Name: How Much Resolution Is Enough?
Uploaded: 2026-01-19T01:46:48.000Z
Duration: 13 min 28 s
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Have you ever gone to purchase a camera and wondered how much resolution do I even need?

Well, I've gathered a wide array of Sony full frame cameras that represent every single megapixel count sensor they've ever made except for one to do a head to head A, B, C, D, E, F comparison.

That way you know how many megapixels are right for you.

Before we get started, I want to say that this is not a Sony camera comparison.

So I want you to be able to compare it to any other.

So I will be listing as many of the cameras as I can find in the megapixel range of the cameras that I'm using.

For example, there will be an A7 R3 which has a 42 megapixel sensor.

The Nikon Z9 and the Canon R5 have 45 megapixel sensors so you can use them to draw comparisons.

Also, I don't want you just listening to me because I have a tiny little pea brain.

So if you want to see the photos for yourself and draw your own conclusions, I have uploaded them to a Dropbox and if you just click the link in the description, you can input your email and I will send them to you immediately.

More accurately, a robot will send them to you immediately.

Full disclosure, your email will go into a mailing list.

I don't know if I will ever start an email mailing list, but my mom said it's important.

So if you don't want to be in that list, just unsubscribe right away.

Also check your spam folder for the photos.

I'll be shooting all of these cameras through the same 24 millimeter G master lens at the same backdrop.

That way there's no variables other than the megapixels.

So to compare all of the cameras, we've got this backdrop set up with my dad for scale.

That way you know what size of things you're looking at.

Trying to get the maximum sharpness out of the lens.

First camera, the Sony FX3, 12 megapixels.

I don't know any other camera brands that make 12 megapixel cameras.

Sensor started with the Sony A7S line, the Sony FX3.

So you wouldn't necessarily buy this for photos, but we have Used this for real estate photography.

My dad used this for real estate photography yesterday.

You don't really need a lot of resolution for that.

Nowadays it would probably be considered unprofessional to show up at a professional shoot with 12 megapixels.

But 15 years ago you would have been balling.

So let's see what they were working with back then.

As I said, I have used this for, like, real estate shoots, stuff where you're definitely not cropping.

And I brought it to weddings as like a C camera in case my A and B camera just craps out.

That's an absolute last resort, though, I should say.

I put my dad in the image to give scale because I feel like we see test charts, but

So it's kind of hard to tell what you're looking at.

So you can see there's a human in the bottom left of the frame.

And, you know, obviously in this size, especially on YouTube, but

even I cannot tell a difference just looking at it.

But if we zoom in in here, you can see the words on this bell not legible.

You can already see some loss of quality at, I mean, 400% zoom, which is a lot.

Say you wanted to crop down to just feature my dad, which is something you might do on a 50 or 60 megapixel sensor.

You can definitely see loss of detail, so you definitely aren't going to want to do heavy cropping on this.

I think having a 12 megapixel camera completely written off for photography is a bit of a stretch.

Would I show up to a professional shoot with one?

But would I go take pictures for fun with a 12 megapixel camera and be happy with the results?

At full resolution, you are never going to be able to see the difference.

Now if you're printing, maybe that's a different story.

Although once we zoom in, you will see the difference in later in the bigger files.

I want to also point out that having my dad in the image is probably not the most scientific thing because he is not going to be critically sharp compared to the rest of the image.

I wish I could have turned my dad into flat Stanley so he could have been, you know, right up against the wall.

Next camera is the Sony A7 III, which has a 24 megapixel sensor.

24 megapixels is like the bog standard for cameras nowadays.

Like it is the minimum for a photo camera you would have.

Here's a list of Sony and Canon and Nikon cameras that have a 24 megapixel sensor.

By the way, I'm focused on the background, not my dad, so that the background is sharp and then we can just use him for scale.

Like I said, this is like the bog standard for photo cameras.

Now about the minimum that you want to have for a professional photo camera like the A93 is a six and a half thousand dollars camera and it's 24 megapixels.

It's not a super high resolution camera, but it is more than enough to get by with.

12 megapixel on the left, 24 megapixel on the right.

If we look at this net on the diorama, you can see there's a massive jump in resolution as well.

You can actually see the detail in the holes again on this book.

So yeah, 24 megapixels is probably the minimum you want to have for modern day photography.

Even though you could get away with less back in the day and it's probably still possible with a 24 megapixel camera.

You're not really going to be able to do an APS C crop, which I find incredibly valuable in situations where I don't have control over the situation, like a wedding or an event.

Not the most flexibility that you could have.

They just released the A7V which also has 33 megapixels.

Here's a list of other cameras that have that sensor range ready.

Every camera is set to uncompressed raw and extra fine JPEG.

So here's the A7 for the 33 megapixel camera.

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