]() This isn’t rocket science, but it does prove that if you have a lens that can take advantage of the extra resolution then the 5Ds is definitely going to take advantage of it with image details you can use. ![]() The 5D Mark III isn’t able to capture the dithering details on the spine or the sharpness of the letters simply because there’s not enough sensor resolution to capture it. If I zoom in to 300% to get roughly the same size the difference is night and day:ĥD Mark III Crop from 300% Zoom of Original File Now If look at the 200% capture of the same section with the 5D Mark III using the same lens, aperture and ISO and notice it is (obviously) smaller and the detail looks smeared by comparison:ĥD Mark III Crop from 200% Zoom of Original File Notice the dithering pattern in the book spine – that’s really there but only a three cameras I’ve tested have ever captured it – the A7R, D810 and 5Ds: To begin I just zoomed in to 200% and observed the amount of detail in the bookshelf image taken with the 5Ds using my 11-24mm lens at 24mm at f/5.6 and ISO 100. This is the question I kept asking myself so I decided to do a basic test that anyone could do themselves if they had the gear on hand to see the advantage of the extra megapixels. The 50 megapixel advantageį/5.6 24mm for 10 sec at ISO 100 with Canon 11-24mm lensĬlick to see the incredible sharpness and detail in this unedited in-camera JPEG imageĭoes resolution make a difference even when you throw away pixels? Read on to get the low down on why I both love this camera, yet I struggle to justify a valid reason to own it. The 5Ds certainly comes with plenty of bells and whistles not found on its cheaper sibling, so perhaps that reality alone might be enough for some people. For others the answer to the upgrade question will be based on an emotional desire to have the latest and greatest technology Canon has to offer. This begs the question what’s sense does it make to spend an extra $1200 (at the time this article was written) to upgrade?įor some these tradeoffs to take a step backwards from all the benefits the 5D Mark III has to offer. Given the reality that most users will rarely print a file that full utilizes all 22.3 megapixels of the 5D Mark III ( Super B/A3+ - 13x19 inches or 330x438mm), it is true that often those extra megapixels will go to waste – but they’ll still eat up your hard drive space 2x as fast (even more so if you use Photoshop). With a smaller pixel size (4.14µm vs 6.25µm) and diffraction that starts to kick in around f/7.1 (vs f/10), some will argue that the 5Ds only has one major benefit over the 5D Mark III - 2x more megapixels. If you are just seeing this two part series, please go read the first part of my review entitled Canon 5Ds (Part I of II) with Unedited Sample Photos and come back here for my additional findings. ![]()
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