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Mythbusting: Megapixels don’t matter – fewer doesn’t mean better low light performance

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If there’s one big giant myth that’s persisted since the dawn of digital photography, it’s that lower resolution means better low light performance. If you need to shoot a lot of low light stuff, get that lower resolution camera and your images will look better, right? That’s been the common narrative for years now and it seems to make sense, although it’s never really been true.

The resolution of a camera has never really been a factor for me when it comes to which body I grab – at least not as far as low light performance goes – but in this video, Chris and Jordan at DPReview TV explain why it’s a myth and why everybody’s been looking at this topic completely wrong for all these years.

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How to set a great exposure when shooting video

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Getting exposure for video isn’t all that much different from getting a good exposure with photography. The only real difference is that neutral density filters are more commonly used with video than they are with stills, so they need to be taken into account more regularly. So, the exposure triangle becomes a square. Well, a trapezoid, really. Shutter speed, aperture, gain (rather than ISO), and neutral density.

In this video, Chris and Jordan from DPReview delve into the topic of video exposure. They discuss the things you need to know to understand the exposure relationship, the difference between T stops and F stops, the 180° shutter rule, and everything else that goes into getting a good exposure for your shot.

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