mega puzzled on megapixels

I am new to all of this so please bare with me. I just purchased the Fuji F50 fd camera. After

reading different postings on megapixels, Iam not sure if it is worth setting the camera to 12MP fine

or just try a 6MP setting. I have the fuji housing on order and will be diving with a ys-27dx strobe that

I already owned. Would the lower megapixel setting allow more light per pixel on the ccd then the

12MP setting? As you can see I don't know a lot about all of this so I hope the question is not a

foolish one.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Jay :glare:

I am new to all of this so please bare with me. I just purchased the Fuji F50 fd camera. After

reading different postings on megapixels, Iam not sure if it is worth setting the camera to 12MP fine

or just try a 6MP setting. I have the fuji housing on order and will be diving with a ys-27dx strobe that

I already owned. Would the lower megapixel setting allow more light per pixel on the ccd then the

12MP setting? As you can see I don't know a lot about all of this so I hope the question is not a

foolish one.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Not a foolish question. In some of the older Fuji point and shoot cameras like the F810 and E900 Fuji used, and in their DSLR cameras Fuji uses, a special 6MP sensor and used interpolation technology to give a 12MP result. Some people claimed that if they disabled the interpolation algorithm and just took a 6MP image that they got a better resulting image. I don't know that it was ever true but that's what people said. In your camera, the CCD is actually 12MP, not one of the 6MP ones with interpolation. I would imagine that the 6MP setting is just a downsample of a 12MP image designed to save memory so I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you. Just based on the fact that Fuji says you can only get 6MP at high ISO, I would hold very slight hope that maybe they do something with what pixels are sampled at the 6MP setting. However, that would require some serious forethought so I would bet against it . . .

Mike

I would keep your camera at its highest setting. I think the advantages of cropping closer out-weigh any noise due to cramming that many pixels into a small sensor. Additionally, to offset this somewhat you can always shoot at the lowest ISO setting. Since you have a YS27DX that should put out ample light to accomplish that.

I would keep your camera at its highest setting. I think the advantages of cropping closer out-weigh any noise due to cramming that many pixels into a small sensor. Additionally, to offset this somewhat you can always shoot at the lowest ISO setting. Since you have a YS27DX that should put out ample light to accomplish that.

Thanks guys,

I really appreciate the time and help. I will use your recommendations.

Jay