The megapixel race continues but somewhat slower

The Sony A7RVI is the latest high megapixel camera to be released and now we are at 66.8 megapixels, not a huge increase from the previous 50 megapixels that most manufacturers have reached now but still another jump.

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There are some in the landscape and studio field who will welcome the increase though many of these photographers will be reaching for a Fuji, Hasselblad or Phase medium format at 50mp, 100mp or higher.

More megapixels can bring benefits but sharpness and diffraction become issues on the smaller 35mm format. I doubt anyone will be going beyond f/8 if not even keeping it at f/5.6.

I would hope successors to the Nikon Z9 and Z8 stay around 50mp but a future Z7 might use a variation of this technology.

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