How often do you use 'reduced' modes and why?

[Jewl]

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vor 3 Stunden schrieb nilsen:

My lightroom cloud storage is running low so I switched to 36MP 😂

Same preventive measures here haha

[M11 for me]

Just a nice feature in case you did not know: In case that you choose 36 or 18 MPix then the camera still switches to the full 60 MPix in case that you crop (1,3x ot 1,8x) in-camera.

[dpitt]

Thanks for all of your tips and insights. It will be a while before I can buy a used M11. By then storage will even be cheaper. So it looks like I will go with the full resolution RAW most of the time, and maybe set the JPEGS as cropped  from time to time to preview my intended crop where needed.

[S Maclean]

I am normally at 60, tempted oftent o go to 36 because theoretically that enhances dynamic range by a bit... ut then I look at my pictures and think, does it make a difference at my level?  However, I have had friends and 1 client wanting to print BIG.  Fortunatelly in all cases I had the 60m file.  Then again, I made plenty of money on a Canon with 18 mpg

[01af]

vor 28 Minuten schrieb S Maclean:

... because theoretically that enhances dynamic range by a bit ...

It doesn't.

[S Maclean]

1 hour ago, 01af said:

It doesn't.

Well,  there you are then.  I know I read somewhere that it did.  Something about how the pixels are grouped.

Either way.  If the quality is the same, just larger...then go big!

[THEME]

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For more casual shooting and street photography, I prefer lower resolution. Paid jobs or when expecting post-processing work, then going full resolution.

[jakontil]

First few months after owning it always shot at 36mpx, nice size file image and processing, since latest firmware and a reset to camera setting, i forget to set at M DNG, hence been shooting with L DNG, may be i might switch back to M, but i guess, so far no harms shooting L for the time being 

[01af]

vor 10 Stunden schrieb S Maclean:

I know I read somewhere that it did.  Something about how the pixels are grouped.

Yes, you could read it in several places, especially back when the M11 was brand-new. Yet it's just a myth. A common misconception—as everybody who actually has tried and compared the M11's various resolutions modes can confirm. That's why the voices who used to propagate that myth slowly fade away.

Edited January 27, 2023 by 01af

[S Maclean]

2 hours ago, 01af said:

Yes, you could read it in several places, especially back when the M11 was brand-new. Yet it's just a myth. A common misconception—as everybody who actually has tried and compared the M11's various resolutions modes can confirm. That's why the voices who used to propagate that myth slowly fade away.

Well, no wonder j was not noticing much difference! 😂

[M11 for me]

vor 3 Stunden schrieb S Maclean:

Well, no wonder j was not noticing much difference! 😂

You will won't be able to see a difference. That is not the point.

[FlashGordonPhotography]

18 hours ago, S Maclean said:

Well,  there you are then.  I know I read somewhere that it did.  Something about how the pixels are grouped.

Either way.  If the quality is the same, just larger...then go big!

It’s that if you output from your raw converter at the smaller resolutions you get the same results as doing it in camera. So any advantage is due to output not some special sauce in the camera.

And the differences are tiny, anyway.

Gordon

p.s.I use 18MP all the time. I see zero time when I want family photos at poster size.

 

[S Maclean]

5 hours ago, M11 for me said:

You will won't be able to see a difference. That is not the point.

What is the point then? Photography is a visual medium.

[scroy]

I use 60 all the time, storage isn’t an issue. The only time I’ve used 18/36 was to test the mode after I purchased the camera

[tjxism]

I get people will want to use 36mp or 18mp mode to hide the inevitable errors (e.g. camera shake, old lens defects and etc.). 
 

I personally would love to have 36mp for daily snaps but would stick with 60mp as I tend to set and forget. I’ve rareLY needed 60mp, but there is one occasion that I need to print out a heavily cropped 40mp image for home decor gave me res too low warning even with ai upscaling in PS. 

[01af]

vor 9 Stunden schrieb tjxism:

I get people will want to use 36 MP or 18 MP mode to hide the inevitable errors (e. g. camera shake, old lens defects, etc.). 

They may want to do so but it won't work.