I'm a professional photographer and I mainly work with 16-megapixel dslr-cameras from Nikon and Sony. Is that still up to date? I can tell it is - if you know what you are doing. This has nothing to do with me rejecting high-resolution, expensive equipment. That I curse expensive new equipment or whatever. But that is irrelevant. What matters to me is that I can create and realize certain photos with my cameras and corresponding lenses (some of them are 40-60 years old) as this setup allows me to. With a »high end super resolution brand new digital camera« whose sensor is completely, let's say numb, that simply resolves high and very digital, in absolute best sharpness - this is in principle not possible for me getting the results I am looking for.

Sharpness has been an interesting point for quite some time anyway. What is “the best” sharpness? What does sharpness express? Isn't sharpness, along with megapixels, perhaps just another selling point? However, the extent to which this ultimately makes sense has no relevance for my work. This extreme sharpness somehow bothers me. And to be honest - it doesn’t make people look more nice.

I am a fan of vintage and retro, from the 60s and 70s lifestyle anyway. Photos from this time have charm, flair and just that special something. Character - away from technology. It feels well to look at these photos. I don't want to see single eyelashes on a woman's eyes by zooming in. I don't want to see her pores on her skin. I want to see a great, expressive, flattering portrait, of her. Appeal instead of digital.

Great photos don't necessarily go hand in hand with technical aspects. “More” is pretty often not better - in very many cases. Not only in terms of megapixels.

16mp.

Whether that's good or bad, I can't tell you. Everything is relative. What is pretty, what is ugly? What tastes delicious and what tastes terrible? Everything is to be considered individually. What is important in the end is that I can live with it and you also. That's all that matters.

Let’s create something beautiful together.