Megapixel cramming

[JerryPH]

Jerry we have always had to trade off ISO vs megapixels.

Yes, something that I learned fast as soon as I started to get into photography a touch more.

This is something NASA did. Ever wonder why those high tec rovers on the Mars have a 1mpx camera in them?

I did not know what they had, and my friend, I would not even know where to look to find this info... lol

I personally thing on the consumer / prosumer level what is happening now is a good compromise. We have two cameras so people can decide do they want high ISO performance or high megapixels.

Definitely. It is why Nikon and Canon are doing this.. there is a market for both and they are answering the need.

You can do this in post. Noise is averaged. If you have 4x as many pixels just take a 4x average of the surrounding pictures. Reduce the resolution and volah 4x lower noise.

That part is true. Pics always look less noisy when reduced, as you reduce the noise artifacts as well. But that is not addressing them, its hiding them... lol